Hellenic Air Force Βand

The Hellenic Air Force Music Flight was founded in 1947 under the command of Lieutenant Nicolas Raftopoulos and initially consisted of about 40 reservists. In 1953 it started being staffed with permanent staff. At the present time its permanent members form the Band and the Light Orchestra of the Hellenic Air Force. The Air Force Music Flight is administratively attached to the Hellenic Air Force General Staff and, operationally, to the Chief of Staff Office. Over its 75-year-long course, the Hellenic Air Force Band has done remarkable work both in the military sector and in respect to society as a whole. The Hellenic Air Force Band has a rich repertoire including all music genres (marches, European music, Greek traditional music, Greek and foreign light music) and has given concerts at the Athens and Thessaloniki Concert Halls and in nearly all of Greece. Moreover, it has represented the Hellenic Air Force in military music international festivals and other events abroad.

The Hellenic Air Force Βand will begin performing in front of the Acropolis Museum and with a stop at Thission Square (on Apostolou Pavlou Street) will end at Kapnikarea Square (Ermou Street). It will perform Adagio in G minor by Tomaso Albinoni, Giuseppe Verdi's Marcia funebre, Funeral march from Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3 in E♭ major, Op. 55 (Eroica) and Lacrimosa from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem.

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