| Main Performers | Elizabeth Le Grove - organ,
Sophy Cartledge - harp,
Don Lusher - trombone,
Captain J R Perkins - violin,
Band Corporal P Hart - trumpet |
| Orchestra or Band | The Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines |
| Conductors | Lt.-Colonel R A Waterer,
Lt. P Best,
Lt. P F Watson,
Captain J R Perkins,
Captain P J Rutterford |
| Set List | 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. Jacob,
'Symphonic Fanfare - Star Trek Generations', McCarthy, arr. McDermott,
'Quick March - Under the White Ensign', Dunn,
'Slow March - By Land and Sea', Alford,
'Ceremonial Drum Beatings - Centennial', Piner, Fenton
'Bugle March - Soldier and Sailor Too', McDermott, Piner,
'March Past of the Royal Marines Reserve - The RMR March', Gould,
'Overture - La Belle Helen', Offenbach, arr. Arend,
'Trumpet Solo - Through the Eyes of Love', Sager, Hamlisch, arr. McDermott (Band Corporal P Hart),
'Guest Artist - Stardust', Carmichael, arr. Geldard (Don Lusher),
'Trombone Feature - Dearly Beloved', Kern, Mercer, arr. Lusher (Don Lusher),
'Violin Solo - The Ashokan Farewell', arr. Perkins (Captain J R Perkins),
'Big Band Selection - Sounds Like Sinatra,' arr. McDermott
INTERVAL
'Fanfare - Rocky', Conti, arr. Cole,
Selection from 'Les Miserables', Schonberg, arr. Barker,
'Festive Overture', Shostakovich, arr. Hunsburger,
'Selection - Festival of the Sea', McDermott, Horner,
Introducing the Corps of Drums - Buglers Dream, Olympic - Fanfare and Theme', Arnaud, Williams, arr. Smallwood,
'Nautical Scenario - Battle of Trafalgar', Elms,
'March Past of the Royal Navy - Heart of Oak', Boyce,
'March Past of the Royal Marines Commandos - Sarie Marais', trad.,
'Regimental March of HM Royal Marines - A Life on the Ocean Wave', Russell |
| 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. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/1999/2),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1999/2),
Poster (RAHE/2/1999/3) |