"Joyousness" – THE MUSIC OF HAYDN WOOD

1 Horse Guards – Whitehall (from "London Landmarks" Suite) (Haydn Wood)
ORCHESTRE RAYMONDE Conducted by ROBERT PRESTON

2 Joyousness - Concert Waltz (from "Moods" Suite) (Haydn Wood)
LIGHT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by HAYDN WOOD

3 Laughing Cavalier (Haydn Wood)
NEW CONCERT ORCHESTRA Conducted by JACK LEON

4 Longing (Haydn Wood)
LONDON PALLADIUM ORCHESTRA Conducted by RICHARD CREAN

5 Roses Of Picardy (Haydn Wood)
PETER YORKE AND HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA featuring FREDDY GARDNER, saxophone

6 Seville (from "Cities of Romance" Suite) (Haydn Wood)
BBC VARIETY ORCHESTRA Conducted by CHARLES SHADWELL featuring REGINALD FOORT, organ

7 Seafarer, The – A Nautical Rhapsody (Haydn Wood)
CHARLES WILLIAMS AND HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA

8 Montmartre (from "Paris" Suite) (Haydn Wood)
DEBROY SOMERS BAND

9 Nelson’s Column - Overture (from "London Landmarks" Suite) (Haydn Wood)

QUEEN’S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conducted by CHARLES WILLIAMS

10 Soliloquy (Haydn Wood)
QUEEN’S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conducted by ROBERT FARNON

11 Homage March (Haydn Wood)
LIGHT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by HAYDN WOOD

12 Bird Of Love Divine (Haydn Wood)

13 Vienna (from "Frescoes" Suite) (Haydn Wood)
NEW CONCERT ORCHESTRA Conducted by SERGE KRISH

14 Mannin Veen (Dear Isle Of Man) (Haydn Wood)
LIGHT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by HAYDN WOOD

15 Caprice (from "Moods" Suite) (Haydn Wood)
QUEEN’S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA Conducted by CHARLES WILLIAMS

16 Tower Hill (from "London Landmarks" Suite) (Haydn Wood)
QUEEN’S HALL LIGHT ORCHESTRA / CHARLES WILLIAMS

17 I Hear You Calling Me (Charles Marshall arr. Haydn Wood)
LONDON PALLADIUM ORCHESTRA Conducted by RICHARD CREAN

18 Torch Of Freedom – Grand March (Haydn Wood)
NEW CONCERT ORCHESTRA Conducted by JACK LEON

19 Stanford Rhapsody (Founded on Sir Charles Villiers Stanford’s "Songs Of The Sea")
(Haydn Wood)

DEBROY SOMERS BAND

GUILD LIGHT MUSIC GLCD5121

During the early part of his career Haydn Wood achieved great success as a composer of popular ballads – Roses of Picardy being the most famous, earning him a small fortune during World War 1. But when this style of popular music fell out of favour he produced a considerable amount of orchestral music, much of it sadly no longer being performed on a regular basis. Rhapsodies, overtures, marches, orchestral suites and choral works are all there waiting to be re-discovered by a new generation of performers. It would be nice to think that the finely-crafted works contained on this compact disc might encourage music-lovers to investigate more fully the creations of this brilliant composer.