National Carillon Concert Programs

 

1 September 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Astrid Bowler

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Wattle Day Song

David & 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

3 September 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Astrid Bowler

 

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Welcome Spring

Wenn der Frühling kommt

German Traditional

 Astrid Bowler

The Last Spring

Eduard Grieg

 Astrid Bowler

Faith in Spring

Franz Schubert

 Astrid Bowler

Arioso

Johann Sebastian Bach

Astrid Bowler

Spring Night

Robert Schumann

 Astrid Bowler

Faith in Spring

Franz Schubert

 Astrid Bowler

Linden Lea

Ralph Vaughan Williams

 Astrid Bowler

Flower Duet from “Lakmé” 

Leo Delibes

 Astrid Bowler

The Flower song from “Carmen”

Georges Bizet

 Astrid Bowler

Sakura

Japanese Traditional

Jo Haazen

My Thoughts

Ukrainian Folksong

Irina Riabchun

O You Beautiful Swallow

French-Canadian Folksong.

Émilien  Allard 

The Graceful Swaying Wattle

Frank Bridge

 Astrid Bowler

Plaisir d’Amour

Jean Paul Martini

 Astrid Bowler

Love is a Many Splendored Thing

Sammy Fain

 Astrid Bowler

Hymn to Love

Marguerite Monnot

 Astrid Bowler

6 September 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Thomas Laue

 

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Bells : Augmented (spaces intentional)

Respectful recognition of both flags

Anthem Combined

Joe Geia & Peter Dodds McCormick

Thomas Laue

Three world premieres: New Australian music celebrating the National Carillon’s 55th Anniversary

Circadian Memory

Emma Greenhill

 

Bikeway

Ronan Apcar

 

Bellbird Chimes

Frank Millward

 

Matin

Ian Blake

 

Snaking

Sally Whitwell

 

gently does it

Thomas Laue

Thomas Laue

Gift of Peace

Sister Chân Lực Nghiêm & Thomas Laue

 

The Fiddle And The Drum

Joni Mitchell

Thomas Laue

Nobel Peace Prize Song

Tibetan Institute Of Performing Arts

Thomas Laue

A Different Way

Shams Ahmed, Ben Bram, Nathan Fertig, Sasha Fiks, Micah Hendler, Yaara Mokady, Sophia Wackerman

Thomas Laue

Where have all the flowers gone?

Pete Seeger

Thomas Laue

7 September 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Harrison Whalan

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Blue in Green

Bill Evans/Miles Davis

 

Summertime

George Gershin

Harrison Whalan

Whimsy

Ronald Barnes

 

Velvet Moon

Elena Kats-Chernin

 

Sweethearts

Sam Anning

 

Take a break

Geert D'Hollander

 

Unforgetable

Irving Gordon

 

In a Sentimental mood

Duke Elington

 

Lake Music

Terry Vayghan

 

Songbird

Christy McVee

Harrison Whalan

Take me Home, Country Roads

Billy Dannof, Taffy Nivert and John Denver

Harrison Whalan

Flame Trees

Cold Chisel

Harrison Whalan

10 September 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Julie Wright

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Ariosa from Cantata 156

Johann Sebastian Bach

Julie Wright

Sleepers Awake

Johann Sebastian Bach

 

Traumerei

Robert Schumann

Albert Gerken

Consolation

Felix Mendelssohn

Don Cook

Solveig’s Song

Edvard Grieg

Ann -Kirstine Christiansen

Finlandia

Jean Sibelius

Don Cook 

The Second waltz

Dimitri Shostakovitch

 

Aura lea

George R. Poulton

La Salle spier 

Try to remember

Schmidt and Jones

Janet Dundore 

Nobody knows

Anon

CGB Garrett

Alexanders Ragtime band

Irving Berlin

Julie wright

Let it be

John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Jakob de Vreese and Rachel Perfecto

Strawberry Fields

John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Esther Schopman

When I’m 64

John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Peter Bremer

Blackbird

John Lennon and Paul McCartney

 

With a little help from my friends

John Lennon and Paul McCartney

 

14 September 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Anna Wong

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Canon in D

Johann Pachelbel

Anna Wong

Ave Maria

Franz Schubert

Anon

Romanca d’Espangna

Antonia Cano

Hans Uwe Hieischer

Estudio 2

Francisco Tarrega

 

