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Earth’s Farewell, Ania Vu – “Tower Thoughts” Carillon New Music Festival

Earth’s Farewell (2024) 0:00 Veiled Bells 0:55 echoes and rumbles 2:42 a bird that sings but cannot fly Ania Vu (b. 1994) World premiere Alex Johnson & Kayla Gunderson, carillon Earth’s Farewell portrays three last images of the Earth, dying due to humanity’s actions. “Veiled Bells” opens with the glorious sounds of bells, which are in fact an omen for the Earth’s end. The bells grow ominous, foretelling destruction, as their tones warp into explosions, taking the listener to the second movement, “echoes and rumbles.” Here, we witness the end of the earth “as we know it” with sounds of small pieces of glass and dust moved by the wind. In the final movement, we hear a solitary bird rising from the ashes, singing, hinting at some life remaining on the planet. The bird flaps its wings with its song full of longing, yet it cannot rise — its flight grounded by the weight of the human footprint. —Ania Vu Earth’s Farewell was commissioned for this festival by Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. This is its world premiere performance. The Tower Thoughts Carillon New Music Festival presented 44 pieces from the 21st century, including 6 new commissions by Rockefeller Chapel and 11 world premieres in total. Three guest artists from around the world, together with University of Chicago carillonists, performed five concerts over the course of a weekend, May 9-11, 2025. Additionally, the tower was given a voice, the live voice of a human, broadcast out the bell chambers via four large speakers. With this voice, between every piece, the tower shared a snippet of its life, a glimpse of what it’s seen, heard, felt, and thought about since 1928, a brief, fleeting tower thought. This festival, devised by Alex Johnson, the 7th University Carillonist of the University of Chicago, is the second Carillon New Music Festival in Chicago History. The first was Ripple Effects, produced in 2018, devised by Joey Brink, the 6th University Carillonist. Recording by C W Media.