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National Carillon Concert Programs
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Wednesday 16 September 2026: 5 pm - 5:30 pm
Performer: Thomas Laue
Concert: Celebrating Mexico's National Day and the 60th Anniversary of Mexico–Australia Diplomatic Relations
| Piece Name | Composer | Arranger |
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Anthems |
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| Himno Nacional Mexicano (National Anthem of Mexico) | Jaime Nunó Roca | Thomas Laue |
| Advance Australia Fair | Peter Dodds McCormick | Thomas Laue |
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Songs from Mexico |
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| Canción Mixteca | José López Alavez | |
| Solamente Una Vez | Agustín Lara | |
| Cielito Lindo | Quirino Mendoza y Cortés | |
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Songs from Australia |
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| Waltzing Matilda | Christina Macpherson | |
| Mimi | Stephen Pigram | |
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A Musical Farewell |
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| México Lindo y Querido | Chucho Monge | Thomas Laue |
Sunday 20 September 2026: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Performer: Peter Bray
Concert: It's Springtime
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Piece name |
Composer |
Arranger |
| Preludium in G minor for Organ | Matthias Vanden Gheyn | Koen Van Assche |
| Fantasia in D minor for Pianoforte KV 397 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Gideon Bodden |
| Air on the G String from Orchestra Suites No. 3 BWV 1068 | Johann Sebastian Bach | Frances Newell |
| The Second Waltz for orchestra Opus 99 | Dmitri Shostakovich | Frank Steijns |
| Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens from the opera Price Igor | Alexander Borodin | Jo Haazen |
| The Swan from Carnival of the Animals | Camille Saint-Saëns | Bernard Winsemius |
| For Good from Wicked | Stephen Schwartz | Pin Pravalprukskul |
| Valse Romantique | Jonathan Lehrer | |
| I Serendipity & II Frolic from Music for Twilight | Frank Della Penna | |
| Capriccio | Joey Brink |
Wednesday 23 September 2026: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Performer:
Concert: Feast of Flowers
| Piece name | Composer | Arranger |
| Tip toe through the tulips | Al Dubin and Joe Burke | Julie Wright |
| Edelweiss | Richard Rodgers | Julie Wright |
| Country gardens | Anon | Julie Wright |
| Lavender’s blue | Eliot Daniel | Julie Wright |
| Spring song | Felix Mendelssohn | N/A |
| Spring morning from Ludus Modalis | Geert D’Hollander | N/A |
| Sakura (Cherry Blossom) | Anon | Jo Haazen |
| Gardens-Hebridean folksong | Anon | N/A |
| We’ll gather lilacs in the Spring | Ivor Novello | Julie Wright |
| The flowers that bloom in the spring | Arthur Sullivan | Astrid Bowler |
| My love is like a red red rose | Anon | N/A |
| Honeysuckle rose | Thomas “Fats” Waller | N/A |
| The Rose | Amanda McBroom | Julie Wright |
| Flower duet from Lakme | Leo Delibes | Julie Wright |
| Waltz of the flowers | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Julie Wright |
Tuesday 29 September 2026: 4 pm - 6 pm
Performer: Astrid Bowler
Concert: National Police Remembrance Day
| Piece name | Composer | Arranger |
| Ave Verum | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Astrid Bowler |
| Air on a G String | Johann Sebastian Bach | Astrid Bowler |
| Nimrod (from Enigma Variations) | Edward Elgar | Astrid Bowler |
| Abide With Me | William Henry Monk | Astrid Bowler |
| Adagio for Strings | Samuel Barber | Astrid Bowler |
| Be Still, My Soul (Finlandia) | Jean Sibelius | Don Cook |
| Amazing Grace | Traditional | Ronald Barnes |
| Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring | Johann Sebastian Bach | Unknown - Issued by GCNA |
| Pié Jesu (from “Requiem”) | Gabriel Fauré | Astrid Bowler |
| Preludium | Giedrius Kuprevicius | |
| Siciliano | Johann Sebastian Bach | Astrid Bowler |
| Pié Jesu (from “Requiem”) | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Astrid Bowler |
| Highland Cathedral | Traditional (Scottish Highland Tune) | Astrid Bowler |
Wednesday 30 September 2026: 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Performer: Vikki Jacobsen
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For carillon |
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| Ode pour le carillon | Serge Joris | |
| Spring morning – from Ludus Modalis I | Geert D’Hollander | |
| Melody – from Ludus Modalis I | Geert D’Hollander | |
| Velvet moon – from Ragged Bells Suite | Elena Kats-Chernin | |
| Lightly Sad Rag – from Ragged Bells Suite | Elena Kats-Chernin | |
| A whimsy | Ronald Barnes | |
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Traditional & anonymous |
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| Amazing grace | Traditional | John Knox |
| Scarborough fair | Traditional | Sally Slade Warner |
| Londonderry air | Traditional | Beverley Buchanan |
| What child is this? (Greensleeves) | Traditional | Richard Giszczak |
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From the stage & screen |
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| Princess Leia’s theme | John Williams | Astrid Bowler |
| When you wish upon a star | Leigh Harline | Anne-Kirstine Christiansen |
| Memory | Elaine Page | Mathieu Polak |
| Sunrise, sunset | Jerry Bock | Astrid Bowler |
| Tomorrow | Charles Strouse | Richard Giszcazk |
| Thank you for the music | Benny Andersson | Vikki Jacobsen |