The Swedish Mounted Band of the Royal Lifeguards

[438wildcats]

Stunning! Marvelous! Thank you so much for sharing! I had never before seen or heard of them, they're absolutely great!

[WesternPAdude]

Do the horses with the drums get ear plugs? Ha ha just kidding. ;)

[isomolle]

Det är tyvärr allt för sällan att ma ser ett levande kavalleriband. Jag uppskattar svenskarna för att de håller traditionen levande!

[ZaeroZ]

Är inte den första låten finsk om jag inte missminner mig, oerhört vacker ändå dock ^^

[calfstream123]

@ZaeroZ Finska rytteriets marsch komponerades under trettioåriga kriget (1600-talet) av en nu okänd upphovsman och på 1800-talet fick den text av Topelius. Eftersom Sverige och Finland var ett rike då, så kan vi väl storsvenskt få dela med oss av äran till våra finska bröder och systrar....*fniss*

[bootsandsaddles]

Thank you for telling me the horses are Swedish half-breds, they are so elegant and well trained. Beautiful.

Yes, the drummers' horses are English Shires. I love them :)

[nexxan85]

Whats up with the life guard part? They arn't on the beach....it should say The Swedish Mounted Band of the Royal Guard.....there should be no life in there....even if the swedish name for it is "livgarde"

[crippmeister]

@nexxan85 If their name is Life Guard, why should they not be called that?

[wenpen021]

Incredibly talented band and horsed, wonderful to watch.

[MRSSIMBA43]

Very, very, GRACEFUL ! Great Musicians!!

Central Bastion Place is Beautiful.

[lionsexlover]

is tht the swedish cavalry then

[antonbulldog]

It certainly isnt part of the British cavalry. They are part of the Swedish Army, King Olaf's Life Guard.

[k1lkenny]

@antonbulldog

And His Majesty the king of Sweden is certainly not called "Olaf". His name is "Carl Gustaf"

[nexxan85]

@k1lkenny Niether have sweden ever had a king that has been named Olaf....about 1000 years ago we had a king called Olof though....and he does not have a standing guardin this day.

[peringefilip]

Excellent as allways. I am very proud of our military musik :)

[Anuschka6]

Wonderful performance! I love horses and I like military-bands!

[isomolle]

Jag tycker att det är väldigt fint att svenska militärmusikanter bär gamla, färgranna uniformer.

[jcupjohansson]

The second march is in my eyes called "Livgardets Hornmarsch" (roughly translated "Horn March of the Royal Life Guards"), it's a paraphrase from Carl Michael Bellman's (famous Swedish composer during the 18th century) "Undan Ur Vägen" from fife to horn.

I don't know if Livgardets Dragonmusikkår have the same naming as the corps I'm playing in.

[ozzi94]

The first one is Finska rytteriets marsch

Second is Marche Royal Suedois according to Huithapelli

Third one is Marcia Carolus Rex

Fourth i dont know

[jerryberglund]

@ozzi94

The first one is also called Svenska rytteriets marsch. the fourth is called The krutzritter fanfarenmarsch

[slaskenstam]

Nice

[bootsandsaddles]

Excellent. I enjoyed this very much. A high standard of performance, beautiful horses. And, I am proud to see English Shire Horses too. Thank you.

[nexxan85]

@bootsandsaddles would that be the drummers horses? Most other seems to be the swedish half breed which is the standard horse of the swedish armed forces.

[zibhebhu]

Excellent performance. What is the name of the first march?

[Suomaki]

Finska Rytteriets Marsch i trettioåriga kriget - March of Finnish cavalry in 30 year war - Finnisches Reittermarsch

[zibhebhu]

Thank you. Are you able to identify the other marches? All of them are unfamiliar to me.

[Suomaki]

Sorry, other marches are unfamiliar to me also.

[zibhebhu]

Thanks. This really is a very fine performance.

[Finnishbastard]

The third march that begins at 4:43 is "Marcia Carolus Rex"

[zibhebhu]

Thank you.

[Huithapeli]

The second march is called "Marche Royale Suedois" i think.

[zibhebhu]

Great. Thank you. That leaves only the last march to be identified.

[Huithapeli]

@zibhebhu The Last is a German march called Kreutzritter-Fanfare.

[zibhebhu]

Again, many thanks.

[parmerud]

To bad the sound is out of sync all the time...

[isomolle]

Ratsuväen marsseja rastuväen soittokunnan esittämänä näkee valitettavan harvoin. Kiitost tästä!

[antonbulldog]

Remarkable performance by Livgardets Dragonmusikaar. As a former musician in the Household Division in the UK and with a vehement passion for military bands I really appreciate such performances.

[lionsexlover]

@antonbulldog wot r u saying tht they're part of the british cavalry?