| Main Performers | Alex Gartshore,
Jonathon Stewart,
Henry Everitt,
Chris Hawes,
Chloe Brooks,
Charlotte Warren,
Sarah Cahalarn,
Emma Clarke - dancers,
Andy Manley - flute
Adrian Breen - guitar
Bronwen Preston - soprano saxophone
Dr Elizabeth Le Grove - organ |
| Orchestra or Band | Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines,
Band of HM Royal Marines, Plymouth,
Band of HM Royal Marines, Britannia Royal Naval College,
Emer McParland and Company (Emer McParland, David Combes, Andy Playfoot, Iain MacKenzie, Mick Wilson) |
| Conductors | Lt.-Colonel C J Davis,
Major P A Weston,
Captain R Long,
Warrant Officer 2 Bandmaster M McDermott |
| Set List | 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. Jacob,
'Opening Theme - Independence Day', Arnold, arr. Smallwood,
'Quick March - To Fight and Win', Curtis,
'Film Music - The Remora from Executive Decision', Goldsmith, arr. Curtis,
'Drum Static - Northern Column', Birt,
'Quick March - Trafalgar', Zehle,
'March Past - Sarie Marais', Toonsetting, arr. Dunn,
'Overture - Masque', Hesketh,
'Flute Solo - In Ireland', Harty, arr. Johnson (A Manley),
'Descriptive Piece - A Spin Through Moscow', Shostakovich, arr. Hancock,
'Guitar Solo - Largo from Lute Concerto', Vivaldi (A Breen),
'Selection - Miller Magic', arr. McDermott
INTERVAL
'Fanfare - Pastime with Good Company', arr. Roberts,
'World Showcase - Windows of the World', Graham,
'Sacred - Benedictus from The Armed Man', Jenkins, arr. Lloyd (Musician B Preston),
'Organ Symphony - Finale from Symphony No.3', Saint-Saens, trans. Attwood (Dr E Le Grove),
'Nautical Finale - England Expects', McDermott,
'March Past of the Royal Navy - Heart of Oak', Boyce,
'Regimental March of the Royal Marines - 'A Life on the Ocean Wave', Russell, arr. Dunn |
| Royal Presence | HRH The Duke of Gloucester,
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester |
| Performance Notes | The 33rd Mountbatten Festival of Music featured 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. With over 120 musicians on stage, augmented by the Corps of Drums and Ceremonial Fanfare Trumpeters, this is the showpiece event of one of the World's finest miltary bands.
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/1/2005/2) |