| Main Performers | BCSgt. J Hillier - piccolo |
| Orchestra or Band | Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines:
Band of Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command,
Band of Flag Officer Naval Air Command,
Band of the Royal Marines Commando Forces,
Band of the Royal Marines School of Music,
Junior Band Royal Marines |
| Conductors | Lt.-Colonel G A C Hoskins,
Lt. D M J Rogerson,
Captain J M Ware |
| Set List | Fanfare: 'The Princess of Wales', Stella Starr,
'Concert Overture', Hampton Court, Phillips,
'Nautical Descriptio', The Padstow Lifeboat', Arnold, arr. Woodfield,
Piccolo Solo: 'The Shanghai Sailor', Bridger (BCSgt. J Hillier),
Film Score: 'Peter Rabbit and the Tales of Beatrix Potter', Lanchberry, arr. Siebert,
'A Children's Overture', Quilter, arr. Godfrey,
Brass Feature: 'Jolly Sailormen', Siebert,
Rhythmic Sounds: 'A Caribbean Fantasy', Morrissey,
Speciality: 'MacArthur Park', Webb, arr. Holcombe
INTERVAL
Fanfare: 'Sovereignty', Roderick Starr,
Prelude: 'Introduction to Act III' from Lohengrin, Wagner, arr. Winterbottom Toscanini,
Music from Cats, Lloyd-Webber, arr. Slaughter,
'Mountbatten Fanfare', Supreme Command, Dunn,
'Quick March', 'San Carlos', Ware,
Television Theme: 'Warship', Isaacs, arr. Woodfield,
Evening Hymn: 'I Vow To Thee My Country', Gustav Holst,
Band and Bugles: 'Sunset', A C Green,
Fanfare: 'Salute to the Colours', Dunn,
Patriotic Air: 'Rule Britannia', Arne, arr. Wood,
Triumphal March: 'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar,
'The Preobrajensky March', Donajowski, arr. Dunn,
'A Life on the Ocean Wave', Russell, arr. Alford,
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr .Gordon Jacob |
| 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/1/1983/13) |