National Carillon Concert Programs

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Wednesday 1 April 2026 - 5:30pm

Performer: Vikki Jacobsen

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

For the carillon

Ode pour le carillon

Serge Joris

 

Lake music

Terry Vaughan

 

Ludus Modalis: Spring morning

Gert D’Hollander

 

Ludus Modalis: Melody

Gert D’Hollander

 

A whimsy

Ronald Barnes

 

From the classics

Prelude in C major BWV 846

Johann Sebastian Bach

Sue Bergen

Prelude

Adrian Tien

 

Prelude from Suite 1 for unaccompanied cello

Johann Sebastian Bach

Albert Gerken

Gnossienne

Eric Satie

Ulrich Rasmussen

The little shepherd

Claude Debussy

Paul Maassen

Familiar

Down Longford way

Katharine Parker

Vikki Jacobsen

Amazing Grace

(traditional)

John Knox

Cerf-volant from Les Choristes

Bruno Coulais

Koen Van Assche

Charade

Henry Mancini

Koen Van Assche

Sunrise, Sunset

Jerry Bock

Astrid Bowler

What a wonderful world

George David Weiss & Bob Thiele

Thomas Laue

 

Sunday 5 April 2026

Performer: Julia Wright

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Leuvens Preludio

John Gowens

 

I know that my redeemer  liveth

G. Handel

 David Bolton

He shall feed his flock

G. Handel

 Astrid Bowler

Sleepers awake

J.S Bach

 

Tallis’s canon

Thomas Tallis

 

Simple gifts

Elder Joseph Brackett

 Richard Giszczak

Nobody knows

Anon

C.G.B Garrett 

Deep river

Anon

C.G.B Garrett 

Joshua fought the battle of Jericho

Anon

C.G.B Garrett 

Sunday morning (bells)

Frank Hutchens

Julie Wright 

Five little piano pieces No1

Ross Edwards

Julie Wright 

Croutons for Carillon No2

Benjamin Thorn

 

Waltz

Benjamin thorn

 

Estudio No 5

Fernando Sor

Ronald Barnes

Estudio No 6

Fernando Sor

Ronald Barnes

Frolic

Frank Della Penna

 

 

Wednesday 8 April 2026 - 5:30pm

Performer: Vikki Jacobsen

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Ode pour le carillon

Serge Joris

 

Introductory Preludes

Prelude in C minor BWV999

Johann Sebastian Bach

Lyn Fuller

Second prelude, from Three Preludes for Carillon

Theophil Rusterholz

 

Prelude in C major BWV 846

Johann Sebastian Bach

Sue Bergen

Prelude

Adrian Tien

 

Short Evocations

Etude

Gary White

 

A Little Song

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Lyn Fuller

Scherzetto

John Gouwens

 

La Cloche Sonne

Franz Liszt

Lyn Fuller

Classic Ballads

Down Longford Way

Katharine Parker

Vikki Jacobsen

Londonderry Air

(traditional)

Beverley Buchanan

Scarborough Fair

(traditional)

Sally Slade Warner 

Over the Rainbow

Harold Arlen

Richard Giszczak

Tomorrow

Martin Charnin &

Richard Giszczak

Charles Strouse

Finale - Something Different

Velvet Moon

Elena Kats-Chernin

 

 

Sunday 12 April 2026

Performer: Peter Bray

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

A trip to New Zealand for ANZAC day

Two Pieces from New Zealand

Pokarekare Ana

Traditional Maori

Daniel Guo

Prelude for Bells – Written for Wellington National War Memorial Carillon

Gladys Watkins – New Zealand’s first Carillonist

 

A taste of Australia

Home among the gum trees

John Williamson

Adrien Tien

Lake Music – Written for the opening of the National Carillon in Canberra

Terry Vaughan

 

Music for reflection

Prelude for peace from In Terra Pax, op. 39

Gerald Finzi

Austin Ferguson 

Hymn from ‘Adiemus: Songs of sanctuary

Karl Jenkins

Wendy Murphy 

Aria: Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott BWV 422 No.11 Matthäus-Passion (a nod to easter just passed)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Henri Groen & Boudewijn Zwart

Spiegel im spiegel

Arvo Pärt

Peter Bray 

Something lighter that you may recognise

La vie en rose

Edith Piaf

 Peter Bray

Clair de Lune from Suite Bergamasque (a nod to Artemis II)

