| Main Performers | Musician Rachel Wright - clarinet,
Musician Justin Wilman - violin,
Band Corporal Mark Upton RM - trumpet,
Band Corporal David Johnson RM - euphonium,
Musician Steve Boyes - euphonium |
| Orchestra or Band | Massed Bands of HM Royal Marines |
| Conductors | Captain Jon Ridley,
Major Nick Grace,
Major Tony Smallwood,
Lt.-Colonel Chris Davis |
| Set List | 'God Save the Queen' (The National Anthem), arr. Jacob,
'Opening Fanfare - Resplendent Glory', Galante,
'Who's Who in Navy Blue', Sousa,
'Marche Militaire', Beethoven arr. Dowrick,
'Extremo Vitualamen', Birt,
'March of the Cobblers', Barratt, Siebert,
'Sarie Marais', Dunn,
'Overture - The Cowboys', Williams, arr. Curnow,
'Clarinet Concerto KV622 (2nd movt)', Mozart (Wright),
'Trumpet Section Feature - Hora Staccato', Dinic, arr. Waller,
'Violin Solo - Fantasy for Violin', Hess, arr. Waller (Wilman),
'Trumpet Solo - MacArthur Park', Webb, arr. Naughton (Upton),
'Concert March - Warship', Isaacs, arr. Woodfield,
'Band Spectacular - Bugler's Dream, Olympic Fanfare', Arnaud, Williams, arr. Smallwood
INTERVAL
'Swing - Sounds Like Sinatra', arr. McDermott,
'Vibraphone Solo - 'Round Midnight', Williams, Monk arr. Mears,
'Euphonium Duet - Another Fine Mess!', Smith, trans. Johnson (Johnson, Boyes),
'Fleet Air Arm - Daedalus', McDermott,
'Centenary Tribute'
Finale: Tour de Force for Band and Drums -
'The Battle - Per Mare Per Terram', Dewhurst, Gunthert, Elliott,
'Evening Hymn - Eternal Father,
'Bugle Call - Sunset, A C Green,
'Patriotic Airs - Britannic Salute', Arne, Elgar, arr. McDermott,
'March Past of the Royal Navy - Heart of Oak', Boyce, Garrick,
'Regimental March of the RM - A Life on the Ocean Wave', Russell, arr. Kenneth Alford |
| Performance Notes | Now in its 37th year the Mountbatten Festival of Music features the Massed Bands of Her Majesty's Royal Marines performing a wide variety of music, encompassing traditional military marches and fanfares, a classical overture and music from stage and screen.
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.
The event was recorded and released as a DVD. |
| Related Archival Material | Programme (RAHE/1/2009/2) |