There's a zoo running over the carillon of Saint Catherine (Antwerp-Kiel)
Sat, 8 Aug 2026 · 16:00
Sint-Catharinakerk, Antwerp
Free
It is teeming with animals in the carillon playing of carillonneur Jan Verheyen. From mosquitoes to a lion, kangaroos, a cockroach... to an elephant. Do you recognize them in the music? 1. Felines a) Introduction and march of the lion - C. Saint-Saëns b) The Lion sleeps tonight - S. Linda c) The Eye of the Tiger - F. Sullivan and J. Peterik 2. Two slow animals and one jumping a) Turtles - C. Saint-Saëns b) The elephant - C. Saint-Saëns c) Kangaroos - C. Saint-Saëns 3. Birds a) The cuckoo - C. Saint-Saëns b) Allegro from ‘La Primavera’ (Spring) - A. Vivaldi c) The swan - C. Saint-Saëns d) The birdy dance - W. Thomas e) Allegro from ‘L’estate’ (Summer) - A. Vivaldi f) The Birds and the Bees - J. Akens 4. Insects a) Mosquitoes: Adagio from ‘L’estate’ - A. Vivaldi b) La Cucaracha (The cockroach) - Traditional 5. Stones and a party a) Fossils C. - Saint-Saëns b) Finale from ‘Carnival of the Animals’ - C. Saint-Saëns