Beating Retreat - 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky)

At the 2012 Ceremony of Beating Retreat on Horse Guards Parade, in typical British weather and in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses The Earl and Countess of Wessex, the Massed Foot Guards Band, together with The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, and the Moscow Militia gave a 200th Anniversary commemoration performance of the 1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky arranged Jaeger). It was conducted by Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Barnwell (Senior Director of Music Household Division and Director of Music Band of the Welsh Guards). Captain Micheal Smith (Director of Music Band of the Grenadier Guards) co-ordinated the guns of The King’s Troop.