Wood, Haydn: The Seafarer

Performed by the peerless band of the Grenadier Guards

Recorded at The Garrison Chapel, Chelsea Barracks, London

This recording was commissioned to be sold to audiences at the annual Henley Regatta on the River Thames where the Band of the Grenadier Guards perform every year. As one would expect, this is a very traditional programme, beginning with a Grand March by Gounod, followed by Hérold’s Zampa Overture and the delightful Valse Caprice-Bal Masqué by Percy Fletcher. The programme is wonderfully varied and contains, as one would expect, The Eton Boating Song, together with music by Peter Yorke and Haydn Wood inspired by ships and the sea.