National Carillon Concert Programs

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Please note programming is updated regularly. 

Sunday 3 May 2026: 12:30 - 1:30pm

Performer: Thomas Laue (Carillon) with guest Dylan Slater (guitar)

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Canberra International Music Festival 2026 'Bell Plains' (All music by Australian composers)

As wild as all get out

Chris Sainsbury

 

Blue Plains (World Premiere)

Chris Sainsbury

 

Bell Curve fragment: Interlude 1 (WP)

Eugene Ughetti

 

The Lake

Dulcie Holland

Thomas Laue

Snaking

Sally Whitwell

 

Bell Curve fragment: Interlude 2 (WP)

Eugene Ughetti

 

Together

Nat Bartsch

 

Bikeway

Ronan Apcar

 

Matin

Ian Blake

 

Bell Curve fragment: Interlude 3 (WP)

Eugene Ughetti

 

Frolicking from Afar

Thomas Laue

 

Montage

Peggy Polias

 

Bell Curve fragment: Postlude (WP)

Eugene Ughetti

 

Monday 4 May 2026: 12:30 - 1:30pm

Performer: Astrid Bowler, Thomas Laue, Vikki Jacobsen & Julie Wright

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Star Wars Main theme

John Williams

Austin Ferguson

Imperial March

John Williams

Wendy Murphy rev Julie Wright 

Cantina Band

John Williams

Julie Wright and Peter Bray

Jedi Steps

John Williams

Vikki Jacobsen 

The Throne

John Williams

Julie Wright

Princess Leia’s theme

John Williams

Astrid Bowler

Imperial March reprise

John Williams

Astrid Bowler

Ewok celebrations

John Williams

 Julie Wright

Yoda’s theme

John Williams

Wendy Murphy

Binary Sunset/The Force

John Williams

Peter Bray

Dual of the Fates

John Williams

Peter Bray

Across the stars

John Williams

Peter Bray

Rey’s theme

John Williams

Peter Bray 

Star Wars Main theme

John Williams

Peter Bray and Julie Wright

Wednesday 6 May 2026: 12:30 - 1:30pm 

Performer: Vikki Jacobsen

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

To start

Ode pour le carillon

Serge Joris

 

Prelude in C major, BWV846, from the Well-Tempered Clavier

Johann Sebastian Bach

Sue Gergen

Down Longford Way

Kitty Parker

Vikki Jacobsen

Music for the carillon

Lake music

Terry Vaughan

 

Selections from Ragged Bells: Suite for Carillon - Velvet Moon Rag

Elena Kats-Chernin

 

A whimsy 

Ronald Barnes

 

Traditional & anonymous 

Amazing Grace

Traditional

John Knox 

Londonderry air

Traditional

Beverley Buchanan

From the theatre halls

Memory (Cats)

Elaine Page

Matieu Daniel Polak

Princess Leia’s them (Star Wars)

John Williams

Julie Wright

Scarborough Fair 

Traditional

Sally Slade Warner

Over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz)

Harold Arlen

Richard Giszczak

Tomorrow (Annie)

Charles Strouse

Richard Riszczak

Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)

Jerry Bock

Astrid Bowler

Rainbow Connection (The Muppet Movie)

Paul Willaims

Anne-Kirstine Christiansen

Saturday 9 May 2026: 5:00 - 6:00pm 

Performer: Vikki Jacobsen

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Canberra Girls Grammar School - 100 Years | Centenary Carillon Recital

Shine, Jesus, Shine

Graham Kendrick

Vikki Jacobsen

Prelude in C major, BWV846, from the Well-Tempered Clavier

Johann Sebastian Bach

Sue Bergen

Velvet Moon Rag, from Ragged Bells: Suite for Carillon

Elena Kats-Chernin

N/A

Amazing Grace

Traditional

John Knox

Princess Leia’s theme

John Williams

Julie Wright

Over the Rainbow

Harold Arlen

Richard Giszczak

Sunrise, Sunset

Jerry Bock

Astrid Bowler

Rainbow Connection

Paul Williams

Ann-Kirstine Christiansen

When you wish upon a star

Leigh Harline & Ned Washington

Ann-Kirstine Christiansen

What a wonderful world

Bob Theile & George David Weiss

Thomas Laue

Thank you for the music

Benny Andersoon

Vikki Jacobsen

We are the young

Mary Donnelly

Vikki Jacobsen

Jerusalem

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

Vikki Jacobsen

Sunday 10 May 2026: 12:30 - 1:30pm 

Performer: Anna Wong

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Carillon

Georg Handel

Robert Lodine

Ave Maria

Franz Schubert

anon

Estudio 2

Francisco Tarrega

 

