| Performance Title | Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2011 [Private] |
| Performance Date | 12 November 2011 |
| Performance Day | Saturday |
| Performance Time | 18:58 |
| Main Performers | Right Rev. Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester and National Chaplain to The Royal British Legion,
Rev. Father Andrew McFadden, Royal Navy,
Rev. Mark Grant-Jones, Army,
Rev. Ruth Hake MBE, Royal Air Force (RAF)
Bombardier Tom Chaney 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery,
Major Jon Cresswell 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery,
Sergeant Dipprasad Pun QGC,
Matilda Ross-Smith,
The Reverend Hugh Bearn, Chaplain to the Bishop,
Dr Lionel Kopelowitz,
Lieutenant General Sir John Kiszely KCB MC,
Saffron Stringer and Dominic Bance,
Cadet Regimental Sergeant Major Katie Heard
Sea Cadet Corps,
Combined Cadet Corps,
Army Cadet Force,
Air Training Corps,
Royal Naval Association,
Royal Marines Association,
Army Catering Corps Association,
Royal Air Forces Association,
War Widows' Association,
Association of Jewish ex-Servicemen and Women,
Merchant Navy,
War Widows and Relatives,
In-Pensioners from the Royal Hospital Chelsea,
The Royal Navy,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service,
The Royal Marines,
The Royal Naval Reserve,
The Royal Marines Reserve,
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary,
The Army,
F Company Scots Guards,
2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment,
Queen's Gurkha Orderly Officers,
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps,
The Territorial Army,
The Royal Air Force,
The Royal Air Force Regiment,
Servicewomen of the Royal Air Force (RAF),
Royal Air Force (RAF) Police,
Princess Mary's Royal Air Force (RAF) Nursing Service,
The Royal Auxiliary Air Force,
The Royal Air Force (RAF) Volunteer Reserve,
The Merchant Navy,
St. John Ambulance,
St. Andrew's First Aid,
British Red Cross ,
Metropolitan Police,
London Fire Brigade,
London Ambulance Service,
Poppy Appeal Collectors,
Welfare Committee Representatives,
Royal British Legion Industries
Sir Cliff Richard,
Alfie Boe,
Joe McElderry,
Katherine Jenkins - vocals |
| Secondary Performers | Peter Crompton - organ |
| Orchestra or Band | Massed Bands of the Guards Division,
State Trumpeters of the Blues and Royals,
The Royal Air Force (RAF) Squadronaires,
The Band of HM Royal Marines, Portsmouth,
The Central Band of the Royal Air Force (RAF),
The Band of The Brigade of Gurkhas and The Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles |
| Choirs | The Festival Chorus,
Langham Arts Choir,
Wimbledon Choral Society,
Military Wives' Choir,
Uppingham School Choir |
| Conductors | Lt.-Colonel Graham Jones,
Trumpet Major Grant Sewell-Jones,
Gareth Malone,
Lt.-Colonel Nick Grace |
| Set List | 'Organ Prelude' (Peter Crompton),
'Fanfare' (State Trumpeters of the Blues and Royals),
The Massed Bands of the Guards Division,
The Royal British Legion at Work,
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem),
Entry of The Union Flag and The Royal British Legion National Standards,
The Torch of Remembrance (Bombardier Tom Chaney 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery),
The Festival Citation (Major Jon Cresswell 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery),
'Wherever You Are' (Military Wives' Choir),
Sir Cliff Richard with the Royal Air Force Squadronaires,
The Band of HM Royal Marines, Portsmouth with Alfie Boe,
Representative War Widows and Relatives,
The Central Band of The Royal Air Force,
In-Pensioners from the Royal Hospital Chelsea,
'To Where You Are' (Joe McElderry),
The Band of The Brigade of Gurkhas and The Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion Royal Gurkha Rifles,
Laying Up of the Drums,
'A Flower', Katherine Jenkins
The Muster,
The Book of Remembrance (Sergeant Dipprasad Pun)
Service,
Procession,
'All People That On Earth Do Dwell',
The Bidding Prayer (led by the National Chaplain to The Royal British Legion),
The Lesson - Psalm 121 (Dr Lionel Kopelowitz),
The Prayers - 'O Lord in Your Mercy Hear Us' (Service Chaplains),
'I Vow To Thee, My Country',
The Act of Remembrance,
The Exhortation (Lieutenant General Sir John Kiszely),
We Will Remember Them,
The Last Post,
Poppy Petals Fall,
Reveille,
The Dedication,
Gratitude of the Young (Poppies presented by Saffron Stringer and Dominic Bance),
'Ever-Living God', Cadet Regimental Sergeant Major Katie Heard,
'The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, is Ended',
Sunset,
The Blessing,
'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem) |
| Royal Presence | HM Queen Elizabeth II,
HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh
HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales,
HRH Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall,
HRH Prince Edward, The Earl of Wessex,
HRH Sophie, The Countess of Wessex,
HRH Prince Andrew, The Duke of York,
HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal,
Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence,
HRH The Duke of Gloucester,
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester,
HRH Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy,
HRH Prince Michael, The Duke of Kent,
HRH Princess Michael, The Duchess of Kent |
| Performance Notes | The Royal British Legion will once again welcome members of the Royal family, Government Ministers and the public to join in an annual Festival of Remembrance, in honour of those who have given their lives in the Service of their country. Now over 6 million people watch the Festival of Remembrance on the BBC. It is also popular with radio listeners and audiences world-wide.
By invitation only
The event was filmed for broadcast on BBC One televsion and BBC Radio. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/2011/164),
Digital Photographs |
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