Recent Concert Playlists

McGraw Tower with cherry blossoms

McGraw Tower in spring

Did you enjoy a recent concert, but didn't recognize all of the songs? Click on the links below to view concert playlists.

The chimesmasters play the "Cornell Changes", affectionately known as the "Jennie McGraw Rag" to begin each day. This piece was originally requested by the first Cornell President Andrew D. White. The midday concert concludes with the "Alma Mater", and the day ends with the "Cornell Evening Song" (which shares its tune with the German carol "Tannenbaum"). These songs are not listed below because their placement is the same within each concert. Composers are listed when known.
 

Friday, March 28, 2025

Morning

You've got a friend in me / Newman, Randy
Levee Song (I've Been Working on the Railroad, The Eyes of Texas)
Leavin' on a Jetplane / Denver, John
Your Song / John, Elton
Amazing Grace

Afternoon

Chimesmaster comment:
Happy Dragon Day!

Test Drive (from "How to Train Your Dragon") / Powell, John
Puff, the Magic Dragon / Yarrow, Peter
Radioactive / Imagine Dragons
Romantic Flight (from "How to Train Your Dragon") / Powell, John
Puff the Magic Dragon / Yarrow, Peter
Cornell Alma Mater, Variations 1 and 2
Cornell Alma Mater, Variations 3 and 4 / Krasicky, Phil

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Morning

I Want It That Way / Backstreet Boys
Yellow / Coldplay
Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (from "Frozen") / Anderson-Lopez, Kristen

Afternoon

La fille aux cheveux de lin / Debussy, Claude
Havana / Cabello, Camila
Wildest Dreams / Swift, Taylor
Umbrella / Rihanna
Battle Hymn of the Republic / Steffe

Evening

Main Theme from "Ori and the Will of the Wisps" / Gareth Coker
Overture from Abledazer Suite / Henry Purcell
Harry in Winter / Doyle, Patrick
No Surprises / Radiohead
Cornell Evening Song - Traditional Folk Tune

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Morning

Estudio No. 5 / Sor, Fernando
Gymnopédie No. 1 / Satie, Erik
An Ancient Folk Song -- The Bellman's Suite / Lee, Richard H. (RHL '41)

Evening

Romantic Flight (from "How to Train Your Dragon") / Powell, John
My Way / Revaux, Jacques
Hallelujah / Cohen, Leonard
Cabaletta / Lack, Théodore

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Morning

Le Festin (from "Ratatouille") / Giacchino, Michael
Say Something / A Great Big World
Demons / Imagine Dragons

Evening

Never Gonna Give You Up / Astley, Rick
The Rainbow Connection / Williams, Paul
Itsumo Nando Demo (Always with Me) from Spirited Away / Hisaishi, Joe
Finlandia / Sibelius, J.
Spring Wind / Taiwanese
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road / John, Elton
Paradise / Coldplay
River Flows in You / Yiruma
When the Love Falls / Polnareff, Michel

Monday, March 24, 2025

Morning

YMCA / Morali, Belolo
La Campanella - Rondo from Violin Concerto No. 2 / Paganini, Niccolo
The Sound of Silence / Simon, Paul

Afternoon

Pure Imagination (from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory") / Bricusse, Leslie
In a Crowd of Thousands (from "Anastasia") / Ahrens, Lynn
Go the Distance (from "Hercules") / Menken, Alan

Evening

Bare Necessities (from "The Jungle Book") / Gilkyson, Terry
Reflection (from "Mulan") / Goldsmith, Jerry
Part of Your World (from "The Little Mermaid") / Menken, Alan
Storybook Love (from "The Princess Bride") / DeVille, Willy

Sunday, March 23, 2025

Morning

Eleanor Rigby / Beatles, The
Serenade -- Petite Suite / Borodin, Alexander
The Girl That I Marry (from "Annie Get Your Gun") / Berlin, Irving
Let's Take an Old-Fashioned Walk (Miss Liberty) / Berlin, Irving
Always / Berlin, Irving

Afternoon

Liebesleid / Kreisler, Fritz
Coffin Dance (Astronomia) / Igy, Tony
Innocent from "Laputa: Castle in the Sky" / Hisaishi, Joe
Requiem (from "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind") / Hisaishi, Joe

