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www.householddivision.org.uk - Tel: 020 7414 2207
The Guards Division
MUSIC FESTIVAL Tuesday 27 June - Sunday 2 July 2017
A Festival of Music celebrating 100 years of the Massed Bands of the five regiments of Foot Guards.
From Classical to Jazz, Glenn Miller to 18th Century Music, the bands of the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards provide music in a week-long festival including a cinematic screening of the iconic 1916 film ‘The Battle of the Somme’ accompanied by a live performance of the specially composed orchestral soundtrack.
FREE ADMISSION
THE GUARDS’ CHAPEL, BIRDCAGE WALK, LONDON, SW1E 6HQNEAREST TUBE: ST JAMES’S PARK
At the Royal Military Chapel (Guards’ Chapel)
TUESDAY 27 JUNE
1.10pm - Guards Big BandMarking 100 years since the birth of Buddy Rich
& Ella Fitzgerald featuring trumpeter Adam Rapa 4pm - Jazz in the Afternoon
Flute & Jazz Trio play ‘Jazz Sebastian Bach’7pm - The Countess of Wessex’s
String Orchestra
WEDNESDAY 28 JUNE
1.10pm - Guards Woodwind SoloistsTo include music by Saint-Saens, Glinka, Speil
4pm - Jazz in the AfternoonContemporary Jazz
7pm - ‘Brass Explosion’ Guards Brass meets Surrey Brassfeaturing trumpeter Adam Rapa
THURSDAY 29 JUNE
1.10pm - The Duke of York’s BandThe world-renowned 18th Century
Band of the Coldstream Guards4pm - Jazz in the Afternoon
The Dixie Swingers6pm - Band of the Scots Guards
Songs from the Shows with Cream Teas for a Summer’s Evening on Chapel Square
FRIDAY 30 JUNE
1.10pm - Guards Saxophone Choir Choral Music arranged for Saxophones
4pm - Jazz in the AfternoonTrumpeter Lance Corporal Ben Beavis & friends
7pm - Band of the Coldstream GuardsMusic composed for the Military Band
The Guards Division Programme
SATURDAY 1 JULY
3pm & 7pm - Commemoration of the Battle of the SommeLive cinematic screening of the iconic 1916 film
accompanied by The Countess of Wessex’s String Orchestra, String Ensemble of the Royal Marines and the Royal Air Force Salon Orchestra
8.30pm - Remembrance Serviceat the Flanders Fields Memorial Garden
SUNDAY 2 JULY
5pm - Former Musicians of the Household Division Reunite in Concert
FREE ADMISSION
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