Royal Marines Band musicians are not Commando trained (no green beret) and do not carry arms - stretcher bearers is right. They play at various venues and particularly a number of performances at the Royal Albert Hall - the Mountbatten Festival of Music in early March.
@@lestermay5878 they do 14 weeks at Lympstone before moving to the school of music. They don’t do the commando course but are taught basic field craft and weapons handling. They deploy in supporting roles within the brigade including but not restricted to casualty handling so whilst their primary role is as professional musicians, it’s inaccurate to say they are stretcher bearers
This was from the Mountbatten Festival of Music (MFM - 2019) from the Royal Albert Hall in London. Performed by the percussion players of the Royal Marines Band. The handy man is able to play out a surprisingly melodious ‘Rondo Alla Turca’ before the epic duet finale on Rossini’s ‘William Tell’, played alongside the lead percussionist.
The Mountbatten Festival of Music happens every year. During these covid-times, they have put on socially-distanced audience-free performances, where they spread out around the whole of the Royal Albert Hall ... some of which is on their RUclips channel.
It was part of the Mountbatten concert hosted at the Royal Albert Hall. Me and my dad go every year (not including Covid times). Every concert is slightly different to the other! This years concert that had a section dedicated to the music of Elton John. It’s a fantastic concert and never fails to impress
It’s at Royal Albert Hall in London I think, so it could be the BBC Proms but not 100% sure. I used to watch the proms with my Dad, but it just isn’t the same since we lost. The proms also do a movie night where they play John Williams themes he wrote. Glad you are enjoying the HM Royal Marines Band, they are awesome. 👍🏻👍🏻 Have a fab week Joel, take care of yourself. 👍🏻👍🏻🖖🏻🖖🏻
This is a segment from a weeks concert series they do every year at the Royal Albert Hall. It's called "The Mountain Festival of Music" it's in memory of Lord Louis Mountbatten, who was a member of the Royal Family, and was captain General of the Royal Marines. He was Murdered in August 1979 by the IRA, when they planted a bomb on his fishing boat and exploded, killing him and 3 others on the boat, including his 14 year grandson and and a 15 year local boy that looked after the boat. This concert series was started after his death. It also worth mentioning, that all these Musicians are combat trained and can be called upon to serve at anytime to fight on the line. As you have done a few reaction videos on the Royal Marines, which have done well with views on your channel, and your looking for another reaction video, try this. ruclips.net/video/fsOkWUHQaCs/видео.html It's a short documentary about the audition process to join the Royal Marines Band Service. Brings back memories, as I served in the Band Service and I auditioned here in 1997. And it is a good interesting video, as a lot of people don't realise there is a bit more to auditioning than just playing an instrument.
The Mountbatten Festival of Music performed every year (Covid permitting) at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Lord Mountbatten was never the Captain General Royal Marines, a position held for 63 years by HRH Prince Philip. Mountbatten held the honorary position of Colonel Commandant of the Royal Marines and I was privileged to meet him in Singapore in1967 when I was serving there with 42 Commando Royal Marines.
Its interesting that at one point when growing up there was a wave of people who disliked brass and orchestra music as being old fashioned and pompous and boring. But bands had to become creative and change the performance to counter this. I was in a brass band when i was at school when it was less popular. But the Blue Danube Waltz and The William Tell overture both played here were favourites. The film "Brassed Off" helped a lot. And the two Ronnies brass band song was hilarious
Perhaps you would like to react to Charlie Drake`s 1812 Overture performed in the 1960`s. Charlie was a great U.K. slapstick Comedian in the 1960`s - `70`s. He was the first to come up with this idea for a performance, I believe.
My father-in-law was a colour sergeant in the ‘Royals’ as he insisted HM Royal Marines should be called, and as a young man engaged to the youngest of his four daughters I would never have been brave enough to dispute this. My home town of Portsmouth was and is home for many Royals. Their bandsman in small groups can be found performing in local concerts and small venues like the Royal British Legion clubs playing adapted instruments such as a watering can for a bugle and a toilet pedestal as a tuba. They have a great sense of humour and,I might add, the ability to stay in tune even after downing 11 or 12 pints of beer having bought them myself the eleventh but not their last pint on one occasion. LOL
Joel the Military Bands play all sorts of venues from the Royal Albert Hall to Shopping Centres from the Cenotaph to Railway Stations there is no set place or time of year you can come across a Military Band playing music. You can either pay to go to a designated concert or literally be in a shopping centre or Railway Station and be in a surprise flash mob of Military Band musicians. I strolled into Waterloo Railway Station in London once and all of a sudden I was part of the audience of a Military Brass Band flash mob. The quality of the music just blew me away. The Band came in from different entrances in the Station and just started playing much to the traveling publics surprise
Joel, You should have a look at the Royal Marines doing Carol of the Bells. I know it's a Christmas song but it is still worth watching. It has "the plumber" from this video playing three three different parts.
