Totally Trad
Gary West explores that category of pipe tunes we simply call Trad, with examples from Scotland, Ireland, Northumbria and the USA, as well as some piping exotica from Sardinia.
Gary West introduces a playlist that relies entirely on that mainstay of the bagpipe repertoire, those tunes labelled simply as 'trad', with sets from Ross Ainslie and Jarlath Henderson, Finlay Johnston, Donald MacPhee, Malcolm Robertson and Minnesota-based Northumbrian piper Dick Hensold. The Field Marshall Montgomery demonstrate how the best bands in the world deal with tradition, while West Highland ceilidh experts, Skipinnish, put us through our paces on the dance floor. There's an all-star cast of a dozen of the world's elite level pipers and drummers recorded together in Washington State, and a little bit of Mediterranean piping exotica from Sardinia.
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Artist: Ross Ainslie and Jarlath Henderson
Title: Old Bush, Jolly Tinker, Richard Dwyer’s
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Artist: Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band
Title: The Highland Wedding, Blair Drummond, Pretty Marion
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Artist: Malcolm Robertson
Title: Sweeny’s Polka, Mike Ward’s Polka, The Glen Polka
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Artist: Donald MacPhee
Title: Nameless Lament (from Donald MacArthur MS)
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Artist: Masters of Scottish Arts
Title: Campbelltown Kilty Ball, Cutty’s Wedding, Loudon’s Bonnie Woods and Braes, Because he was a Bonnie Lad, High Road to Linton, Kilt is My Delight, Reel of Tulloch, Mrs MacLeod of Raasay
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Artist: Franco Melis and Orlando Mascia
Title: Fiorassiu
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Artist: Dick Hensold
Title: Jacky Layton
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Artist: Finlay Johnston
Title: The Duchess of Edinburgh, Cabarfeidh, ÌýThe Smith of Chilliechassie
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Artist: Skipinnish
Title: MacNab’s Quicktep, Devil in the Kitchen, B’fhearr mar a bha mi’n uiridh, S iomaidh rud a chunna mi
Broadcasts
- Sat 19 Feb 2022 21:00Â鶹Éç Radio Scotland
- Sat 18 Feb 2023 21:00Â鶹Éç Radio Scotland
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