National Carillon Concert Programs

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Canberra International Music Festival 2026 'Bell Plains' (All music by Australian composers)

As wild as all get out

Chris Sainsbury

Blue Plains (World Premiere)

Chris Sainsbury

Bell Curve fragment: Interlude 1 (WP)

Eugene Ughetti

The Lake

Dulcie Holland

Thomas Laue

Snaking

Sally Whitwell

Bell Curve fragment: Interlude 2 (WP)

Eugene Ughetti

Together

Nat Bartsch

Bikeway

Ronan Apcar

Matin

Ian Blake

Bell Curve fragment: Interlude 3 (WP)

Eugene Ughetti

Frolicking from Afar

Thomas Laue

Montage

Peggy Polias

Bell Curve fragment: Postlude (WP)

Eugene Ughetti

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

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

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Canberra Girls Grammar School - 100 Years | Centenary Carillon Recital

Shine, Jesus, Shine

Graham Kendrick

Vikki Jacobsen

Prelude in C major, BWV846, from the Well-Tempered Clavier

Johann Sebastian Bach

Sue Bergen

Velvet Moon Rag, from Ragged Bells: Suite for Carillon

Elena Kats-Chernin

N/A

Amazing Grace

Traditional

John Knox

Princess Leia’s theme

John Williams

Julie Wright

Over the Rainbow

Harold Arlen

Richard Giszczak

Sunrise, Sunset

Jerry Bock

Astrid Bowler

Rainbow Connection

Paul Williams

Ann-Kirstine Christiansen

When you wish upon a star

Leigh Harline & Ned Washington

Ann-Kirstine Christiansen

What a wonderful world

Bob Theile & George David Weiss

Thomas Laue

Thank you for the music

Benny Andersoon

Vikki Jacobsen

We are the young

Mary Donnelly

Vikki Jacobsen

Jerusalem

Charles Hubert Hastings Parry

Vikki Jacobsen

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Carillon

Georg Handel

Robert Lodine

Ave Maria

Franz Schubert

anon

Estudio 2

Francisco Tarrega

Romanca d'Espangna

Antonia Cano

Two Estudios for Guitar

Fernando Sor

Ronald Barnes

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

Edelweiss from 'The Sound of Music'

Oscar Hammerstein & Richard Rodgers

Ode Pour Le Carillon

Serge Joris

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Welcome to chimes

Dulcie Holland

Sunday morning (bells)

Frank Hutchens

 Julie Wright

Bell Play No. 2

Benjamin Thorn

Croutons for carillons No. 2

Benjamin Thorn

Lake music

Terry Vaughan

Five little piano pieces No. 1

Ross Edwards

  Julie Wright

Lullaby for Len

Ross Edwards

  Julie Wright

Tbilisi

Gerard Brophy

Optimistic carillon melody

Elena Kats - Chernin

Chocolate Notes

Thomas Laue

Scenes from Alentejo No. 2

Daniel Guo

Jessica’s Theme

Bruce Rowland

Peter Bray

Six ribbons

Jon English

Road to Gundagai

Jack O’Hagan

Home amongst the gum trees

 W. Johnston and  B. Brown

Still call Australia Home

Peter Allen

Julie Wright

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Canon in D

Johann Pachelbel

Anna Wong

Ode Pour Le Carillon

Serge Joris

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

Edelweiss from 'The Sound of Music'

Oscar Hammerstein & Richard Rodgers

Moon River from 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'

Henry Mancini

Anna Wong

Two Estudios for Guitar

Fernando Sor

Ronald Barnes

Romanca d'Espangna

Antonia Cano

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Last of the Autumn Days

Campanella

Géo Clément

Ave Maria

L. Zatulovsky

 Iryna Riabchun

September Song

Kurt Weill

Autumn Leaves

Joseph Kosma

Astrid Bowler

Andantino and Ballad

Heino Eller

Astrid Bowler

Two Estonian Folk Melodies

Edgar Arro

Astrid Bowler

Für Alina

Arvo Pärt

Astrid Bowler

A Somber Pavan

Ronald Barnes

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Andaluza

Enrique Granados

Leon Block

Two Studies for Guitar

Fernando Sor

Ronald Barnes

Leyenda

Isaac Albeniz

 Leon Block

Preludio No.5 in d minor

Matthias van den Gheyn

Concert Title: Georgia and Australia in Harmony

Georgia & Australia

Tavisupleba (თავისუფლება), National Anthem of Georgia

Zacharia Paliashvili

Thomas Laue

Advance Australia Fair, National Anthem of Australia

Peter Dodds McCormick

Thomas Laue

Suliko (სულიკო)

