Scipio

[kens]

Scipio is the slow march of the Grenadier Guards Played on the EL90 organ Ken S.

https://app.box.com/s/i0mr8ysbza92w7e30cicn65iq5ritacv

[Jon D]

Hi there Ken,
Another very nice performance from you and the EL90 organ I enjoyed listening bravo my frioend.

Jon D.

[Hugh-AR]

As this Challenge is to play a piece of music that tells a 'story', some of you may be wondering what the 'story' is behind this classical piece, which was composed by Handel and performed as an opera.

The Clemency of Scipio is an episode in the life of the Roman general Scipio Africanus, recounted by the historian Livy. During Scipio's campaign in Spain during the Second Punic War, he refused to accept a ransom for a young female prisoner, returning her to her fiancé Allucius, who in return became a supporter of Rome. Scipio's magnanimous treatment of a prisoner was regarded as an exemplar of mercy during warfare in classical times.

Hugh

[JohnT]

Hi Ken. Not one I know and thanks to Hugh for his information. Enjoyed my listen. A nice March for a change. John