Campanae Celebrare: Celebrate With Bells

The Detroit Handbell Ensemble presents Campanae Celebrare: Celebrate with Bells, our 2015 album featuring new music composed specifically for bells and chimes alongside innovative arrangements of favorite hymn tunes. The album is available in limited quantity at our concerts.


The title track features a new work commissioned from Cathy Moklebust in celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Detroit Handbell Ensemble.

1. Peal con brio
Karen Thompson
2:48
2. Sympatico
Jason Krug
5:15
3. The Gift of Grace
Arnold B. Sherman
5:42
4. Laudation
Arnold B. Sherman
4:21
5. Metamorphosis
Michael Helman
6:42
6. Change Ring Prelude on “Divinum Mysterium”
Fred Gramann
4:06
7. Campanae Celebrare: Celebrate with Bells
Cathy Moklebust
Commissioned for the 20th Anniversary of the Detroit Handbell Ensemble
3:44
8. Fantasy on “Kingsfold”
H. Dean Wagner
5:27
9. Valse Brilliante
Karen Lakey Buckwalter
5:34
10. Contemplation on “Ubi caritas”
Catherine McMichael
5:36
11. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Traditional Spiritual, arr. Sandra Eithun
5:09
12. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Traditional Spiritual, arr. Martha Lynn Thompson
1:47

Michael Burkhardt, Artistic Director
Recorded by David Lau at the Brookwood Studio.
Photos by David L. Thomas
Special thanks to Holy Cross Lutheran Church.

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