| Main Performers | Musician Barrie Woolley - saxophone,
Musician Justin Wilman - violin,
BdCSgt Gary Halsey - trombone,
Musician Michelle Andrews - flute,
BdCpl Adrian Breen - guitar |
| Orchestra or Band | Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines |
| Conductors | Captain Craig A Burns,
Lt.-Colonel Nick Grace,
Major Jason Burcham,
Captain Jon Ridley,
Captain Richard Long |
| Set List | 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), Jacob,
'Opening Fanfare - Flag Parade', Williams, arr. Waller,
'Introducing the Corps of Drums - On Parade', Elms,
'Slow March - The Moon and the Superhero', Powell, arr. Waller,
'Drum Static - Cape Hawke', Harris,
'Band and Drum Feature - Royal Blue', Savage, Peers,
'March Past of the RM Commandos - Sarie Marais', Dunn,
'Overture' from Semiramide, Rossini,
'Guitar Solo - Romanza from Concertino in A Minor', Bacarisse, arr. Tripp,
Xylphone feature - 'Les Clochettes', De Grau, arr. D Cole,
'Flute Solo - Scarborough Fair', trad., arr. Hodge,
'Film Theme - Cockleshell Heroes', Dunn,
'Spectacular - Hits from the West End', arr. McDermott
INTERVAL
'In the Mood', Garland, Razaf,
'Moonlight Serenade', Miller,
'American Patrol', Meacham,
'St. Louis Blues', Handy,
'Brush Up and Beat It', Cullen, Young,
'Film Theme - Back to the Future', Silvestri, arr. Waller,
'A Showcase Extravaganza - Strictly Gershwin', Gershwin, arr. McDermott
FINALE
'Quick March - Spirit of Youth', Young,
'Reflective Music - Hymn to the Sea', arr. McDermott,
'Evening Hymn - Dear Lord and Father of Mankind', arr. McDermott,
'Bugle Call - Sunset', arr. Elms,
'Patriotic Air - Rule Britannia', arr. Elms,
'March Past of the Royal Navy - Heart of Oak', Boyce,
'Regimental March of the Royal Marines - A Life on the Ocean Wave', Russell |
| Performance Notes | Released as a CD recording by the Royal Marines Bands.
The Mountbatten Festival of Music features the Massed Bands of Her Majesty's Royal Marines performing a wide variety of music, encompassing traditional military marches and fanfares, a classical overture and music from stage and screen.
Thanks to the lobbying of Edwina Mountbatten, in 1949 Sir Malcolm Sargent was appointed Honorary Music Advisor to Her Majesty's Royal Marines Band Service, a post created especially for him, and which he held until his death in 1967, when it disappeared, until 2007 when Robin Dewhurst was given the title. Sargent would conduct the Bands of the Marines in various different concerts over the next two decades and in various parts of the world. After Sargent's death, from 1973 onwards, the Marines began staging annual Massed Band Spectaculars at the Hall, at which money was raised for the Sir Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children (now CLIC Sargent) and for military charities. It was in 1980 that these concerts were renamed the Mountbatten Festival of Music, as a tribute to the Admiral of the Fleet Lord Mountbatten - an uncle of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and a favourite great-uncle and advisor to HRH Prince Charles - who had been killed by an IRA bomb in August 1979. The concerts have been an annual mixture at the Hall since then and always raise money for CLIC Sargent and military charities. Members of the Royal Family have attended frequently including Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Princess Alexandra, The Queen (1990), Princess Diana (1991), The Duke of Gloucester, Princess Anne, and most recently Prince Harry. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/2010/4) |