Varinka Tsereteli

Thomas Laue

My Firefly (ჩემო ციცინათე)

David Paghava

Thomas Laue

Yellow Leaves (ყვითელი ფოთლები)

Giya Kancheli

Thomas Laue

Taba Naba

Torres Strait Islands traditional song

Thomas Laue

Peace and Tranquility from Around the World

At Peace with You

Johnny Sahilatua

Thomas Laue

Autumn moon over placid lake

Lu Wencheng

Thomas Laue

May There Always Be Sunshine!

Arkady Ostrovsky

Thomas Laue

Hiroshima Peace Song

Minoru Yamamoto

Thomas Laue

Mimi

Stephen Pigram

Thomas Laue

Peace

Thomas Laue

Heal the World

Michael Jackson

Thomas Laue

You are my sunshine

Paul Rice

Closing Act

You’re the Voice

Chris Thompson, Maggie Ryder, Andy Qunta, Keith Reid

Thomas Laue

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Concert title: A Georgian-Australian Celebration

Georgia & Australia

Tavisupleba (თავისუფლება), National Anthem of Georgia

Zacharia Paliashvili

Thomas Laue

Advance Australia Fair, National Anthem of Australia

Peter Dodds McCormick

Thomas Laue

Mimi

Stephen Pigram

Thomas Laue

Yellow Leaves (ყვითელი ფოთლები)

Giya Kancheli

Thomas Laue

Suliko (სულიკო)

Varinka Tsereteli

Thomas Laue

My Firefly (ჩემო ციცინათე)

David Paghava

Thomas Laue

Music from the Heart

gently does it: ‘Peace’

Thomas Laue

Damai Bersamamu

Johnny Sahilatua

Thomas Laue

Frolicking from Afar

Thomas Laue

You are my sunshine

Paul Rice

Neighbours

April in Portugal

R. Ferrão

Jo Haazen

O Sun of Justice (Της δικαιοσύνης ήλιε νοητέ)

Mikis Theodorakis

Thomas Laue

May There Always Be Sunshine!

Arkady Ostrovsky

Thomas Laue

Autumn moon over placid lake

Lu Wencheng

Thomas Laue

Postlude

Beds are Burning

Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Peter Garrett

Thomas Laue

Piece name

Composer (Full Name)

Arranger (Full Name)

Concert title: All In — National Reconciliation Week Live Concert at the National Carillon

Acknowledgement of Country

Yil Lull

Joe Geia

Beds are Burning

Rob Hirst, Jim Moginie, Peter Garrett

Thomas Laue

Imagine

John Lennon & Yoko Ono

Thomas Laue

Peace, from the suite ‘gently does it’

Thomas Laue

Taba Naba

Traditional children's song from the Torres Strait Islands

Thomas Laue

Stand Up

Jazmine Sullivan & Dernst Emile

You’re the Voice

Chris Thompson, Maggie Ryder, Andy Qunta, Keith Reid

Thomas Laue

We are Australian

Bruce Woodley

Thomas Laue

As wild as all get out

Chris Sainsbury

Rise Up

Andra Day & Jennifer Decilvelo

Heal the World

Michael Jackson

Thomas Laue

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Preludio 5

Matthias Vanden Gheyn

Fugue from Sonanat I for solo Violin (BWV 1001)

Johann Sebastian Bach

Arie Abbenes 

Minuet in G (HWV 434) 

George Friedrich Handel

Isaac Wong 

Sicilienne from Serenade No. 1

Ronald Barnes

Prelude for Bells

Gladys Watkins

Till there was you (There were bells)

Meredith Wilson

Wendy Murphy 

Naima

John Coltrane

Joey Brink 

Colours of the wind from Pocohontas

Alan Menken

Stephen Schwartz 

Andante from Piano Concert No. 2

Dmitri Shostakovich

Isaac Wong 

Clair de lune

Claude Debussy

Bernard Winsemius 

Sonatine

Stefano Colletti