The Automatic of the Carillon in Berlin-Tiergarten
The Carillon in
Berlin-Tiergarten has an automatic playing system connected to
the F0 bell and the 25 bells c2 - c4. The hammers and electric
cables are from the Dutch bellfounders Eijsbouts. The present
day system of relays and the computer were delivered and
installed by Rainer
Chemnitius when the original equipment broke down after
several years. The special computer software was developed by
Klaus Bonau in
consultation with Jeffrey Bossin in the course of several
years.
The automatic plays a short motive from 8 until
11 a.m. and from 1 until 7 p.m. and a short melody at 12
noon. After that it strikes the hour from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m.
At 12 noon and 6 p.m. it then plays four short pieces. The
hour-strike motive and melody and all the pieces were arranged
or composed by Jeffrey Bossin, who programmed them on the
computer. The melodies sometimes differ from the standard
versions because the automatic can't repeat the lower notes
quickly so other notes are substituted for those which are
normally quickly repeated.
Click here to listen to the hour-strike motive and here to listen to
the hour-strike melody.
The automatic currently plays the following
pieces. Click on the names to listen to them:
At 12 noon
The
Ukraine has
not perished*
(Ukrainian
National
Anthem)
Michail
Werbizki
Deutschlandlied*
(German
National
Anthem)*
Joseph
Haydn
Ode an die Freude (Anthem of the
European Union)*
Ludwig
van Beethoven
At
6 p.m.
Burschenlust*
Justus
Lyra
Now is the Month of
Maying*
Thomas Morley
*Arranged for carillon by
Jeffrey Bossin.