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Performance TitleRoyal British Legion (RBL) Festival of Remembrance 2022
Performance Date12 November 2022
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time14:00
Main PerformersAndrea Bocelli,
Matteo Bocelli,
Virginia Bocelli,
Hannah Waddingham,
Marisha Wallace,
Luke Evans - vocals

Stan Ford (Navy veteran),
John Nichol (RAF veteran),
Staff Sergeant Felicia Watkinson (Army),
Sulle Alhaji,
Russell Craig,
Andy Lawless,
Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dame Sarah Mullally DBE, Lord Bishop of London,
Shona McGarty,
Jaspreet Kaur - speakers

Pipe Major Stepehn Bennett (Scots Guards) - bagpipes

Peter Crompton - organ
Secondary PerformersCadet Banner Bearers:
Sea Cadet Corps Banner,
Combined Cadet Corps Banner,
Army Cadet Force Banner,
Air Training Corps Banner

Ex-Service Associations' Standard Bearers:
Royal Navy Association,
Royal Air Force Association,
Royal Marines Association,
Royal Ulster Constabilary GC Foundation,
REME Association,
Aircraft Handlers Association,
Aden Veterans Association,
West Indian Association of Ex-Service Personnel (WASP)

Brigadier Justin Stenhouse,
Captain Dmytro Donskoi (Ukkrainian Defence and Air Attache)

Swing dancers

Chelsea Pensioners (16)
Orchestra or BandThe Orchestra of the Household Division,
The Countess of Wessex's String Orchestra,
String Ensemble of the Royal Marines Band Service,
The Royal Air Force (RAF) Salon Orchestra (Squadronaires)
ChoirsThe Bach Choir,
The Fourth Choir
ConductorsLieutenant Colonel David Barringer MBE
Set ListBanner and Standard Bearers - 'I Vow To Thee, My Country' (Luke Evans, Combined Bands of HM Armed Forces),
Welcome (Huw Edwards),
Video - Tribute to HM Queen Elizabeth II (Stan Ford, John Nichol, Staff Sergeant Felicia Watkinson),
Procession - Representatives or the Armed Services, veterans, voluntary institutions and beareaved familes) - 'I Vow To Thee My Country' (Combined Bands of HM Armed Forces),
Video - Military Contribution to the State Funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II,
Intro (Huw Edwards),
Entry of the Chelsea Pensioners,
Intro (Huw Edwards),
Video - Service in Communities and the Military,
Intro (Huw Edwards),
'1940's Medley' (Hannah Waddingham, RAF Squadronaires, swing dancers),
Intro (Huw Edwards),
Video - Afghanistan War,
Entry of Bereaved Families - 'Reqieum Aeternam', Mozart (The Bach Choir, The Orchestra of the Household Division),
'The Greatest Gift' (A Bocelli, M Bocelli, V Bocelli, The Orchestra of the Household Division, The Fourth Choir),
Intro (Huw Edwards),
Video - Falklands 40 (Sulie Alhaji, Russell Craig, Andy Lawless),
'The Crags of Tumbledown' (Pipe Major Stephen Bennett),
Marching - 'San Carlos' (Band of HM’s Royal Marines),
Marching - 'Nightingale - Drum Static' (Band of HM’s Royal Marines),
Video - Falklands 40 - Falkland Islanders give thanks to those who liberated their homeland (Dr Sally Simmons, Father Alf Hayes, Mary Fowler),
Marching - 'Corporate' (Band of HM’s Royal Marines),
Video - NHS Service to the UK,
Drum Laying - 'Wind Beneath My Wings' (Marisha Wallace),
Muster (MWS Collingwood, HMS Drake, RNAS Culdrose, 824 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Collingwood WTG, RNAS Yeovilton, HMS Vengeance, HMS Agamemnon, HMS Prince of Wales, Royal Navy Police Headquarters (East), Royal Naval Police Headquarters (West), CMRRSUNE, WETG, HMNB Portsmouth, HMS Nelson, P and T Nelson UPO, HMS Collingwood Victory Squadron, HMS Raleigh, HMS Ambush, HMNB Clyde, HMNB Clyde – Faslane, HMS Temeraire, HMNB Devonport),
Video - Conflict in Ukraine

Service
Procession of the Book of Remembrance (Brigadier Justin Stenhouse, Captain Dmytro Donskoi, military personnel assisting the conflict in Ukraine),
'Jeruslaem', H Parry (Peter Compton, ensemble, audience),
The Bidding Prayer, The Multifaith Prayer and The Lord's Prayer (Dame Sarah Mullally),
The Moment (Jaspreet Kaur),
'Hallelujah' (Shona McGarty, The Fourth Choir, Combined Bands of HM Armed Forces),
The Act of Remembrance (Dame Sarah Mullally),
The Last Post,
Poppy Petal Drop,
Fanfare,
Lest We Forget,
'The Sunset in the Western Sky' (The Fourth Choir),
Blessing (Dame Sarah Mullally),
'God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Performance NotesThe Royal British Legion will once again welcome members of the public and various VIP guests to join in an annual Festival of Remembrance in honour of those who have given their lives in the service of their country. The Festival is a commemorative event dedicated to all those that have served and sacrificed from Britain and the Commonwealth.

This year the Festival of Remembrance will reflect the core values of ‘service’ which make our Armed Forces such an inspiration to all. Through words, song, and storytelling, the Festival will reveal the qualities behind service which make it an essential part of life in the Armed Forces – and civil society. As the nation continues to emerge from a long period of great difficulty, we will reinforce our admiration of the unfailing sense of service displayed by the Armed Forces and commemorate those who gave their service even at the cost of their lives.

Virginia Bocelli was performing aged only 10 years old.
Related Archival MaterialDigital Programme
Programme (RAHE/1/2022/113)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2022/113Royal British Legion (RBL) Festival of Remembrance 202212 November 2022
Work
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Work12724Royal British Legion (RBL) Festival of Remembrance 20222
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/22962Evans; Luke (15 April 1979); Welsh actor
DS/UK/789Bocelli; Andrea (22 September 1958); OMRI OMDSM; Italian opera singer, songwriter, and record producer
DS/UK/21385Waddingham; Hannah (1974-); English actress, singer
DS/UK/23179Wallace; Marisha (29 September 1985); American actress
DS/UK/590The Royal Marines School of Music; Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Plymouth; British military band
DS/UK/357The Bach Choir; 1876-; English choir
DS/UK/2499Edwards; Huw (1961-); Welsh journalist, presenter, newsreader
DS/UK/21845Mullally; Dame; Sarah (26 March 1962); DBE; English Bishop
DS/UK/23781Household Division Ensemble
DS/UK/5467Crompton; Peter (fl 1970-); British organist, conductor, Director of Music
DS/UK/2967Royal Air Force; RAF Squadronaires; 1939-; British big band
DS/UK/24027McGarty; Shona (1991-); English actress, singer
DS/UK/24028Kaur; Jaspreet (fl.2020s-); British spoken word artist, writer, teacher
DS/UK/24029The Fourth Choir (2013-)
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