Campanae Celebrare: Celebrate With Bells

The Detroit Handbell Ensemble presents Campanae Celebrare: Celebrate with Bells, our new album featuring new music composed specifically for bells and chimes alongside innovative arrangements of favorite hymn tunes.


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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