The performances of the carillon are sometimes also streamed live on the internet. “Strangely enough, that’s followed by thousands of people.” And despite sitting high in a tower, the carillonneurs can still pick up reactions from their audience below.
“When we play concerts, people often sit together in a certain place to listen and then of course you get applause. But the first time I heard applause without playing a concert, was after” Bohemian rhapsody “. I swans really not “, laughs Van Assche. “You hear people shout from below that they agreed.”
Tomorrow he will even play “Bohemian rhapsody” three times, in three different places. “I play together with my colleagues at 1.30 pm in Lier, but also at 10 am in Turnhout and at 3 pm in Puurs.” At 1.30 pm it can also be heard in Mechelen and Mol.
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