Evening

Quest -- The Bellman's Suite / Lee, Richard H. (RHL '41)
What a Moonlit Night / Lysenko, Mykola
Tonight is Unforgettable / Qiao Yu
"9" / Lory-Moran, Jennifer (JLCLM '96, '97)

Saturday, March 22, 2025

Afternoon

Jubilee / Smith, Barrett (BTS '14)
Stacy's Mom / Fountains of Wayne
Danse Infernale from "The Firebird Suite" / Stravinsky, I.
Windrose / Jenkins, Keith (KGJ '93)
Alma Mater Waltz (The Alma-Waltz) (Waltzing Cayuga)

Evening

Theme from "Schindler's List" / Williams, John
Träumerei / Schumann, R.
Vincent (Starry, Starry Night) / McLean, Don

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Morning

Sweet Caroline / Diamond, Neil
The Scientist / Coldplay
Starships / Minaj, Nicki
Ink / Coldplay

Afternoon

Pure Imagination (from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory") / Bricusse, Leslie
Love Story / Swift, Taylor
Here Comes the Sun / Beatles, The
Photograph / Ed Sheeran

Evening

Take on Me / a-ha
Test Drive (from "How to Train Your Dragon") / Powell, John
Eleanor Rigby / Beatles, The
La fille aux cheveux de lin / Debussy, Claude
Kiss the Girl (from "The Little Mermaid") / Menken, Alan
Starships / Minaj, Nicki

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Morning

Sweet Caroline / Diamond, Neil
The Scientist / Coldplay
Starships / Minaj, Nicki
Ink / Coldplay

Afternoon

Pure Imagination (from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory") / Bricusse, Leslie
Love Story / Swift, Taylor
Here Comes the Sun / Beatles, The
Photograph / Ed Sheeran

Evening

Take on Me / a-ha
Test Drive (from "How to Train Your Dragon") / Powell, John
Eleanor Rigby / Beatles, The
La fille aux cheveux de lin / Debussy, Claude
Kiss the Girl (from "The Little Mermaid") / Menken, Alan
Starships / Minaj, Nicki

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Morning

Sweet Caroline / Diamond, Neil
The Scientist / Coldplay
Starships / Minaj, Nicki
Ink / Coldplay

Afternoon

Pure Imagination (from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory") / Bricusse, Leslie
Love Story / Swift, Taylor
Here Comes the Sun / Beatles, The
Photograph / Ed Sheeran

Evening

Take on Me / a-ha
Test Drive (from "How to Train Your Dragon") / Powell, John
Eleanor Rigby / Beatles, The
La fille aux cheveux de lin / Debussy, Claude
Kiss the Girl (from "The Little Mermaid") / Menken, Alan
Starships / Minaj, Nicki

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Morning

Sweet Caroline / Diamond, Neil
The Scientist / Coldplay
Starships / Minaj, Nicki
Ink / Coldplay

Afternoon

Pure Imagination (from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory") / Bricusse, Leslie
Love Story / Swift, Taylor
Here Comes the Sun / Beatles, The
Photograph / Ed Sheeran

Evening

Take on Me / a-ha
Test Drive (from "How to Train Your Dragon") / Powell, John
Eleanor Rigby / Beatles, The
La fille aux cheveux de lin / Debussy, Claude
Kiss the Girl (from "The Little Mermaid") / Menken, Alan
Starships / Minaj, Nicki

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Morning

Sweet Caroline / Diamond, Neil
The Scientist / Coldplay
Starships / Minaj, Nicki
Ink / Coldplay

Afternoon

Pure Imagination (from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory") / Bricusse, Leslie
Love Story / Swift, Taylor
Here Comes the Sun / Beatles, The
Photograph / Ed Sheeran

Evening

Take on Me / a-ha
Test Drive (from "How to Train Your Dragon") / Powell, John
Eleanor Rigby / Beatles, The
La fille aux cheveux de lin / Debussy, Claude
Kiss the Girl (from "The Little Mermaid") / Menken, Alan
Starships / Minaj, Nicki

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Morning

Golliwog's Cakewalk (Children's Corner, L. 113) / Debussy, Claude
Love Story / Swift, Taylor
Symphony No. 7 - II / Beethoven, Ludwig van
Stacy's Mom / Fountains of Wayne

Afternoon

Clocks / Coldplay
La La Land / Hurwitz, Justin
Hoedown from Rodeo / Copland, Aaron
Cornell Alma Mater, Variations 1 and 2
Cornell Alma Mater, Variations 3 and 4 / Krasicky, Phil

