National Carillon Concert Programs

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Please note programming is updated regularly. 

Sunday 30 August 2026: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Performer: Vikki Jacobsen

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Number Piece Name

Ode pour le carillon     

Preludes

Prelude in C major BWV 846 –  from the Well-Tempered Clavier Johann Sebastian Bach  Sue Bergren
Prelude Adrian Tien  
Prelude – from Suite I for unaccompanied cello Johann Sebastian Bach  Albert Gerken

Music for the carillon

Lake Music Terry Vaughan  
Summer Song Terry Vaughan  
Velvet moon Elena Kats-Chernin  
Moth-eaten Rag Elena Kats-Chernin  

Classical

Gnossienne No. 1 Eric Satie  Ulrich Rasmussen
The Old Castle Modest Moussorgsky  Peter Langbert
The Little Shepherd Claude Debussy Paul Maassen
Down Longford Way Kitty Parker Vikki Jacobsen

Familiar favourites

Londonderry Air Traditional Beverley Buchanan
If David Gates Gary White
Lullaby (Goodnight my Angel) Billy Joel Richard Giszcazk
What child is this? Traditional Richard Giszcazk

 

Tuesday 1 September 2026: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Performer: Astrid Bowler

Concert: Wattle Day

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Wattle Day Song David and Jan Raff Astrid Bowler
The Graceful Swaying Wattle Frank Bridge Astrid Bowler
Where the Wattles Bloom Jim Williams Astrid Bowler
Kevadel (In Spring) Estonian Traditional Astrid Bowler
The First Primrose Eduard Grieg Astrid Bowler
The Last Spring Eduard Grieg Astrid Bowler
Wenn der Frühling Kommt German Folksong Astrid Bowler
Faith in Spring Franz Schubert Astrid Bowler
Spring Night Robert Schumann Astrid Bowler
The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring (from “The Mikado”) Arthur Sullivan Astrid Bowler
Within My Father’s Garden French Traditional Astrid Bowler
Allegretto (from “Hymn of Praise”) Felix Mendelssohn Astrid Bowler

 

Tuesday 2 September 2026: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Performer: Timothy Cuock

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Rondo L'Anglaise Joseph Hector Fiocco  
Preludio 3 Matthias van den Gheyn  
Clair de Lune Claude Debussy  
On the San Antonio River Robert Byrnes  
Dans van de Polovtsiaanse maagden Alexander Borodin Jo Haazen
Ne me quitte pas Jacques Brel Jo Haazen
Für Elise Ludwig van Beethoven Luc Rombouts
Mijmeringen Pjotr Iljitsj Tsjaikovski   
La vie en rose Édith Piaf  Timothy Couck
The Can-Can Jacques Offenbach  Timothy Couck
Everybody Hurts R.E.M., Peter , Mike Mills, & Michael Stipe  Timothy Couck
Ode an die Freude Ludwig van Beethoven  

 

Sunday 13 September 2026: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Performer: Astrid Bowler

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Arioso Johann Sebastian Bach Astrid Bowler
Gavotte from “Iphigénie en Aulide” Christoph Willibald von Gluck Ronald Barnes
Moonlight Sonata – 1st Movement Ludwig von Beethoven Astrid Bowler
Romance – from “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Astrid Bowler
Two Studies (for guitar) Fernando Sor Ronald Barnes
Vocalise  Sergei Rachmaninov Josef  Haazen
Blow, Little Breeze Trad. - Latvian  Astrid Bowler
Our Village Street Folksong - Estonian Astrid Bowler
If You Were the Only Girl in the World Nathaniel Davis Ayer Astrid Bowler
Roses of Picardy Haydn Wood Astrid Bowler
If David Gates Gary White
Plaisir d’Amour Jean Paul Martini Astrid Bowler

 

Sunday 20 September 2026: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Performer: Peter Bray

Concert: It's Springtime

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  

 

More programs coming soon!

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