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April 08, 2006
Carillon tower
Carillon tower, Town Hall, Hilversum
(Photo: Renske Vrolijk)When I go to work in Hilversum, each and everyday I pass a carillon encased in beautiful architecture. It is a modern 1958 instrument (equally tempered with the A @ 440kHz).
The tower, the instrument is placed in, is part of the modernist 1931 completed Town Hall (Raadhuis, see picture). Architect is Willem Dudok, who designed many modern buildings in Hilversum.
The carillon in this tower has a lot in common with the instrument I am writing for in Gdansk. Would be fun to have this new piece (I keep the title for myself, for now) performed in Hilversum as well!
Posted by Renske at 13:24 UTC | permanent link
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