Evening

Betty / Swift, Taylor
Sabre Dance from Gayne Ballet / Khachaturian, Aram
September / Earth, Wind, and Fire
Doctor Worm / They Might Be Giants
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from "Howl's Moving Castle") / Hisaishi, Joe
Over the Rainbow (from "The Wizard of Oz") / Arlen, Harold
Dear Theodosia (from "Hamilton") / Miranda, Lin-Manuel
Don't Stop Believin' / Journey
Cornell Evening Song - Traditional Folk Tune

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Morning

Golliwog's Cakewalk (Children's Corner, L. 113) / Debussy, Claude
Love Story / Swift, Taylor
Symphony No. 7 - II / Beethoven, Ludwig van
Stacy's Mom / Fountains of Wayne

Afternoon

Clocks / Coldplay
La La Land / Hurwitz, Justin
Hoedown from Rodeo / Copland, Aaron
Cornell Alma Mater, Variations 1 and 2
Cornell Alma Mater, Variations 3 and 4 / Krasicky, Phil

Evening

Betty / Swift, Taylor
Sabre Dance from Gayne Ballet / Khachaturian, Aram
September / Earth, Wind, and Fire
Doctor Worm / They Might Be Giants
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from "Howl's Moving Castle") / Hisaishi, Joe
Over the Rainbow (from "The Wizard of Oz") / Arlen, Harold
Dear Theodosia (from "Hamilton") / Miranda, Lin-Manuel
Don't Stop Believin' / Journey
Cornell Evening Song - Traditional Folk Tune

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Morning

Golliwog's Cakewalk (Children's Corner, L. 113) / Debussy, Claude
Love Story / Swift, Taylor
Symphony No. 7 - II / Beethoven, Ludwig van
Stacy's Mom / Fountains of Wayne

Afternoon

Clocks / Coldplay
La La Land / Hurwitz, Justin
Hoedown from Rodeo / Copland, Aaron
Cornell Alma Mater, Variations 1 and 2
Cornell Alma Mater, Variations 3 and 4 / Krasicky, Phil

Evening

Betty / Swift, Taylor
Sabre Dance from Gayne Ballet / Khachaturian, Aram
September / Earth, Wind, and Fire
Doctor Worm / They Might Be Giants
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from "Howl's Moving Castle") / Hisaishi, Joe
Over the Rainbow (from "The Wizard of Oz") / Arlen, Harold
Dear Theodosia (from "Hamilton") / Miranda, Lin-Manuel
Don't Stop Believin' / Journey
Cornell Evening Song - Traditional Folk Tune

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Morning

Golliwog's Cakewalk (Children's Corner, L. 113) / Debussy, Claude
Love Story / Swift, Taylor
Symphony No. 7 - II / Beethoven, Ludwig van
Stacy's Mom / Fountains of Wayne

Afternoon

Clocks / Coldplay
La La Land / Hurwitz, Justin
Hoedown from Rodeo / Copland, Aaron
Cornell Alma Mater, Variations 1 and 2
Cornell Alma Mater, Variations 3 and 4 / Krasicky, Phil

Evening

Betty / Swift, Taylor
Sabre Dance from Gayne Ballet / Khachaturian, Aram
September / Earth, Wind, and Fire
Doctor Worm / They Might Be Giants
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from "Howl's Moving Castle") / Hisaishi, Joe
Over the Rainbow (from "The Wizard of Oz") / Arlen, Harold
Dear Theodosia (from "Hamilton") / Miranda, Lin-Manuel
Don't Stop Believin' / Journey
Cornell Evening Song - Traditional Folk Tune

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Morning

Golliwog's Cakewalk (Children's Corner, L. 113) / Debussy, Claude
Love Story / Swift, Taylor
Symphony No. 7 - II / Beethoven, Ludwig van
Stacy's Mom / Fountains of Wayne

Afternoon

Clocks / Coldplay
La La Land / Hurwitz, Justin
Hoedown from Rodeo / Copland, Aaron
Cornell Alma Mater, Variations 1 and 2
Cornell Alma Mater, Variations 3 and 4 / Krasicky, Phil

