| Main Performers | The Irish Folk Dance Ballet Company (Robbie Bonar, Graham Henderson, Nicola Keen, Claire Massie, Missy Mukit, Angie O'Connell, Robert Yeal)
Elizabeth Le Grove - organ,
Sophy Cartledge - harp,
Major J R Perkins - violin |
| Orchestra or Band | The Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines:
Plymouth Band,
Portsmouth Band,
Scotland Band,
CTCRM,
Buglers |
| Conductors | Lt.-Colonel R A Waterer OBE,
Captain P Best,
Major B Mills,
Captain P A Weston,
Warrant Officer M McDermott,
Major J R Perkins |
| Set List | 'Fanfare', 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. Jacob,
'ET (The Extra Terrestrial)', Williams,
'Concert March - Hungarian March', Berlioz,
'Overture - Overture of Overtures!', arr. McDermott,
'Violin Feature - Schindler's List', Williams, arr. Custer (Major J R Perkins),
'Selection - The Best of The West End', arr. McDermott,
'Film Theme - Dances With Wolves', Barry, arr. Smallwood,
'March - Army of the Nile', Alford,
'Bugle March - Belle Isle', McDermott,
'Drum and Band Feature - The Chosin Few', Cullen, Peers, arr. Cole,
'March Past of the RM Commandos - Sarie Marais', arr. Dunn
INTERVAL
'Fanfare - Golden Anniversary', McDermott,
'March - Semper Fidelis', Sousa,
'Ballet Music - Lezghinka (Gayaneh)', Khachaturian, trans. Perkins,
'Meditation - The Light of the World', Goffin, trans. Perkins,
'Orchestral Extract - Jupiter' from The Planets, Holst,
'Requiem Extract - Pie Jesu', Webber, arr. Smallwood,
'Selection - Music of the Century', arr. McDermott,
'Evening Hymn and Sunset - Dark Island (Sunset)', arr. McDermott,
'Patriotic Air - Rule Britannia', Arne, arr. McDermott,
'March Past of the Royal Navy - Heart of Oak', Boyce,
'Regimental March of HM Royal Marines - A Life on the Ocean Wave', Russell |
| 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/1/2004/4) |