March From Scipio DHCB1

Händel's opera Scipio was written in 1725 and performed the following year in the King's Theatre, London. After Händel's death his operas fell into obscurity until the 1960s, when they experienced a major revival. This famous march from Scipio has however remainedpopular since its first performance and has been the Regimental Slow Ma rch of the British Grenadier Guards since the 18th century. The march isfairly simple and gives young bands the opportunity to play a well-know n baroque melody which should be well within their technical ability.