| Main Performers | Sargeant P Beal - vocal,
Musician I Hutchinson - cornet,
Musician M Andrew - xylophone |
| Orchestra or Band | Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines |
| Conductors | Lt.-Colonel R A Waterer,
Lt. B Mills,
Captain D C Cole,
Captain J R Perkins |
| Set List | 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. Jacob,
Intrada - 'A Festival Prelude', Reed,
Quick March - 'Gibraltar', Waterer,
Ceremonial Drum Beatings - 'Feu-de-Jeur', Jones, Mackinnon,
Bugle March - 'Per Mare Per Terram', Rose,
Overture - 'Morning Noon and Night', Suppe, arr. Morelli,
Cornet Solo - 'Nessun Dorma', from Turandot, Puccini (Musician I Hutchinson),
Xylophone Feature - 'Robbin' Harry', Inns (Musician M Andrew),
Novelty Item - 'The Irish Washerwoman', arr. Langford, Wilson,
March - 'Valdres', Hanssen,
Selection - 'Symphonic Rock', arr. Cole
INTERVAL
Fanfare - 'Esprit de Corps', Waterer,
A Tribute to Alford - 'HM Jollies', Alford,
Overture - 'Sea Songs', Knox,
Selection - 'Music of the Movies', arr. McDermott,
Elegy - 'Nimrod', Elgar,
Selection - 'Songs That Won the War', arr. McDermott,
Ballet Music - 'Homage to the Queen', Arnold, arr. Dunn,
Hymn - 'Panis Angelicus', Franck, arr. McDermott (Sgt. P Beal),
Band and Bugles - 'Sunset', arr. Green,
Patriotic Air - 'Rule Britannia', Arne, arr. Sargent
A Tribute to the Services:
'RAF March Past', Davies,
'The British Grenadiers', trad.,
'Sarie Marais', Toonsetting,
'Heart of Oak', Boyce
Regimental March of the Royal Marines - 'A Life on the Ocean Wave', Russell, arr. Price
Songs That Won the War:
'Run Rabbit Run',
'Wish Me Luck',
'White Cliffs of Dover',
'Berkley Square',
'Lay Down Your Arms',
'There'll Always Be An England',
'We'll Meet Again' |
| Performance Notes | 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/1/1995/6) |