Evening

Betty / Swift, Taylor
Sabre Dance from Gayne Ballet / Khachaturian, Aram
September / Earth, Wind, and Fire
Doctor Worm / They Might Be Giants
Merry-Go-Round of Life (from "Howl's Moving Castle") / Hisaishi, Joe
Over the Rainbow (from "The Wizard of Oz") / Arlen, Harold
Dear Theodosia (from "Hamilton") / Miranda, Lin-Manuel
Don't Stop Believin' / Journey
Cornell Evening Song - Traditional Folk Tune

Friday, May 17, 2024

Evening

Remember Me (from "Coco") / Lopez, Robert
Ashitaka and San (from "Princess Mononoke") / Hisaishi, Joe
Lacrimosa (from the Requiem in D minor) / Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Friday, May 17, 2024

Evening

Remember Me (from "Coco") / Lopez, Robert
Ashitaka and San (from "Princess Mononoke") / Hisaishi, Joe
Lacrimosa (from the Requiem in D minor) / Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Friday, May 17, 2024

Evening

Remember Me (from "Coco") / Lopez, Robert
Ashitaka and San (from "Princess Mononoke") / Hisaishi, Joe
Lacrimosa (from the Requiem in D minor) / Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Friday, May 17, 2024

Evening

Remember Me (from "Coco") / Lopez, Robert
Ashitaka and San (from "Princess Mononoke") / Hisaishi, Joe
Lacrimosa (from the Requiem in D minor) / Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Friday, May 17, 2024

Evening

Remember Me (from "Coco") / Lopez, Robert
Ashitaka and San (from "Princess Mononoke") / Hisaishi, Joe
Lacrimosa (from the Requiem in D minor) / Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Evening

Whole New World, A (from "Aladdin") / Menken, Alan
Kiss the Girl (from "The Little Mermaid") / Menken, Alan
Defying Gravity (from "Wicked") / Schwartz, Stephen

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Evening

Whole New World, A (from "Aladdin") / Menken, Alan
Kiss the Girl (from "The Little Mermaid") / Menken, Alan
Defying Gravity (from "Wicked") / Schwartz, Stephen

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Evening

Whole New World, A (from "Aladdin") / Menken, Alan
Kiss the Girl (from "The Little Mermaid") / Menken, Alan
Defying Gravity (from "Wicked") / Schwartz, Stephen

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Evening

Whole New World, A (from "Aladdin") / Menken, Alan
Kiss the Girl (from "The Little Mermaid") / Menken, Alan
Defying Gravity (from "Wicked") / Schwartz, Stephen

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Evening

Whole New World, A (from "Aladdin") / Menken, Alan
Kiss the Girl (from "The Little Mermaid") / Menken, Alan
Defying Gravity (from "Wicked") / Schwartz, Stephen

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Evening

Time Warp (from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show") / O'Brian, Richard
Welcome to the Black Parade / My Chemical Romance
Pompeii / Bastille
Viva la Vida / Coldplay
Cornell Evening Song with descant

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Evening

Time Warp (from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show") / O'Brian, Richard
Welcome to the Black Parade / My Chemical Romance
Pompeii / Bastille
Viva la Vida / Coldplay
Cornell Evening Song with descant

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Evening

Time Warp (from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show") / O'Brian, Richard
Welcome to the Black Parade / My Chemical Romance
Pompeii / Bastille
Viva la Vida / Coldplay
Cornell Evening Song with descant

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Evening

Time Warp (from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show") / O'Brian, Richard
Welcome to the Black Parade / My Chemical Romance
Pompeii / Bastille
Viva la Vida / Coldplay
Cornell Evening Song with descant

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Evening

Time Warp (from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show") / O'Brian, Richard
Welcome to the Black Parade / My Chemical Romance
Pompeii / Bastille
Viva la Vida / Coldplay
Cornell Evening Song with descant

Sunday, May 12, 2024

Evening

Chimesmaster comment:
Happy Mother's Day!

You Raise Me Up / Groban, Josh
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (from "The Lion King") / John, Elton
Part of Your World (from "The Little Mermaid") / Menken, Alan

Sunday, May 12, 2024

Evening

Chimesmaster comment:
Happy Mother's Day!

You Raise Me Up / Groban, Josh
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (from "The Lion King") / John, Elton
Part of Your World (from "The Little Mermaid") / Menken, Alan

Sunday, May 12, 2024

Evening

Chimesmaster comment:
Happy Mother's Day!

