| Orchestra or Band | Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines:
Band of Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command,
Band of the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines,
Band of the Royal Marines School of Music |
| Conductors | Lt.-Colonel G A C Hoskins,
Captain P M Heming,
Lt. R A Waterer |
| Set List | Fanfare- 'For a Princess', Perkins
Tribute to FVD - 'The Mountbatten March', Dunn,
'Soldiers of the Sea', Dunn,
'Cockleshell Heroes', Dunn,
Rhythmic Sounds - 'Time Off', Watson,
Martial Moments - 'El Capitan', Sousa
'The Liberty Bell', Sousa,
'Semper Fidelis', Sousa,
Film Score - 'Extra Terrestrial', Williams, arr. Cacavas
Overture - 'Princes Street', Macdonald,
Brass Feature - 'Tartan Tubas', Beat
Post Horn Duo - 'The Post Horn Galop', Koenig,
Music from the 40's - The Big Band Bash, Lowden
INTERVAL
Fanfare - 'Fanfare for the Common Man', Copland,
Scenario - 'A Marvin Hamlisch Showcase', Hamlisch, arr. Barker,
Xylophone Solo - 'Bouncing Sticks', White,
Duo for Trumpet and Trombone - 'Just Good Friends', Kenny,
Finale from 'Symphony No.3' (The Organ), Saint-Saens,arr. Attwood,
Nautical Salute - 'Heart of Oak', Boyce,
'Up Periscope', Baker,
Band Service Memorial Fanfare - 'To Comrades Sleeping', Young,
Ceremonial Finale - 'Evening Hymn, Sunset and Soliloquy', A C Green, arr. Sumner,
'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.
Admiral Sir John and Lady Fieldhouse were principal guests. The Commandant General Royal Marines and Lady Pringle were the hosts. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1984/11) |