Birdsongs and Bells – Steve Heitzeg

Composer: Steve Heitzeg Instrumentation: Carillon Duration: Approx. 12 minutes Date Written: 2022 Premiered: 2022/23 Additional Information:  I Aequa (Equality Rings, Birds Sing) [Fall] Part I: Prelude Part II: Dance Dedicated to Lisa Heldke, Gustavus Adolphus College Professor of Philosophy, affiliated faculty in Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies, and Director of Nobel Conference Aequa in Latin is “equal”. Our commitment to equality must be all inclusive, and this movement celebrates that through the sonic reverberations of the bells. [world premiere at Nobel Conference ‘Mental Health (In)equity and Young People” Chad Winterfeldt, carillonneur, 12:20pm on September 28, 2022] II. Glass Birds (in Memory of Anders Bjorling) [Winter] Glass Birds is a reference to the beautiful glass birds made by the Nordic designer Oiva Toikka and available at Anders Bjorling’s store Swedish Kontur Imports in downtown Saint Peter [WorldpremiereatChristmasInChristChapel December1-4,2022] III. I saw th