Record

Performance TitleBattle of Britain - A Musical Commemoration
Performance Date3 October 2010
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time14:30
Main PerformersClaire Moore,
Flight Lieutenant Matt Little RAF - vocals,
Mark Walsh - ukulele,
Flight Lieutenant David Francis DFC RAFVR - speaker
Secondary Performers600 (City of London) Squadron Association Standard Bearer and Branch Standard Bearers of the Royal Air Force (RAF) Association
Orchestra or BandCentral Band of the Royal Air Force (RAF),
London Concert Orchestra
ConductorsGavin Sutherland,
Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs
Set List'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. Gordon Jacob,
'Crown Imperial', Walton,
'In the Mood', Miller,
'Royal Air Force March Past', Walford Davies, Dyson,
'St. Crispin's Day Speech (Henry V)', Shakespeare,
'Henry V Suite (Movements III and V)', Walton,
'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square', Sherwin,
'The White Cliffs of Dover', Kent,
'Calling All Workers', Coates,
'George Formby Medley',
'Spitfire Prelude and Fugue', Walton
INTERVAL
'Fighter Command 1940', Alwyn,
'Lili Marlene', Schultze,
'I'll Be Seeing You', Fain,
'Colonel Bogey March', Alford,
'Where Eagles Dare', Goodwin,
'Flanagan and Allen (Medley)',
'South Rampart Street Parade', Baudac, Haggart
'High Flight', Magee
Accompanied by RAF Elegy,
'St Clement Evening Hymn (The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, is Ended)' Rev. C Cotterill Scholefield, arr. Hingley,
'Sunset (Bugle Call)',
The Few (from the Churchill speeches),
'Nimrod (Enigma Variations)', Elgar,
We Shall Fight On the Beaches (from the Churchill speeches),
'Rule, Britannia!', Arne,
'We'll Meet Again', Parker,
'Pomp and Circumstance March No.1', Elgar
Performance NotesCelebrate the gallantry of Britain's heroes with a nostalgic journey through favourite hits and timeless classics.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/2010/142),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2010/47)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2010/142Battle of Britain - A Musical Commemoration3 October 2010
RAHE/6/2010/47Battle of Britain - A Musical Commemoration3 October 2010
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ymaforoh_PodBattle of Britain - A Musical Commemoration1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/783London Concert Orchestra; 1972-; English orchestra
DS/UK/736Moore; Claire (1960-); English soprano singer, actress
DS/UK/21703West; Timothy (1934-); CBE; English film, stage and television actor
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