National Carillon Concert Programs

3 August 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Peter Bray

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A peaceful opening

Ave Maria Johann Sebastian Bach & Charles Gounod Peter Bremmer
Je Te Veux Eric Satie Carlo van Ulft
Londonderry Air Irish Folk Sally Slade Warner
Hallelujah Leonard Cohen Joey Brink

Freddie Mercury

Somebody to Love Freddie Mercury Michael Gancz
We are the Champions Freddie Mercury Michael Gancz
Don't Stop Me Now Freddie Mercury Michael Gancz
Bohemian Rhapsody Freddie Murcury Anna Elias and Eddie Mariën

From the carillon suite Music for Twilight

I. Serendipity Frank DellaPenna  
II. Frolic Frank DellaPenna  
III. Dance of the Fireflies Frank DellaPenna  
IV. Stargazing Frank DellaPenna  

6 August 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Harrison Whalan

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Don’t Let Me Down John Lennon & Paul McCartney  
Cherry Wine Hozier  
Tblisi Gerard Brophy  
Velvet Moon Elena Kats-Chernin  
Maidan Voyage Herbie Hancock  
Take a break Geert D’Hollander  
Hypnotize System Of A Down  Harrison Whalan 
In a sentimental mood Duke Ellington  
Lake Music Terry Vaughn  
Equinox John Coltrane  
Love is a Beautiful Thing Theo Katzman  

10 August 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Anna Wong

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He is Risen Unser Herrscher Beverley Buchannan
Ave Maria Franz Schubert anon
Carillon George Frideric Handel Robert Lodine
Romanca d’Espangna Antonia Cano Hans Uwe Hieischer
Two Estudios for Guitar Fernando Sor Ronald Barnes
Estudio 2 Francisco Tarrega  
No. 1, 9 and 13 from Le Papillon (The Butterfly) Mauro Giuliani  
Tennessee Waltz Red Stewart & Peewee King Anna Wong
Moon Represents My Heart Weng Ching-His Anna Wong
Main theme from "Beauty and the Beast" Alan Menken Ann-Kristine Christiansen
Summer Song Terry Vaughan  
Ode Pour Le Carillon Serge Joris  

13 August 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Astrid Bowler

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Title: A Winter Afternoon

Preludium Giedrius Kuprevicius  
Winter Afternoon John Gordon  
Largo Atonio Vivaldi Arie Abbenes
Selections from Scenes from Childhood    
 
Of Strange Countries and People Robert Schumann Astrid Bowler
At the Fireside Robert Schumann Astrid Bowler
Traumerei Robert Schumann Astrid Bowler
     
My Thoughts Ukrainian Folksong Iryna Riabchun 
Ave Maria Leonid Borysovych Zatulovskyi Iryna Riabchun 
     
Four Variations on a Theme of Paisiello Wilfrid Holland  
The Hurdy-Gurdy Man from Winterreise Franz Schubert Astrid Bowler
     
Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind Thomas Augustine Arne Astrid Bowler
In the Bleak Mid-Winter Gustav Holst Astrid Bowler
     
Blues for Bells John Courter  

17 August 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Vikki Jacobsen

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For the carillon

Ode pour le carillon Serge Joris  
Lake Music Terry Vaughan  
Tblisi Gerald Brophy  
Etude Gary White  
Prelude Adrian Tien  

By Bach

Prelude in C minor (BWV 999) Johann Sebastian Bach Lyn Fuller
Prelude from the Suite for unaccompanied cello Johann Sebastian Bach Albert Gerken
Prelude in C major from the Well-tempered clavier (BWV 846) Johann Sebastian Bach Sue Bergren

French inspiration

The little shepherd Claude Debussy Paul Maassen
Gnossienne No. 1 Erik Satie Ulrich Rasmussen
Cerf-volant from Les Choristes Bruno Coulais Koen Van Assche
Charade Henry Mancini Koen Van Assche
La cloche sonne Franz Liszt Lyn fuller

A few familiar favourites

If David Gates Gary White
Londonderry air Traditional Beverley Buchanan
What a wonderful world Bob Thiele & George David Weiss Thomas Laue

20 August 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Julie Wright

Piece name Composer Arranger
The Frog Galliard John Dowland Jeff Davis
Drink to me only Anon Leen’t Hart 
Country gardens Anon  Julie Wright
Salut d’amour Edward Elgar  Julie Wright
On Ilka Moor baht’at Thomas Clark Edward Grantham 
Londonderry Air Anon  Julie Wright
All through the night Anon  Julie Wright
LochLomond Anon  Julie Wright
Ye Banks and braes Anon  Julie Wright
Linden Lea Vaughan Williams  Astrid Bowler
Keep the Home fires burning Ivor Novello  Julie Wright
Morning has Broken Anon  Janet Dundore
Scarborough Fair Anon  Sally Slade Warner
Elizabethan Serenade Ronald Binge  Astrid Bowler
White cliffs of Dover Walter Kent and Nat Burton Julie Wright
We’ll meet again Ross Parker and Hughie Charles Julie Wright

24 August 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Thomas Laue

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Prelude

Moonlight Serenade Glenn Miller Jos Lerinckx

National and International perspectives

Autumn moon over placid lake Lu Wencheng Thomas Laue
A Different Way Shams Ahmed, Ben Bram, Nathan Fertig, Sasha Fiks, Micah Hendler, Yaara Mokady, Sophia Wackerman Thomas Laue
Hiroshima Peace Song Minoru Yamamoto Thomas Laue
Anthem Combined (Yil Lull / Advance Australia Fair) Joe Geia & Peter Dodds McCormick  
Gift of Peace Sister Chân Lực Nghiêm Thomas Laue
Taba Naba Torres Strait Islands traditional song Thomas Laue

Space: from Outer to Inner

Boomerang Nebula Thomas Laue  
Gently does it Thomas Laue  
Chaconne in F major Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer Bernard P. Winsemius

Postlude

Take Me Home, Country Roads Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and John Denver Yoshiko Matsubara

27 August 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Vikki Jacobsen

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Composer

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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  
Moth-Eaten Rag Elena Kats-Chernin  
Second prelude from Three Preludes for Carillon Theophil Rusterholtz  
A Whimsy from Serenade 1 Ronald Barnes  
Prelude Adrian Tien  

Traditional & anonymous 

Amazing Grace Traditional John Knox 
Five Dutch folk songs Traditional William Créman
Londonderry air Traditional Beverley Buchanan
Scarborough fair Traditional Sally Slade Warner

From the classics to finish

The little shepherd Claude Debussy Paul Maassen
Gnossienne No. 1 Erik Satie Ulrich Rasmussen
Down Longford Way Katharine Parker Vikki Jacobsen

31 August 2025 12:30 - 1:30pm

Anna Wong

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He is Rison Unser Herrscher Beverly Buchannan
Carillon George Friedric Handel Robert Lodine
Canon in D Johan Pachelbel Anna Wong
Romanca d'Espagna Antonia Cano Hans Uwe Hieischer
Two Estudios for Guitar Fernando Sor Ronald Barnes
Estudio 2 Francisco Tarrega  
Amazing Grace John Newton and William Walker Bill Tyers
Moon Represents My Heart Weng Ching-His Anna Wong
Tennessee Waltz Red Steward & Peewee King Anna Wong
Beauty and the Beast Alan Menken Ann-Kristine Christiansen
Ave Maria Franz Schubert anon
Summer Song Terry Vaughan