Two Estudios for Guitar

Fernando Sor

Ronald Barnes

Amazing Grace

John Newton and William Walker

Bill Tyers

Moon Represents My Heart

Weng Ching-His

Anna Wong

Tennessee Waltz

Res Stewards and Peewee King

Anna Wong

Moon River

Henri Mancini

Anna Wong

The Bare Necessities

Terry Gilkyson

Anna Wong

Beauty and the Beast 

Alan Menken

Ann-Kristine Christiansen

Lake Music

Terry Vaughan

 

Summer Song

Terry Vaughan

 

Ode Pour Le Carillon

Serge Joris

 

17 September 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Vikki Jacobsen

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

For carillon

Ode pour le carillon

Serge Joris

 

Lake music

Terry Vaughan

 

Spring

Geert D'Hollander

 

Melody

Geert D'Hollander

 

Velvet moon

Elena Kats-Chernin

 

Moth-eaten Rag

Elena Kats-Chernin

 

From the Baroque

Solfeggietto

Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach

Vikki Jacobsen

Prelude in C major (BWV 846)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Lyn Fuller

Familiar & inspirational

Amazing grace

Anonymous

John Knox

Scarborough fair

Anonymous

Sally Slade Warner

Londonderry air

Anonymous

Beverly Buchanan

Hallelujah

Leonard Cohen

Joey Brink

If

David Gates

Gary White

Lullaby (Goodnight, my angel)

Billy Joel

Richard Giszcazk

Over the rainbow

Harold Arlen

Richard Giszcazk

21 September 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Thomas Laue

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

United Nations International Day of Peace: “Act Now for a Peaceful World”

Scarborough Fair / Canticle

Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel

Thomas Laue

Gift of Peace

Sister Chân Lực Nghiêm

Thomas Laue

The Fiddle And The Drum

Joni Mitchell

Thomas Laue

Ahimsa

U2 and Allah Rakha Rahman

Thomas Laue

The Song of the Birds

Traditional Catalonian

Thomas Laue

What a Wonderful World

Bob Thiele & George David Weiss

Thomas Laue

Imagine

John Lennon & Yoko Ono

Thomas Laue

Show pity

John Rzeznik, Marsh family

Thomas Laue

gently does it: Peace

Thomas Laue

N/A

At Peace with You

Johnny Sahilatua

Thomas Laue

Blowin’ in the Wind

Bob Dylan

Thomas Laue

Nobel Peace Prize Song

Tibetan Institute Of Performing Arts

Thomas Laue

Rainbow Connection

Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher

Thomas Laue

Where have all the flowers gone?

Pete Seeger

Thomas Laue

24 September 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Harrison Whalan

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Love is a beautiful thing

Theo Katzman

 

The Nearness of you

Hoagy Carmichael

 

Cherry Wine

Hozier

 

Don't let me down

John Lennon and Paul McCartney

 

Songbird

Christine McVie

 

Ode Pour le Carillon

Serge Joris

 

Hypnotise

System of a Down

 

Tbilisi

Gerard Brophy

 

Unforgetable

Irving Gordon

 

Sweethearts

Sam Anning

 

Misty

Erroll Garner

 

Lake Music

Terry Vaughan

 

 

28 September 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Peter Bray

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Prelude 9 

Matthias Vanden Gheyn

 

Moments from great composers

The Swan from Carnival of the Animals

Camille Saint-Saens

Eddy Marien

Poco Allegretto from Symphony No. 3

Johannes Brahms

Paul Maassen

Minuet in G (HWV. 434)

George Friedric Handel

Isaac Wong

Andante from Piano Concerto No. 2

Dmitri Shostakovich

Isaac Wong

Timeless classics

Naima

John Coltrane

Joey Brink

Fly me to the Moon

Bart Howard

Peter Bray

La Vie en Rose

Edith Piaf

Peter Bray

The Man I love

George Gershwin

Peter Bray

Misty

Erroll Garner

Jos Lerinckx

Colours of the wind from Pocahontas

Alan Menken

Stephen Schwartz

Grand finale

Clair De Lune from Suite Bergamaque

Claude Debussy

Bernard Winsemius