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Performance TitleMassed Bands of the Royal Air Force (RAF)- Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Concert Tour, in aid of The Royal Air Force (RAF) Benevolent Fund
Performance Date25 October 1993
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersEmer McParland - vocal,
Junior Technician Matthew Little - vocal,
Flight Sgt. Kenneth Bell - flute,
Junior Technician Matthew Peck,
Junior Technician Paul Sutton,
Junior Technician Simon Carter - trumpets
Orchestra or BandMassed Bands of the Royal Air Force (RAF),
Royal Air Force (RAF) Squadronaires
ConductorsWing Commander H B Hingley,
Flight-Lt. Deryck Davison,
Flight-Lt. Duncan Stubbs,
Flight-Lt. David Compton,
Flight-Lt. Stuart Stirling,
Squadron-Leader Alan Mossford
Set List'Fanfare on the RAF Call',
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Flourish - 'Knights of the Air', Barrie Hingley,
Poem - 'High Flight', John Magee,
Prelude - 'The Spitfire', Walton,
Quick March - 'Cavalry of the Clouds', Alford,
Song March - 'The Army, Navy and Air Force', Darewski, Lockton (Band Technician Matthew Little),
From the Suite 'Conquest of the Air' 'The Wind', 'Gliding', 'Stunting', Bliss, arr. Hingley,
Trumpet Trio - 'Buglers Holiday', Leroy Anderson (Junior Technician Matthew Peck, Junior Technician Paul Sutton, Junior Technician Simon Carter),
'1st Movement from Flute Concerto', Ibert, arr. I Heron (Fl.-Sgt. Kenneth Bell),
Clarinet Feature - 'Clarinet Candy', Leroy Anderson (Women Junior Technicians),
'A Salute to British Songs', arr. Stuart Stirling (Emer McParland, Junior Technician Matthew Little),
Descriptive - 'Battle for Freedom', David Richards,
Concert March - 'Imperial March', Elgar
INTERVAL
March - 'The Dam Busters', Coates,
Excerpts from 'Coastal Command Suite' - 'U-Boat Alert', 'Taking Off at Night', 'The Hudson's Take Off from Iceland', Vaughan Williams, arr. Hingley,
'The Pathfinders', Malcolm Lockyer,
'Colditz', Robert Farnon,
'Reach for the Sky', John Addison,
'Supergirl', Jerry Goldsmith, arr. Stuart Kelley,
'The Big Band Years', Emer McParland (RAF Squadronaires),
'The Vision of Leonardo da Vinci', from Conquest of the Air, Bliss,
Poem - 'Lie in the Dark', Coward,
'The Call of the Trumpet', Hingley,
'Jerusalem', Parry (Junior Technician Matthew Little),
'Pomp and Circumstance No.1' (Land of Hope and Glory), Elgar,
'RAF March Past', Davies, Dyson
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1993/131),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1993/22)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1993 /131Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force - Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Concert Tour, in aid of The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund25 October 1993
RAHE/6/1993/22Massed Bands of the Royal Air Force - Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Concert Tour, in aid of The Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund25 October 1993
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ygapoboiv_ZowxMassed Bands of the Royal Air Force (RAF)- Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Concert Tour, in aid of The Royal Air Force (RAF) Benevolent Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1456Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund; 1919-; British military welfare charity
DS/UK/17863McParland; Emer (fl 1990-); British jazz and big band singer
DS/UK/10307Little; Matthew (fl 1990s-); Flight Lieutenant; English singer, conductor, composer
DS/UK/18811O'Connor; Tom (1939-2021); British comedian, television presenter, actor
DS/UK/2967Royal Air Force; RAF Squadronaires; 1939-; British big band
DS/UK/19521Peck; Matthew (1967-); British trumpeter
DS/UK/19522Sutton; Paul (fl 1990s-); British trumpeter
DS/UK/19523Carter; Simon (1972-); British trumpeter
DS/UK/19525Stubbs; Duncan (fl 1990s-); British conductor
DS/UK/19526Compton; David (fl 1990s-); British conductor, musical director
DS/UK/19527Stirling; Stuart (fl 1980s-); British conductor, musical director
DS/UK/19528Mossford; Alan (fl 1980s-); British conductor, musical director
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