Hi - I was in the RMB for 12 years and can tell you anything you want to know. I was at that concert and go every year and have tickets for the next MFM on 11th March 2023. Also played in 6 of them. The last on in March 2022 was the 50th consecutive anniversary of these concerts. Ask me if you want more info and I can direct you to video clips you might not have seen. Regards. Chris
Don't you recognise The Blue Danube by Strauss? Played to great effect in the film 2001. The William Tell overture by Rossini? Plus other bits of classical music that I can't remember the names of!
not as rough and tough as THE ROYAL TOURNAMENT FIELD GUN COMPETITION 1999.the health and safety book thrown out of the window. 1 wrong move and someone could have been badly injured or killed.
Idea stolen from, The Blue Man Group, performers. And probably inspired by Bill Bailey and his car horn performances (comedoian, former session musician, incorporates music into his comedy. Check out his car horn version of Metallica's, Enter Sandman, or Gary Numan's, Cars, which he also sings in French). Bill Bailey is very cool and very funny, for an old troll looking hippie.
Remember that they are just as skilled with weapons as they are with musical instruments and can go from one to the other in a second. :-)
bandsmen are stretcher bearers in combat, I don't think they play a fighting role.
@@outdoorsocialist8774 They are Royal Marines just like all the other Marines. I wouldn't say that to their face!!!
Royal Marines Band musicians are not Commando trained (no green beret) and do not carry arms - stretcher bearers is right. They play at various venues and particularly a number of performances at the Royal Albert Hall - the Mountbatten Festival of Music in early March.
@@lestermay5878 Sure but you're not saying they wouldn't pick up a gun if the situation warranted it, are you?
@@lestermay5878 they do 14 weeks at Lympstone before moving to the school of music. They don’t do the commando course but are taught basic field craft and weapons handling. They deploy in supporting roles within the brigade including but not restricted to casualty handling so whilst their primary role is as professional musicians, it’s inaccurate to say they are stretcher bearers
This was from the Mountbatten Festival of Music (MFM - 2019) from the Royal Albert Hall in London. Performed by the percussion players of the Royal Marines Band. The handy man is able to play out a surprisingly melodious ‘Rondo Alla Turca’ before the epic duet finale on Rossini’s ‘William Tell’, played alongside the lead percussionist.
The Mountbatten Festival of Music happens every year. During these covid-times, they have put on socially-distanced audience-free performances, where they spread out around the whole of the Royal Albert Hall ... some of which is on their RUclips channel.
It was part of the Mountbatten concert hosted at the Royal Albert Hall. Me and my dad go every year (not including Covid times). Every concert is slightly different to the other! This years concert that had a section dedicated to the music of Elton John. It’s a fantastic concert and never fails to impress
It’s at Royal Albert Hall in London I think, so it could be the BBC Proms but not 100% sure. I used to watch the proms with my Dad, but it just isn’t the same since we lost. The proms also do a movie night where they play John Williams themes he wrote. Glad you are enjoying the HM Royal Marines Band, they are awesome. 👍🏻👍🏻 Have a fab week Joel, take care of yourself. 👍🏻👍🏻🖖🏻🖖🏻
This is a segment from a weeks concert series they do every year at the Royal Albert Hall. It's called "The Mountain Festival of Music" it's in memory of Lord Louis Mountbatten, who was a member of the Royal Family, and was captain General of the Royal Marines. He was Murdered in August 1979 by the IRA, when they planted a bomb on his fishing boat and exploded, killing him and 3 others on the boat, including his 14 year grandson and and a 15 year local boy that looked after the boat. This concert series was started after his death. It also worth mentioning, that all these Musicians are combat trained and can be called upon to serve at anytime to fight on the line.
As you have done a few reaction videos on the Royal Marines, which have done well with views on your channel, and your looking for another reaction video, try this.
ruclips.net/video/fsOkWUHQaCs/видео.html
It's a short documentary about the audition process to join the Royal Marines Band Service. Brings back memories, as I served in the Band Service and I auditioned here in 1997. And it is a good interesting video, as a lot of people don't realise there is a bit more to auditioning than just playing an instrument.
The Mountbatten Festival of Music performed every year (Covid permitting) at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Lord Mountbatten was never the Captain General Royal Marines, a position held for 63 years by HRH Prince Philip. Mountbatten held the honorary position of Colonel Commandant of the Royal Marines and I was privileged to meet him in Singapore in1967 when I was serving there with 42 Commando Royal Marines.
Its interesting that at one point when growing up there was a wave of people who disliked brass and orchestra music as being old fashioned and pompous and boring. But bands had to become creative and change the performance to counter this. I was in a brass band when i was at school when it was less popular. But the Blue Danube Waltz and The William Tell overture both played here were favourites.
