National Carillon Concert Programs

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Date: 3 December 2025

Performer: Harrison Whalan

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

God Bless the child

Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzon Jr.

 

Silent Night

Franz Xaver Gruber

 

Take a Break

Geert D’Hollander

 

Lake Music

Terry Vaughan

 

Away in a Manger

James Murray and John McFarland

 

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Traditional

 

Nearness of You

Hoagy Carmichael

 

In a Sentimental Mood

Duke Ellington

 

It came upon a midnight clear

Arthur Sullivan and Edmund Sears

 

Velvet Moon

Elena Kats-Chernin

 

Songbird

Christie McVie

 

We Wish you a Merry Christmas

Traditional

Arthur Warrell

 

Date: 7 December 2025

Performer: Thomas Laue

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Christmas: Traditional

O Come All Ye Faithful 

Christmas carol

 

Have yourself a merry little Christmas 

H. Martin & R. Blane 

 

Joy to the World

L. Mason 

 

Deck The Hall

Old Welsh air 

 

God Rest you Merry Gentlemen 

English carol 

 

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

A. Warrell

 

Angels we have heard on high

Old French melody

 

Quieter reflections

Silent Night

F. Gruber 

 

Silver Bells 

Livingston & R. Evans 

 

Song of the birds

Catalonian Christmas song / Pau Casals

 

At Peace with You

Johnny Sahilatua

Thomas Laue

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire

Mel Tormé & Robert Wells

 

Melting moments

Summertime

George Gershwin

Lydia Zwart

In Summer (from Frozen)

Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez

 

 

Date: 10 December 2025

Performer: Vikki Jacobsen

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Angels we have heard on high

Traditional

Milford Myhre

Away in a manger

Traditional

Theophil Rusterholz

Carol of the bells

Traditional

Mykola Dmitrovich Leontovich

Carol of the drum

Katherine Kennicott Davis

Jean-Pierre Hautekiet

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

Mel Torme & Robert Wells

Phillippe Benilens

Coventry carol

Traditional

Ronald Barnes

Happy Xmas (War is over)

Yoko Ono & John Lennon

Mariko Matsue

Hark, the herald angels sing

Felix Mendelssohn

Albert Gerken

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane

Gideon Bodden

Lo, how a rose e’er blooming

Michael Praetorius

Jeffery Bossin

I saw three ships

Traditional

Milford Myhre

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas

Irving Berlin

Jakob De Vreese

It came upon a midnight clear

Richard Storrs Willis

Carlo van Ulft

O come all ye faithful

Traditional

Laura Hewitt Wipple

Prelude on Joyful Joyful

Ludwig van Beethoven

Laura Hewitt Wipple

Prelude on Lullaby Carol

Ronald Barnes

 

Silent night

Franz Xaver Gruber

Carlo van Ulft

The holly and the ivy

Traditional

Milford Myhre

What child is this

Traditional

Richard Giszczak

We wish you a merry Christmas

Traditional

Albert Gerken

 

Date: 14 December 2025

Performer: Peter Bray

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

It's the hap-happiest season of all

The Christmas Song

Mel Torme and Robert Wells

Roy Kroezen

It's the most wonderful time of the year

Eddie Pola & George Wyle

Georg Wagner

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane

Gideon Bodden

Sleighbells in the snow

Winter Wonderland

Felix Bernard and Dick Smith

Georg Wagner

I'm dreaming of a White Chistmas

Irving Berlin

Georg Wagner

Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!

Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn

Matthieu Daniel Polak and Georg Wagner

Bells on bob tail ring

Jingle Bells

James Piermont

Georg Wagner

Silver Bells

Jay Livingston and Ray Evans

Matthieu Daniel Polak and Georg Wagner

Jingle Bell Rock

Joe Beal / Jim Boothe

Audrey Dye

Up on the housetop 

I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus

Tommie Connor

Matthieu Daniel Polak and Georg Wagner

Santa Claus is coming to town

John F. Coots and Haven Gillespie

Matthieu Daniel Polak and Georg Wagner

Sleigh Ride

Lery Anderson and Mitchell Parish

Georg Wagner

Rudolf the red nose reindeer

 

 

