Tower Music 2026 - Closing concert city carillonneur Koen Cosaert (BE) & Ensemble Dulcibelle

Koen Cosaert is the director of the Koninklijke Beiaardschool “Jef Denyn” in Mechelen, the oldest and largest institute for carillon art in the world. As part of the Belgian carillon culture, the Carillon School enjoys UNESCO recognition as a ‘best safeguarding practice’ for intangible cultural heritage. He has been a teacher of campanology, harmony, and carillon playing at this school and its department in Roeselare since 1987. He has been the city carillonneur in Kortrijk since 2010 and exercises the same function in Izegem, Harelbeke, and Roeselare. He has made concert tours throughout Europe, the Verenigde Staten, Canada, Japan, and Australia. Het Ensemble Dulcibelle is an occasional hammered dulcimer ensemble that is put together based on demand and available players. The ensemble originated from the workshops for Traditionele Volksmuziek in Gooik and from the associated organized "hammered dulcimer days". The repertoire consists of traditional folk tunes from Flanders, France, Ireland,... Program: Overture 1 Organ Concerto BWV 592 Johann Ernst von Sachsen Allegro Weimar (1696-1715)/Johann Sebastian Grave Bach (1685-1750) Presto Ensemble Dulcibelle Uit de Renaissance 2 Melancholy Galliard John Dowland (ca. 1563-1625) 3 Wolseys Wilde William Byrd (ca. 1543-1623) 4 Imaginary Suite from “The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book” William Byrd Bruges music 5 Intermezzo molto capriccioso Eugeen Uten (1919-2001) 6 ‘k Heb mijn wagen volgeladen. Old song with three free variations opus 16 Eugeen Uten 7 Divertimento n° 6 Eugeen Uten Ensemble Dulcibelle Musical dessert 8 Summertime, from Porgy and Bess George Gerschwin (1898-1937) 9 This Masquerade The Carpenters 10 When Sunny gets blue McCoy Tyner (1938-2020) Ensemble Dulcibelle Arrangements: Liesbeth Janssens 1, Arie Abbenes 2, Koen Cosaert 3, 4; Piet van den Broek 8; Jan Coeck 9, 10.1 Uit de Suite V in E-Major for harpsichord Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)