Romanca d'Espangna

Antonia Cano

 

Two Estudios for Guitar

Fernando Sor

Ronald Barnes

Tennessee Waltz

Red Stewart & Peewee King

Anna Wong

Moon Represents My Heart

Weng Ching-His

Anna Wong

Beauty and the Beast

Alan Menken

Ann-Kristine Christiansen

A Whole New World from 'Aladdin'

Allan Menken

Anna Wong

The Rainbow Connection from 'The Muppet Movie'

Paul Williams & Kenny Asche

Sally Slade Warner

Edelweiss from 'The Sound of Music'

Oscar Hammerstein & Richard Rodgers

 

Ode Pour Le Carillon

Serge Joris

 

Wednesday 13 May 2026: 12:30 - 1:30pm 

Performer: Julie Wright

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Welcome to chimes

Dulcie Holland

 

Sunday morning (bells)

Frank Hutchens

 Julie Wright

Bell Play No. 2

Benjamin Thorn

 

Croutons for carillons No. 2

Benjamin Thorn

 

Lake music

Terry Vaughan

 

Five little piano pieces No. 1

Ross Edwards

  Julie Wright

Lullaby for Len

Ross Edwards

  Julie Wright

Tbilisi

Gerard Brophy

 

Optimistic carillon melody

Elena Kats - Chernin

 

Chocolate Notes

Thomas Laue

 

Scenes from Alentejo No. 2

Daniel Guo

 

Jessica’s Theme

Bruce Rowland

Peter Bray

Six ribbons

Jon English

 

Road to Gundagai

Jack O’Hagan

 

Home amongst the gum trees

 W. Johnston and  B. Brown

 

Still call Australia Home

Peter Allen

Julie Wright

Sunday 17 May 2026: 12:30 - 1:30pm 

Performer: Anna Wong

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Canon in D

Johann Pachelbel

Anna Wong

Ode Pour Le Carillon

Serge Joris

 

Amazing Grace

John Newton & William Walker

 Bill Tyers

Tennessee Waltz

Red Stewart & Peewee King

Anna Wong

Moon Represents My Heart

Weng Ching-His

Anna Wong

Beauty and the Beast

Alan Menken

Ann-Kristine Christiansen

A Whole New World from 'Aladdin'

Allan Menken

Anna Wong

The Rainbow Connection from 'The Muppet Movie'

Paul Williams & Kenny Asche

Sally Slade Warner

Edelweiss from 'The Sound of Music'

Oscar Hammerstein & Richard Rodgers

 

Moon River from 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'

Henry Mancini

Anna Wong

Two Estudios for Guitar

Fernando Sor

Ronald Barnes

Romanca d'Espangna

Antonia Cano

 

Wednesday 20 May 2026: 12:30 - 1:30pm 

Performer: Astrid Bowler

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Last of the Autumn Days

Campanella

Géo Clément

 

Ave Maria

L. Zatulovsky

 Iryna Riabchun

September Song

Kurt Weill

 

Autumn Leaves

Joseph Kosma

Astrid Bowler

Andantino and Ballad

Heino Eller

Astrid Bowler

Two Estonian Folk Melodies

Edgar Arro

Astrid Bowler

Für Alina

Arvo Pärt

Astrid Bowler

A Somber Pavan

Ronald Barnes

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Andaluza

Enrique Granados

Leon Block

Two Studies for Guitar

Fernando Sor

Ronald Barnes

Leyenda

Isaac Albeniz

 Leon Block

Preludio No.5 in d minor

Matthias van den Gheyn

 

 

More programs coming soon!