Ding dong merrily online: Carillon performances now live streamed

You no longer have to be within earshot of Parliament Hill to hear the Peace Tower carillon'ssometimes sentimental, sometimessilly 53-bell take on popular songs.

Starting Sunday, audio of the carillon concerts will be live streamed.

The recitalstake place at 12 p.m. ET on weekdays from September to June, and at 11 a.m. ET in July and August.

Schedules will be postedin advance, but song selections are subject to change depending on the occasion, such as the cover ofBobcaygeonby The Tragically Hip that was played a few days after the death of the band's frontman,Gord Downie.

The programming will also occasionally be tweeted from the House of Commons account.

The recitals will often be themed, such as an odeto a certain recently legalized herb on April 20.

Some of the upcoming concerts from carillonneur Andrea McCrady, who just marked a decade behind theinstrument in the Peace Tower, includeIn Flanders Fieldson Remembrance Day, the opening track from Jeremy Dutcher's Polaris Prize-winning albumWolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawaon Wednesday and songs of Gordon Lightfoot on Nov. 16.

The first carillon recital on the Hill took place July 1, 1927, during the first live, coast-to-coast radio broadcast in Canadian history.