National Carillon Concert Programs

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Please note programming is updated regularly. 

Wednesday 4 March 2026

Performer: Astrid Bowler

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Peal of bells (Queens)

 

 

Prelude – The Bell

Frédéric Chopin

 Astrid Bowler

An Autumn Morning

Roy Ewing Agnew

 Astrid Bowler

Autumn Leaves

Joseph Kosma

Astrid Bowler

September Song

Kurt Weill

 

My Thoughts

Ukrainian Folk Song

Iryna Riabchun

Vocalise

Sergej Rachmaninov

Jo Haazen

Intermezzo 1

Leen ‘t Hart

 

Blues for Bells

John Courter

 

Siciliana

Ioannes de Gruytters

 

 

Saturday 7 March 2026

Performers: Carillon Society of Australia Members

Piece name Composer Arranger

Carillonist: Wendy Murphy (Bathurst)

Carillon d'Amour by Claudio Santangelo Claudio Santanglo  
‘II. Golden Bells’ from The Bells Peter Paul Olejar  

Carillonist: Vikki Jacobsen (Canberra)

Velvet Moon  Elena Kats-Chernin  
Lullaby (Good night, My angel’) Billy Joel Richard Giszaczk

Carillonist: Julie Wright (Canberra)

All I ask of you Andrew Lloyd Webber John Courter
Moondance Van Morrison Julie Wright

Carillonist: Astrid Bowler (Canberra)

Autumn Leaves  Joseph Kosma Astrid Bowler
Siciliana Joannes de Gruyters  

Carillonist: Daniel Guo (Sydney)

‘First movement’ from Spring  Vivaldi  
A Chime of Welcome Dulcie Holland  

Carillonist: Veronica Lambert (Sydney)

Waves on Lake Hong Hu Jo Haazen  
Metamorphosis One  Philip Glass   

Carillonist: Isaac Wong (Sydney)

‘Op. 67 No. 2’ from Song Without Words Felix Mendelssohn Isaac Wong
‘18th Variation’ from Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini  Sergei Rachmaninoff Isaac Wong

 

Wednesday 11 March 2026 - 5:30pm

Performer: Julie Wright

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Fantasy on  Bells of St Clements

Anon

John Gordon

Scarborough Fair

Anon

Sally Slade Warner 

Ye banks and braes

Anon

Julie Wright 

On Ilkla Moor Baht’at

Thomas Clark

 Edward Grantham

Sakura

Anon

 Jo Haazen

Song of the  Seashore

Tamezi Narita

Adrian Tien  rev. Julie Wright 

Aura lea

G. Poulton

La Salle Spier 

Nobody Knows

Anon

C.G.B. Garrett 

Folksong from Belarus

Anon

 Jo Haazen

Those were the days

Gene Raskin

 

Cielito Lindo

Quirino Mendoza y Cortes

 

El Condor Pasa

Daniel Alomia Robles

Julie Wright 

El Choclo

A.G. Villoldo

Julie Wright 

Botany Bay

Wilhelm Meyer Lutz

 Robert O’Donnell

Road to Gundagai

Jack O’Hagan

 

Waltzing Matilda

Christina McPherson

Julie Wright

Sunday 15 March 2026 -12:30pm

Performer: Anna Wong

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Carillon

Georg Handel

Robert Lodine

Ave Maria

Franz Schubert

anon

Lake Music

Terry Vaughan

 

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

Romanca d'Espangna

Antonia Cano

 

Summer Song

Terry Vaughan

 

Two Estudios for Guitar

Fernando Sor

Ronald Barnes

 

Wednesday 18 March 2026 - 5:30pm

Performer: Wikki Jacobsen

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Ode pour le carillon

Serge Joris

 

Lake music

Terry Vaughan

 

Summer song

Terry Vaughan

 

Ludus Modalis – Spring morning & Melody

Geert D’Hollander

 

Tblisi

Gerard Brophy

 

Prelude in C major BWV 846

Johann Sebastian Bach

Sue Bergen

Prelude from Suite 1 for unaccompanied cello

Johann Sebastian Bach

Albert Gerken

Estudio 5 for guitar

Fernando Sor

Ronald Barnes

The little shepherd

Claude Debussy

Paul Maassen

Gnossienne

Eric Satie

Ulrich Rasmussen

Cerf-volant from Les Choristes

Bruno Coulais

Koen Van Assche

Charade

Henry Mancini

Koen Van Assche

If

David Gates

Gary White

Londonderry air

(traditional)

Beverley Buchanan

Down Longford way

Katharine Parker

Vikki Jacobsen

What a wonderful world

George David Weiss & Bob Thiele

Thomas Laue

 

Wednesday 25 March - 8:00pm - 9:00pm

Performer: Thomas Laue

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Bells of Friendship: Greece and Australia

Ceremonial segment

 

 

Advance Australia Fair

Peter Dodds McCormick

Thomas Laue

Hymn to Liberty (Greek National Anthem)

Nikolaos Mantzaros

Thomas Laue

O Sun of Justice (Της δικαιοσύνης ήλιε νοητέ)

Mikis Theodorakis

Thomas Laue

Music with Global Influences

You're the Voice (John Farnham in 1986 and Lavrenths Maxairitsas in 1993)

Chris Thompson, Maggie Ryder, Andy Qunta, Keith Reid

Thomas Laue

tbilisi

Gerard Brophy

 

Drilbu-Ghanta: The Seven Metals

Larry Sitsky

 

Lyrical Waltz for Bells

Elena Kats-Chernin

 

Harmonious Melodies

Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

P. I. Tchaikovsky

Elena Sadina

Moonlight Serenade

Glenn Miller

Jos Lerinckx

Damai Bersamamu

Johnny Sahilatua

Thomas Laue

Into the night

Boomerang Nebula: Freeze, Thaw, Refreeze, Exit

Thomas Laue

 

 

Sunday 29 March 2026 - 12:30pm

Performer: Thomas Laue

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Southern Stars and Hellenic Skies

Celebrating the Friendship between Greeks and Australians

Advance Australia Fair

Peter Dodds McCormick

Thomas Laue

Hymn to Liberty (Greek National Anthem)

Nikolaos Mantzaros

Thomas Laue

O Sun of Justice (Της δικαιοσύνης ήλιε νοητέ)

Mikis Theodorakis

Thomas Laue

You're the Voice (John Farnham in 1986 and Lavrenths Maxairitsas in 1993)

Chris Thompson, Maggie Ryder, Andy Qunta, Keith Reid

Thomas Laue

A mixed selection

Finlandia (Be Still, My Soul)

Jean Sibelius

D. Cook

Imagine

John Lennon & Yoko Ono

Thomas Laue

At Peace with You

Johnny Sahilatua

Thomas Laue

Suite I for Unaccompanied Cello: Prelude

Johann Sebastian Bach

Albert Gerken

Carillon interlude

Preludio No. 10

M. Van den Gheyn

 

Campanopedie

Philippe Beullens

 

Cacao

Thomas laue

 

Dance away

Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

P. I. Tchaikovsky

Elena Sadina

Lyrical Waltz for Bells

Elena Kats-Chernin

 

 

More programs coming soon!