I'll give it to someone special

Last Christmas I gave you my heart

George Michel

Georg Wagner

I'll be home for Christmas

Walter Kent and Michael Buble

Matthieu Daniel Polak and Georg Wagner

Happy Xmas

Yoko Ono and John Lennon

Mariko Matsue

 

Date: 17 December 2025

Performer: Julie Wright

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

O Come all ye faithful

 

Ronald Barnes

Joy to the world

George F. Handel

Jeffery Bossin

Silent Night

Franz Gruber

Hans U. Hielscher

We three Kings

John Henry Hopkins Jr

Jeffery Bossin

God rest ye merry gentlemen

Anon

Ronald Barnes

Jingle bells

James Lord Pierpont

Carlo van Ulft

I heard the bells on Christmas Day

John Baptiste Calkin

Anon

Silver Bells

Jay Livingston and Ray Evans

Richard von Grabow

White Christmas

Irving Berlin

Jakob De Vreese

The Christmas Song

Robert Wells and Mel Torme

Roy Kroezen

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Hugh Martinand Ralph Blane

Gideon Bodden

Australian Christmas medley

William G. James

Julie Wright

Mary’s Boy child

Jester Hairston

Julie Wright

Feliz Navidad

Jose Feliciano

Julie Wright

We wish you a merry Christmas

Anon

Albert Gerken

 

Date: 21 December 2025

Performer: Vikki Jacobsen

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

Angels we have heard on high

Traditional

Milford Myhre

Away in a manger

Traditional

Theophil Rusterholz

Carol of the bells

Traditional

Mykola Dmitrovich Leontovich

Carol of the drum

Katherine Kennicott Davis

Jean-Pierre Hautekiet

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

Mel Torme & Robert Wells

Phillippe Benilens

Coventry carol

Traditional

Ronald Barnes

Happy Xmas (War is over)

Yoko Ono & John Lennon

Mariko Matsue

Hark, the herald angels sing

Felix Mendelssohn

Albert Gerken

Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane

Gideon Bodden

Lo, how a rose e’er blooming

Michael Praetorius

Jeffery Bossin

I saw three ships

Traditional

Milford Myhre

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas

Irving Berlin

Jakob De Vreese

It came upon a midnight clear

Richard Storrs Willis

Carlo van Ulft

O come all ye faithful

Traditional

Laura Hewitt Wipple

Prelude on Joyful Joyful

Ludwig van Beethoven

Laura Hewitt Wipple

Prelude on Lullaby Carol

Ronald Barnes

 

Silent night

Franz Xaver Gruber

Carlo van Ulft

The holly and the ivy

Traditional

Milford Myhre

What child is this

Traditional

Richard Giszczak

We wish you a merry Christmas

Traditional

Albert Gerken

 

Date: 24 December 2025

Performer: Astrid Bowler

Piece name

Composer

Arranger

O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)

Anon (18th Century)

Astrid Bowler

In Dulci Jubilo

Johann Sebastian Bach 

Georg Köppl

The Holly and the Ivy

Traditional - English

Ronald Barnes

Good King Wenceslas

English carol

Ronald Barnes

Carol of the Bells (Shtedrik)

Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovich

Ronald Barnes

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Lewis Henry Redner 

Ronald Barnes

Lord Jesus Hath  Garden

Old Dutch carol

Ronald Barnes

Come All Ye Shepherds 

Traditional - Bohemian   

Ronald Barnes

Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming

Old German Tune

Glenn Winston Cassler / Astrid Bowler

In the Bleak Mid-Winter

Gustav Holst

Astrid Bowler

The First Nowell

Traditional - English

Astrid Bowler

We Three Kings of Orient Are

John Henry Hopkins

 Albert Gerken

Variations on a French Noël

Todd Fair

 

The Silver Stars

William Garnet James

Astrid Bowler

Silent Night

Franz Grüber

Albert Gerken

Infant Holy, Infant Lowly

Polish carol

Raymond Keldermans

Softly, Softly, Christmas Bells Resounding

Estonian childrens’ song

Astrid Bowler

Away in a Manger

William James Kirkpatrick

Raymond Keldermans

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Johnny Marks

Astrid Bowler

The Christmas Song

Robert Wells

Astrid Bowler

Merry Christmas

William Garnet James

Astrid Bowler

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

Felix Mendelssohn

Astrid Bowler

 

More programs coming soon!