| Main Performers | Band Corporal Matt Bowditch - trombone,
Musician Alice Hudson - violin,
Band Corporal Mark Upton - trumpet,
Band Corporal Michael Smith,
Musician Joe Kemp - xylophone,
Lara Rebekah Harvey,
Band Corporal Ellie Lomas,
Band Corporal Brian Lloyd - vocals |
| Orchestra or Band | Massed Bands of Her Majesty's Royal Marines |
| Conductors | Captain Ian Davis,
Major Jon Ridley,
Major Richard Long,
Lieutenant Colonel Nick Grace OBE |
| Set List | 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Opening Fanfare - 'Silverado', Broughton, arr. Waller,
Bugle March - 'The Grand Fleet', Keachie,
The Corps of Drums - 'Kashmir', Page, Plant, arr. Trudgeon,
Drum Display - 'Anzac Cove', Thomas,
Band and Drum Feature - 'Clash of the Dreadnought', Young,
'The British March King - 'The Great Little Army', Alford,
'Overture' from The Barber of Seville, Rossini,
Violin and Trumpet Feature - 'Libertango', Piazolla, arr. Hodge (Band Corporal Matt Bowditch, Musician Alice Hudson),
Trombone Solo - 'February Song', Groban, arr. Tripp (Band Corporal Matt Bowditch),
Xylophone Feature - 'Lizsteria', Lizst, arr. Johnson (Band Corporal Michael Smith, Musician Joe Kemp),
Pop Medley - 'Thriller!', Jackson, arr. Naughton
INTERVAL
The Big Band Sound - 'Opus 1', Sy Oliver,
'As Long As I'm Singing', Darin (Band Corporal Brian Lloyd),
'Take the A Train', Strayhorn,
'Feelin Good', Newley, Bricusse (Band Corporal Ellie Lomas),
'April in Paris', Duke,
Furture Drummer - 'All is Hell That Ends Well', Bergerson, Pheonix, arr. Hutchinson,
Classic March - 'Soldiers of the Sea', Dunn,
From the Movies - 'Fantasia', arr. Johnson,
Tribute to First World War - 'Jutland', McDermott,
Finale:
Patriotic - 'Rule Britannia', Arne,
Proms Finale - 'Pomp and Circumstance No.1', Elgar,
March Past of the Royal Marines Commandos - 'Sarie Marais', arr. Dunn,
March Past of the Royal Navy - 'Heart of Oak', Boyce,
Regimental March of the Royal Marines - 'A Life on the Ocean Wave', Russell |
| Performance Notes | The Mountbatten Festival of Music returns, featuring the Massed Bands of Her Majestys 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. The Festival sees the Royal Marines showcase their incredible musicianship and pageantry and features a wide range of musical styles, including music from the big screen and superb solo items, as well as 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 event was attended by Deborah Meaden (business person). |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/2016/20),
Poster (RAHE/2/2016/9),
Handbill (RAHE/6/2016/16) |