| Orchestra or Band | Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines |
| Conductors | Captain Daryl Powell (Director of Music, The Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth),
Captain Huw Williams (The Band of HM Royal Marines Commando Training Centre),
Captain Andy Gregory (Director of Music, The Band of HM Royal Marines, Scotland),
Lieutenant Colonel Nick Grace OBE (Royal Marines) |
| Set List | 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), Jacob (The Band of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth),
Opening Fanfare - 'Heroic Return', Kereztes, arr. Powell,
March - 'Victory in Europe', Smallwood,
Drum Display - 'Invictus', Paine, Thomas, Williams,
Band and Drums - 'Cape Helles', Young,
Bugle March - 'HMS Ocean', Waterer,
March - 'Sarie Marais', Dunn
Overture - 'Danzon No.2', Marquez (The Band of HM Royal Marines Commando Training Centre),
Clarinet and Violin - 'Puttin' on the Marmalade', Shields, arr. Hodge (Soloists - Band Sergeant Dan Button and musician Alice Hudson),
Flute solo - 'Vocalise', Rachmanov, arr. Hodge (Band Corporal Lizzie Merrell-Silk),
The Percussionists - 'Root Beer Rag', Joel, arr. McDermott (Band Corporal Mike Smith, Craig Sanders),
Blockbuster Medley - 'Symphonic Animation', arr. Johnson (The Band of HM Royal Marines, Scotland)
INTERVAL
March - 'Colonel Bogey', Alford,
Film Highlights - 'The Battles', Dobson,
Musical Spectacular - 'Rock, Pop and Theatre', arr. Naughton,
FINALE
WWI Tribute - 'Remembering Gallipoli', McDermott,
Evening Hymn and Sunset - 'An Eternal Sunset by Land and Sea', Ellerby,
Best of British - 'Britannic Salute', Shillito,
March Past of the Royal Navy - 'Heart of Oak', Boyce,
Regimental March - 'A Life on the Ocean Wave', Russell |
| Royal Presence | HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh |
| Performance Notes | The Mountbatten Festival of Music returns, featuring the Massed Bands of Her Majesty's Royal Marines performing over three nights at the Royal Albert Hall. These concerts display the outstanding versatility of some of the worlds finest military musicians and are given the "West End" treatment with spectacular lighting effects. Featuring a wide range of musical styles, including music from the big screen and superb solo items, there really is something for everyone as the Royal Marines display their incredible musicianship and pageantry. And of course the Festival would not be complete without the traditional marches and overtures that have proved such a hit with audiences over the years.
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 Duke of Edinburgh attended as Captain General o fthe Royal Marines and was received by Sir David Brewer (Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London). |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/2015/15),
Handbill, (RAHE/6/2015/8),
Digital Setlist,
Poster (RAHE/2/2015/11) |