A Tribute: The Band of the Welsh Guards

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Release Date: 26th Feb 2016
Catalogue No: BMMAWG1502
Label: BMMA
Length: 93 minutes

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trad.: The Welsh Guards on Parade

Work length3:11

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

trad.: Reminiscences of Wales

Work length5:50

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

James James: Land of My Fathers

Work length3:11

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

G. Fabiani: Lion of St. Marc

Work length3:12

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

Joaquín Valverde, Federico Chueca: La Gran Vía

Work length6:31

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

anon.: King's Birthday March

Work length3:24

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

Charles Payne: Punjaub

Work length2:57

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

Gustave Colin: The Flash of Steel

Work length3:10

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

Gustave Colin: Little Gadabout

Work length2:58

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

Myddleton: The Phantom Brigade

Work length3:14

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

P. Miller: Kitchener's Brigade

Work length3:23

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

M. Stratford-Andrews: March of the Anzacs

Work length2:53

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

Kalman: Gypsy Princess (Excerpts)

Work length2:44

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

Pryor: The Whistler and his Dog

Work length2:21

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

Lionel Monckton, Ivan Caryll: Gaiety Echoes

Work length7:26

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

Alford: Wedded Whimsies

Work length6:49

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

anon.: Tarantella de concert

Work length3:04

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

Gounod: Faust (Excerpts)

Work length7:44

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

Coates, E: London Bridge

Work length3:00

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

Jessel: Wedding of the Rose

Work length3:01

Band of the Welsh Guards
Andrew Harris

anon.: Half an Hour of Heaven

Work length3:21

Dance Orchestra of the Welsh Guards
Thomas Chandler

Herbert, V: Indian Summer

Work length3:09

Dance Orchestra of the Welsh Guards
Thomas Chandler

trad.: Welsh National Songs (Cwm Rhondda / All Through the Night / Land of My Fathers / Over the Stone / Aberystwyth / Men of Harlech)

Work length6:36

David Lloyd
Band of the Welsh Guards
Thomas Chandler

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Disc 1 features the Band’s recordings from 1916, including The Welsh Guards on Parade, their very firstrecording, a medley of the Welsh Guards’ regimental slow and quick marches, “Men of Harlech” and “The Risingof the Lark”, and the salute “Men of Glamorgan”. Other highlights include The Phantom Brigade, a depiction of aretired colonel thinking on his comrades of days and glory past, and the March of the ANZACs, written to honorthe fighting forces of Australia and New Zealand at Gallipoli. These and other selections from disc 1 are indicativeof the Welsh Guards Band’s repertoire during its first year of service, including its tour to the front lines.

Disc 2 takes the listener up to WWII, when the Band of the Welsh Guards became the first service band toappear on the BBC’s “Music While You Work”. Two tracks feature the Welsh Guards’ Dance Band,supplemented in wartime by members of the Geraldo Orchestra. Unusual but delightful numbers include thenovelty tune The Whistler and His Dog, composed by Arthur Pryor, trombone virtuoso of John Philip Sousa’sband and Wedded Whimsies, a marathon of musical quotations — including “Turkey in the Straw”, Schubert’s 8thSymphony, “My Old Kentucky Home”, Carmen, and dozens more — spun together by master march composerKenneth J. Alford. The Band of the era also displays its versatility with excerpts from Gypsy Princess and Faust.

The Band of the Welsh Guards will be giving a concert on the 1st of March, 2016, the 100th anniversary of theirfirst concert appearance in 1916 at the London Opera House, as depicted on the cover art. The event will bestreamed live.

A Tribute: The Band of the Welsh Guards

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