| Main Performers | Beverley Humphreys - vocal,
David Flood - organ |
| Orchestra or Band | Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines |
| Conductors | Lt.-Colonel J M Ware,
Lt. R A Waterer,
Captain E P Whealing,
Captain M R Goss,
Lt. K E Sivyer |
| Set List | 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. Jacob,
'Fanfare', Supreme Command, Dunn,
'Quick March', Mountbatten, Dunn,
'Drum Beatings', Flim Flam, Piner,
'Regimental Slow March', Preobrajensky, Donajowski,
'From the Mountbatten Suite', 'Man of Action', Dunn,
'Commando March', Sarie Marais, Toonsetting,
'Overture' - 'Yeoman of the Guard', Sullivan,
'Trio Plus', 'The Three Trumpeters', Agostini,
'Novelty', 'Picconautical', Ware,
'Feature' - 'Toccata', Widor (David Flood),
Traditional - 'Greensleeves', arr. Reed,
Concert March - 'Atlantis', Denny,
Excerpt - 'The Pines of the Appian Way', Respighi
INTERVAL
Fanfare - 'Sirius', Cole,
Concert March - 'Leviathan', Langford,
Selection - 'Love Changes Everything', arr. Cole,
Suite - 'The Castles of Britain', Johnson,
'Edinburgh Castle',
'Dover Castle',
'Coronation March', 'Crown Imperial',
Quick March - 'Action Front', Blankenburg,
By Popular Request - 'Battle Hymn of the Republic', Wilhousky,
Evening Hymn - 'Jerusalem', Parry,
Band and Bugles - 'Sunset', arr. Green,
Traditional Air - 'Rule Britannia', Arne (Beverley Humphreys),
Regimental March - 'A Life on the Ocean Wave', Russell |
| Royal Presence | HM Queen Elizabeth II,
HRH Prince Philip The Duke of Edinburgh |
| 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.
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh were received by Lieutenant-General Sir Martin Garrod (Commandant General Royal Marines) and accompanied by the Duchess of Grafton, Sir Robert Fellowes and Captain Alistair Rogers. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1990/13),
Colour photographs (RAHE/3/1990/2) |