Claude Debussy

 Bernard Winsemius

Two carillon classics

Sonatine

Stefano Colletti 

 

Preludium Quazi una Fantasia 

Jef van Hoof

 

 

Wednesday 15 April 2026 - 5:30pm

Performer: Vikki Jacobsen

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

For the Carillon

Ode pour le carillon

Serge Joris

 

Selections from Ludas Modalis: 

Spring morning

Geert D’Hollander

 

Melody

Geert D’Hollander

 

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

Elena Kats-Chernin

 

A whimsy 

Ronald Barnes

 

Traditional & anonymous 

Amazing Grace

Traditional

John Knox 

Scarborough Fair 

Traditional

Sally Slade Warner

Londonderry air

Traditional

Beverley Buchanan

From musicals

Memory (Cats)

Elaine Page

Matieu Daniel Polak

Princess Leia’s them (Star Wars)

John Williams

Julie Wright

Over the Rainbow (Wizard of Oz)

Harold Arlen

Richard Giszczak

Tomorrow (Annie)

Charles Strouse

Richard Tiszczak

Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)

Jerry Bock

Astrid Bowler

Rainbow Connection (The Muppet Movie)

Paul Willaims

Anne-Kirstine Christiansen

 

Wednesday 22 April 2026 - 12:30pm

Performer: Astrid Bowler

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

A Centenary Celebration - A Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

Peal of bells (Queens)

 

 

Lake Music

Terence (Terry) Vaughan

 

Elizabethan Lute Pieces

Various early English

Ronald Barnes

Elizabethan Serenade

Ronald Binge

Astrid Bowler

Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven

John Goss

Astrid Bowler

Jerusalem

Charles Hubert H. Parry

 

The White Cliffs of Dover

Walter Kent

Astrid Bowler 

Cheek to Cheek

Irving Berlin

Astrid Bowler

Memory

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Mathieu D. Polak

Castle on a Cloud

Claude-Michel Schonberg

Sally Slade Warner

Rule Britannia

Thomas Arne

Astrid Bowler

 

Saturday 25 April 2026 - 12:30pm

Performer: Astrid Bowler

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Lest We Forget - A Program for Anzac Day

The Last Post

 

John Douglas Gordon

O Valiant Hearts

Charles Harris

Astrid Bowler

Not Unto Us, O Lord (Psalm 115)

Ernest R. Kroeger

Astrid Bowler

O God Our help in Ages Past (St.Anne)

William Croft

Astrid Bowler

Abide With Me (Eventide)

Henry F. Lyte

Astrid Bowler

Roses of Picardy

Haydn Wood

Astrid Bowler

The White Cliffs of Dover

Walter Kent

Astrid Bowler 

If You Were the Only Girl in the World

Nat D. Ayer

Astrid Bowler

A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

Manning Sherwin

Astrid Bowler

A Brown Slouch Hat

George Wallace

Astrid Bowler

Waltzing Matilda 

Marie Cowan

Astrid Bowler

God Defend New Zealand (New Zealand National Anthem)

John Joseph Woods

 

Advance Australia Fair (Australian National Anthem)

Peter Dodds McCormick

 

 

Sunday 26 April 2026 - 5:30pm

Performer: Julie Wright

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Chime of Welcome

Dulcie Holland

 

Lake Music

Terry Vaughan

 

Elizabethan Serenade

Ronald Binge

Astrid Bowler 

Keep the home fires burning

Ivor Novello

Julie Wright 

Amazing Grace

William Walker

 Julie Wright

All through the night

Anon

 Julie Wright 

Linden lea

Vaughan Williams

Astrid Bowler 

Consolation

Felix Mendelssohn

 Julie wright

Finlandia

Jean Sibelius

 Don Cook

Gymnopaedie no1

Eric Satie

 

Elegie

Massenet

Julie Wright 

Pavane de la belle au bois dormant

Maurice Ravel

 Frank Della Penna

Carilloneur de Bruges

Joeguy and Geert D’Hollander

 

Autumn leaves

Joseph Kosma

 Astrid Bowler

White cliffs of Dover

Nat Burton and Walter Kent

Julie Wright 

We’ll meet again

Ross Parker and Hughie Charles

Julie Wright

 

Monday 4 May 2026 - 12:30pm

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 

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

More programs coming soon!