To mark the 75^th Anniversary of the Victory in Europe Day, there will be a special recital played at the Peace Tower Carillon on Parliament Hill in Ottawa at 12:00pm Eastern (1:00pm Atlantic) on Friday, 8 May 2020.  

The House of Commons Dominion Carillonneur – Dr. Andrea McCrady – will perform a playlist that is reflective of music from the Second World War period.  The program will last 45 minutes. The recital will be audio live-streamed via the following website: www.ourcommons.ca/carillon   The playlist is as follows:

- O Canada
- Prelude on Thaxted, by Sterling Proctor, arranged by Carol Anne Taylor
- Eternal Father, strong to save, by John Bacchus Dykes, arranged by Beverly Buchanan
- Heart of Oak, by William Boyce, arranged by Andrea McCrady
- The Airman’s Prayer, by Wishart Campbell and Ken Bray, arranged by Andrea McCrady
- Theme from Schindler’s List, by John Williams, arranged by Andrea McCrady
- When the Lights Go on Again (All over the World), by Eddie Seiler, Sol Marcus and Bennie Benjamin, arranged by Andrea McCrady
- Sentimental Journey, by Les Brown and Ben Homer, arranged by Andrea McCrady
- The White Cliffs of Dover, by Walter Kent, arranged by Andrea McCrady
- The Last Time I Saw Paris, by Jerome Kern, arranged by Sally Slade Warner
- I’ll Be Seeing You, by Sammy Fain, arranged by Sally Slade Warner
- Moonlight Serenade, by Glenn Miller, arranged by Jos Lerinckx
- As Time Goes By, by Herman Hupfeld, arranged by Gordon Slater
- We’ll Meet Again, by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles, arranged by Andrea McCrady

The Peace Tower Carillon was commissioned and installed by order of Parliament to commemorate the Armistice of 1918 and the sacrifice made by Canada in the First World War and was inaugurated on 1 July 1927, the 60th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation.  The Peace Tower Carillon is comprised of 53 bells weighing 55 tonnes.