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Contredanse et Trio (2020)
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Stefano Colletti (b. 1973)
Chicago premiere
Stefano Colletti, carillon

Contredanse et Trio combines strong rhythms with contrasting long phrases that depict the dancing figure and a wealth of movement. The trio combines contrasting techniques: fast, sweeping scales against tremolando.

—Stefano Colletti

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.