You Raise Me Up / Groban, Josh
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (from "The Lion King") / John, Elton
Part of Your World (from "The Little Mermaid") / Menken, Alan

Sunday, May 12, 2024

Evening

Chimesmaster comment:
Happy Mother's Day!

You Raise Me Up / Groban, Josh
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (from "The Lion King") / John, Elton
Part of Your World (from "The Little Mermaid") / Menken, Alan

Sunday, May 12, 2024

Evening

Chimesmaster comment:
Happy Mother's Day!

You Raise Me Up / Groban, Josh
Can You Feel the Love Tonight (from "The Lion King") / John, Elton
Part of Your World (from "The Little Mermaid") / Menken, Alan

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Afternoon

Chimesmaster comment:
Congratulations to the 137th Law School Graduates!

Cornell Alma Mater
Pomp and Circumstance / Elgar, Edward
Mickey Mouse March / Dodd, Jimmie
Jubilee / Smith, Barrett (BTS '14)
Graduation (Friends Forever) / Vitamin C
Cornell Hymn / Quarles, J. T.
Where, oh Where?
Great Gate of Kiev -- Pictures at an Exhibition / Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
The Rainbow Connection / Williams, Paul
Prince of Denmark March (The Famous Trumpet Voluntary) / Clarke, Jeremiah
Grand March -- Aida / Verdi
Alma Mater Waltz (The Alma-Waltz) (Waltzing Cayuga)

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Afternoon

Chimesmaster comment:
Congratulations to the 137th Law School Graduates!

Cornell Alma Mater
Pomp and Circumstance / Elgar, Edward
Mickey Mouse March / Dodd, Jimmie
Jubilee / Smith, Barrett (BTS '14)
Graduation (Friends Forever) / Vitamin C
Cornell Hymn / Quarles, J. T.
Where, oh Where?
Great Gate of Kiev -- Pictures at an Exhibition / Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
The Rainbow Connection / Williams, Paul
Prince of Denmark March (The Famous Trumpet Voluntary) / Clarke, Jeremiah
Grand March -- Aida / Verdi
Alma Mater Waltz (The Alma-Waltz) (Waltzing Cayuga)

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Afternoon

Chimesmaster comment:
Congratulations to the 137th Law School Graduates!

Cornell Alma Mater
Pomp and Circumstance / Elgar, Edward
Mickey Mouse March / Dodd, Jimmie
Jubilee / Smith, Barrett (BTS '14)
Graduation (Friends Forever) / Vitamin C
Cornell Hymn / Quarles, J. T.
Where, oh Where?
Great Gate of Kiev -- Pictures at an Exhibition / Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
The Rainbow Connection / Williams, Paul
Prince of Denmark March (The Famous Trumpet Voluntary) / Clarke, Jeremiah
Grand March -- Aida / Verdi
Alma Mater Waltz (The Alma-Waltz) (Waltzing Cayuga)

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Afternoon

Chimesmaster comment:
Congratulations to the 137th Law School Graduates!

Cornell Alma Mater
Pomp and Circumstance / Elgar, Edward
Mickey Mouse March / Dodd, Jimmie
Jubilee / Smith, Barrett (BTS '14)
Graduation (Friends Forever) / Vitamin C
Cornell Hymn / Quarles, J. T.
Where, oh Where?
Great Gate of Kiev -- Pictures at an Exhibition / Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
The Rainbow Connection / Williams, Paul
Prince of Denmark March (The Famous Trumpet Voluntary) / Clarke, Jeremiah
Grand March -- Aida / Verdi
Alma Mater Waltz (The Alma-Waltz) (Waltzing Cayuga)

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Afternoon

Chimesmaster comment:
Congratulations to the 137th Law School Graduates!

Cornell Alma Mater
Pomp and Circumstance / Elgar, Edward
Mickey Mouse March / Dodd, Jimmie
Jubilee / Smith, Barrett (BTS '14)
Graduation (Friends Forever) / Vitamin C
Cornell Hymn / Quarles, J. T.
Where, oh Where?
Great Gate of Kiev -- Pictures at an Exhibition / Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
The Rainbow Connection / Williams, Paul
Prince of Denmark March (The Famous Trumpet Voluntary) / Clarke, Jeremiah
Grand March -- Aida / Verdi
Alma Mater Waltz (The Alma-Waltz) (Waltzing Cayuga)