Claire Janezic 7/23/2025: MSU Muelder Summer Carillon Series

From Jonathan Lehrer

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I. Intro, from Belgium

from De Gruytters Carillon Book (1746) Joseph-Hector Fiocco (1703–1741)

L’Angloise “Rondo”

II. From the Baroque

Sonata Duodecima, Op. 16, No. 12(1693) Isabella Leonarda (1620–1704) arr. Thomas Laue
Adagio

Allegro e presto

Vivace e largo

Spiritoso

Tempo primo

Aria. Allegro

Veloce

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (1723) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) arr. Arie Abbenes

III. Aria Intermezzo:

from The Messiah George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)

How Beautiful are the Feet

arr. Claire Janezic

IV. Modern Carillon Literature from the Netherlands

Reflexies (1975) Jacques Maassen (1947–2013)

Pentatone vogels boven de stad (1986) Daan Manneke (b. 1939)

Media Vita (1982) Frans Geysen (b. 1936)

V. Aria Intermezzo:

from St. Matthew Passion Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Carl Van Eyndhoven

Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben

VI. Modern Carillon Literature from the United States

Mist Against the Cathedral (2023) Claire Janezic (b. 2000)

Ciacona (2010) Geert D’hollander (b. 1965)

Chartres (1973) Roy Hamlin Johnson (1929–2020)

VII. Outro, from Belgium

Lamento (1981) Jef Rottiers (1904–1985)

Claire Janezic is an American carillonist living in Belgium. She’s

currently a Masters student at the Lemmensinstituut (Leuven, BE)

studying carillon in a pedagogical context with Carl van Eyndhoven.

She also receives carillon lessons from Koen Cosaert. Claire’s

carillon journey began at the University of Rochester, graduating in

2022, where she also taught carillon and organized a weekly

carillon concert series. Her carillon education continued under Koen

Van Assche at the Royal Carillon School ‘Jef Denyn’ (Mechelen, BE),

through a Fellowship from the Belgian American Educational

Foundation. After graduating in June 2023, Claire studied with

Geert D'hollander as a Blanchard Carillon Fellow at Bok Tower

Gardens (FL, USA). In 2024, she was laureate of the International

Carillon Competition "Queen Fabiola" (Mechelen, BE) and won the

first prize of the International Carillon Interpretation Competition

(Brielle, NL). Claire currently serves on the Board of Directors of the

Guild of Carillonneurs in North America, and is the assistant

carillonneur of Turnhout. She has performed concerts in Belgium,

Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and

the US, both as a solo artist and as a member of the Carillon duo

“Fellowship of the Ring” with Sydney Nguyen (USA).

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