Carillon Recital - 2 pm Sunday 25 April 2010 in the Quadrangle
Isaac Wong
Honorary Carillonist, The University of Sydney
Remembrance: 82 years on
The Inauguration Recital of the University of Sydney War Memorial Carillon on ANZAC Day 1928
The Great AIF Bell tolls 18 times, at intervals of five seconds, for those who lost their lives fighting for Australia. 18 was the lowest age at which men were accepted for active service abroad.
| Funeral March |
Frederick Chopin (1810-49) |
| Songs | |
| Men of Harlech | |
| Tramp, Tramp, Tramp | |
| On the Banks of Allan Water | |
| The Last Rose of Summer | |
| The Blue Bells of Scotland | |
| Ombra Mai Fu (Handel's Largo) | |
| Fantasia in D minor* (composed for the occassion by Bryan Barker (1903-83) | |
| Hymns | |
| Te Deum | |
| St Edward's Sequence (O Valiant Dead) |
Sir Sydney H Nicholson (1875-1947) |
| Sacramental Hymn (1685) |
Benjamin Rogers, Magdalen College, Oxford |
| Eventide (Abide with Me) |
W H Monk (1823-89) |
| St Anne (O God, our help in ages past) |
William Croft (1678-1727) |
National Anthems
At this stage in the 1928 recital, the national anthems of Australia's allies in World War I (Belgium, France, The United States of America, Japan, Italy and the United Kingdom) were played.
Advance Australia Fair
*Original carillon composition