Carillon
Reliable companion throughout the day
Carillon
You can hear it all over the old town and sometimes even further: The carillon chimes a chorale every half (half chorale) and full hour (full chorale). At 8 am, 12 noon and 6 pm the chorales sound in several voices. From 10 pm to 6 am, the carillon is silent.
One of the tasks of St Marien's organist is to play two-part chorales live on the carillon via a keyboard ("Carillon") three times a year: On Easter Sunday, Whitsunday and Christmas Day.
The carillon with its 36 bells (c sharp' to c'''') originally comes from St Catherine's Church in Gdansk. It was restored in 1953 and installed in the south tower of St Marien in Lübeck. The largest bell (c') was only added in 2019. The old carillon in the ridge turret of St Mary's was destroyed on the night of the Palm Sunday bombing in 1942.
The Chorales: What melody am I hearing right now?
1st Advent to 23 December
half: Macht hoch die Tür (EG 1)
full: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (EG 4)
Christmas to 1 February
half: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (EG 23)
full: Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich (EG 27)
Mariä Lichtmeß (2 February) to Saturday before Invocavit
half: Jesus ist kommen, Grund ewiger Freude (EG 66)
full: O Jesu Christe, wahres Licht (EG72)
Invocavit to Good Friday
half: Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld (EG 83)
full: Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen (EG 81)
Easter to Ascension
half: Gelobt sei Gott im höchsten Thorn (EG 103)
full: Christ ist erstanden (EG 99)
Ascension Day to Pentecost
half: Gen Himmmel aufgefahren ist (EG 119)
full: Jesus Christus herrscht als König (EG 123)
Pentecost to 23 June
half: Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott (EG 125)
full: Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist (EG 124)
Johannis (24 June) to the Saturday before the 8th Sunday after Trinitatis
half: Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren (EG 289)
full: O daß ich tausend Zungen hätte (EG 330)
8th Sunday after Trinitatis to 28 September
half: Lobt Gott, den Herrn, ihr Heiden all´(EG 293)
full: Lobet den Herren alle, die ihn ehren (EG 447)
Michaelis (29 September) to 30 October
half: Nun danket alle Gott (EG 321)
full: Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König (EG 317)
Reformation Day (31 October) to Saturday before the 1st Advent
half: ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (EG 362)
full: Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort (EG 193)
EG = Evangelisches Gesangsbuch (Protestant hymn book)