The film "Brassed Off" helped a lot. And the two Ronnies brass band song was hilarious
Perhaps you would like to react to Charlie Drake`s 1812 Overture performed in the 1960`s. Charlie was a great U.K. slapstick Comedian in the 1960`s - `70`s. He was the first to come up with this idea for a performance, I believe.
I think the Royal Albert hall is defiantly somewhere to stop off when you visit. It's just such a unique venue, nowhere in the world like it.
It’s The Mountbatten Festival of Music at The Royal Albert Hall in London. I have seen this before.
Absolutely brilliant, I loved it!!
It's hard to hear the William Tell Overture and not think of the Lone Ranger.
Another good choice JP!
BillyConnelly’s definition of an academic - someone who doesn’t think of The Lone Ranger when they hear The William Tell Overture 😄😄😄
@@denisemackay1411 and so true 👍👍, aye the Big Yin knows what he's about 😂😂
My Family and me always go to the Band of the Royal Marines Christmas concert; they are always fantastic
Lots of the musicians are paramedics. Excellent at both jobs
I'd never seen this before but it was amazing. And, as a young man, Joel, I'm glad you liked it too.
My father-in-law was a colour sergeant in the ‘Royals’ as he insisted HM Royal Marines should be called, and as a young man engaged to the youngest of his four daughters I would never have been brave enough to dispute this.
My home town of Portsmouth was and is home for many Royals. Their bandsman in small groups can be found performing in local concerts and small venues like the Royal British Legion clubs playing adapted instruments such as a watering can for a bugle and a toilet pedestal as a tuba. They have a great sense of humour and,I might add, the ability to stay in tune even after downing 11 or 12 pints of beer having bought them myself the eleventh but not their last pint on one occasion. LOL
Making music FUN 😁 thanks for sharing 👍🤗
Joel
the Military Bands play all sorts of venues from the Royal Albert Hall to Shopping Centres from the Cenotaph to Railway Stations there is no set place or time of year you can come across a Military Band playing music. You can either pay to go to a designated concert or literally be in a shopping centre or Railway Station and be in a surprise flash mob of Military Band musicians. I strolled into Waterloo Railway Station in London once and all of a sudden I was part of the audience of a Military Brass Band flash mob. The quality of the music just blew me away. The Band came in from different entrances in the Station and just started playing much to the traveling publics surprise
Joel, You should have a look at the Royal Marines doing Carol of the Bells. I know it's a Christmas song but it is still worth watching. It has "the plumber" from this video playing three three different parts.
This is so reminiscent of Gerard Hoffnung that I was half expecting a vacuum cleaner to make an appearance.
Hi - I was in the RMB for 12 years and can tell you anything you want to know. I was at that concert and go every year and have tickets for the next MFM on 11th March 2023. Also played in 6 of them. The last on in March 2022 was the 50th consecutive anniversary of these concerts. Ask me if you want more info and I can direct you to video clips you might not have seen. Regards. Chris
You may like to check this out to understand how diverse the RMBs range of music is
ruclips.net/video/FJBdGTN56rU/видео.html
I'd like to see a reaction to their version of 'Stairway to Heaven'.
So would I.
Don't you recognise The Blue Danube by Strauss? Played to great effect in the film 2001.
The William Tell overture by Rossini?
Plus other bits of classical music that I can't remember the names of!
That was played at the Royal Albert Hall. 🇬🇧❤🇺🇸
Royal Marines are the best band in the world !!!
Of all the things you might reasonably expect a couple of Royal Marines to be able to do....
I believe that they were playing “The William Tell Overture” by Rossini.
Lone ranger.
@@neilgayleard3842 hey ho Silver
Good music and good reaction Joel 💚
Loved it that was brilliant 👍
you ok m8 ,you look knackered you been studying hard
😅😅😅😅😅😅 so funny and soooo good.
not as rough and tough as THE ROYAL TOURNAMENT FIELD GUN COMPETITION 1999.the health and safety book thrown out of the window. 1 wrong move and someone could have been badly injured or killed.
The music is the blue danube
Idea stolen from, The Blue Man Group, performers. And probably inspired by Bill Bailey and his car horn performances (comedoian, former session musician, incorporates music into his comedy. Check out his car horn version of Metallica's, Enter Sandman, or Gary Numan's, Cars, which he also sings in French). Bill Bailey is very cool and very funny, for an old troll looking hippie.
That was brilliant. 😁
You should check out the bands that play on the 12 of july parade in Northern Ireland 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Isn't the 12th of July parade an Orangemens' parade playing only Unionist music?
Hardly representative of Northern Ireland.
👏👍
OMG wonderful!!!!!
😅 very nice, I like it
Wonderful.
Can you react to HM Royal Marines I vow to thee my country cause it's actually a really good song
Do taskmaster
I'd love to see you react to this: ruclips.net/video/lvHQ1gMi1mk/видео.html
A totally different feel to military bands.