A vision of sacred bells ringing in NYC is a century old

Описание: (20 Dec 2025)
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New York - 14 December 2025
1. Lynnli Wang, Riverside Church Carillonneur, with a century-old Gillet & Johnston bell made in the United Kingdom
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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynnli Wang, Riverside Church Carillonneur
“We are very lucky to be celebrating 100 years of some of our bells…we have 74 bells here at Riverside Church and 53 of them…as we're celebrating Christmas…are turning 100 years old this year. They're actually older than the church itself, which opened its doors in 1930.”

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New York - 12 December 2025
3. Bells, as Lament and Alleluia by Alice Gomez song on carillon plays

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4. Riverside Church with snow
5. View from bell tower
6. Bell ringing
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynnli Wang, Riverside Church Carillonneur
“I think for me, what's always drawn me to the bells is it's a public instrument and everybody can hear you. I think it's really special to be part of the sound of a community and here at Riverside I think we really get to bridge that gap between secular and sacred. So especially at times like Christmas it's just like a really wonderful time to like bring joy, bring hope, bring love into the community.”
8. Various of Wang at carillon playing cabin in bell tower
9. Exterior of church
10. Wang playing

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11. Interior of church during service

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12. Wang playing
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13. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynnli Wang, Riverside Church Carillonneur
“I would say that the carillon is actually the world's biggest instrument. Organists may come and fight me on that, but I'm willing to defend the carillon.”

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14. Bell hammer strikes 100-year-old Gillet & Johnston bell

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15. Bell peal announcing church service starts in ten minutes
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16. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynnli Wang, Riverside Church Carillonneur
“You can take an elevator up the first 20 floors and then to get to the playing cabin is 147 additional steps.”

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New York - 3 May 2025
17. Exterior pedestal up of Riverside Church

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18. Various of bells
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynnli Wang, Riverside Church Carillonneur
“The Riverside Carillon has 74 bells, which means we have 74 different notes to work with, which is really awesome. So basically, one bell plays one note.”
20. Wang at carillon
21. Bell clappers
22. Bourdon bell ringing
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23. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynnli Wang, Riverside Church Carillonneur
“This is the lowest bell on the instrument, so this bell is 20 tons. It's our Bourdon bell, it's our bell that has the Angel Gabriel on it, and it's our biggest swinging bell."

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24. Tilt down on Bourdon Bell showing Angel Gabriel

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25. Bourdon Bell ringing
26. Bells ringing
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27. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynnli Wang, Riverside Church Carillonneur
“I hope our bells make it to 200, they're really beautiful, they make some really awesome music and it's great to be part of the soundscape of New York City.”

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28. View from bell tower
29. New York on bell

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30. Wang using clapper to ring bell
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