| Main Performers | Joe Sharp - oboe,
Joshua Tones,
Jon Rushton - trumpets,
Hannah Trudgeon - piano,
Andy Platt - guitar,
Mark Upton - flugel horn,
Joe Kemp,
George Gissing,
Samantha McIndoe - vocals,
Mike Smith - xylophone,
Matt Bowditch - trombone,
Andy Spain,
Gordon Carter - saxophones |
| Orchestra or Band | Massed Bands of Her Majestys Royal Marines,
Top Secret Drum Corps (special guests) |
| Conductors | Captain Matt Weites,
Lieutenant Colonel Nick Grace OBE,
Captain Steve Green |
| Set List | 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Opening Fanfare - 'Overture from Wing Commander',
'On the Quaterdeck' (Corps of Drums),
'Flight of the Silverbird' (Band and Drums),
'Pedetentim 60' (Corps of Drums),
'Deterrence' (Band and Drums),
March - 'Astute' (Bugles)
Overture - 'Le Corsaire',
'Malaguena' (Trombones),
'La Califfa' (Oboe)
'Maple Leaf Rag' (Percussion),
Pop Selection - 'Piano Man', B Joel
INTERVAL
Classic Rock - 'Another Brick in the Wall', Pink Floyd,
Internationl Guests - 'Stick-atto' (The Top Secret Drum Corps),
Descriptive - 'A Short Ride in a Fast Machine',
West End Highlights - 'All That Jazz',
WRNS 100 March - 'Women of the Waves',
Naval Tribute - 'Pioneers of the Seas',
Patriotic - 'Britannic Salute',
March Past of the Royal Navy - 'Heart of Oak',
March Past of Royal Marines Commandos - 'Sarie Marais',
Regimental March of HM Royal Marines - 'A Life on the Ocean Wave' |
| Royal Presence | HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh |
| 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. For 2017 only, the world famous Royal Marines Band will be supported by Switzerlands Top Secret Drum Corps.
The concert was streamed live on Facebook by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity.
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh attended as Captain General of the Royal Marines.
The Royal Marines said goodbye to retiring Director of Music, Lieutenant Colonel Nick Grace OBE.
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/1/2017/8),
Poster (RAHE/2/2017/34) |