The carillon is located in the magnificent St Colman’s Cathedral overlooking Cobh town and Cork Harbour. The 49-bell Carillon of St Colman’s Cathedral in Cobh is the only such instrument in this country and is the largest in Ireland and Britain. It also includes Ireland’s largest bell, named St Colman (3.6 tons).
The carillon is played from a console within the belfry, consisting of a keyboard and a pedalboard. The action is completely mechanical and there is no artificial assist. Not unlike an organ console, the carillon keyboard consists of round wooden batons corresponding to the black and white keys while the pedals are shorter than those in an organ. Carillon bells are cast bronze and very precisely tuned. They do not swing or move in any way. The bell clappers, which are connected by direct mechanical linkage to the console, move to strike the bells. It is a percussion instrument which is completely touch responsive to give the carillonneur full capability for every musical expression from a gentle whisper to a thundering fortissimo.
Members will meet from 12pm in Cobh Heritage Centre café for coffee.
Optional entrance to Heritage Centre Queenstown exhibition price 12-15 euro
Confirm attendance by calling Cultural Companions on 021-4500688 or 085 867 0744
culture@muintircork.com
Confirm attendance by calling Cultural Companions on 021-4500688 or 085 867 0744
culture@muintircork.com
Carillon recital by prize-winning guest carillonneur Katarzyna Takao-Piastowska, City Carillonneur of Emmerich am Rhein and a member of the Garman Carillon Society. In 2005 she graduated with a master’s diploma from the Music Academy of Gdansk in her native Poland and subsequently studied at the Netherlands Carillon School in Amersfoort and in 2015 graduated from the Royal Carillon School in Mechelen in Belgium.
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