Northern Meetings Past
Gary West brings you standout performances from past Northern Meeting piping contests as well as top drawer music from the pipe band and bagpipe-led trad scenes.
Gary West brings you some standout performances from past Northern Meeting piping contests, with sets from Bruce Gandy, Callum Beaumont and Alasdair Henderson, while the St Lawrence O'Toole pipe band treat us to a rousing performance recorded live at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. There's uillean piping from the William Kennedy festival in Armagh, upbeat bagpipe-led trad sets from Ross Miller and James Harper, and a ballad first published over two centuries ago sung by Fiona Hunter featuring Iain MacInnes on smallpipes.
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Artist: Ross Miller
Title: Richard’s Gone Bananas, That Little Bit Extra
Artist: Bruce Gandy
Title: Leaving Lunga, The Argyllshire Gathering,The Bob of Fettercairn, The Islay Ball, The Grey Bob, John Garroway
Artist: St Lawrence O’Toole Pipe Band
Title: The Irish Sea, The Scenic Route, Going to the Well for Water
Artist: Alasdair Henderson
Title: Jack Adrift, John Paterson’s Mare
Artist: Callum Beaumont
Title: The Daughter’s Lament
Artist: Tiarnin o Duinnchinn and Cillian Vallely
Title: Excerpt from the Singing Stream Part III / The Dark Haired Lass / Dan Breen’s Reel
Artist: Fiona Hunter, Mairi Campbell and Iain MacInnes
Title: Helen of Kirkconnel Lee
Artist: James Harper
Title: Culzean
Broadcast
- Sat 18 Sep 202121:00BBC Radio Scotland
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