Episode 4. Fairy Hill
Sunday, 28th January 2007, 5.05pm, Radio Scotland
Musicians, birds, birth, and death have all been touched by fairies, or so many myths would have us believe. John Purser lets himself be carried away with the fairies, in stories and songs from Scotland’s past.
Episode Playlist
- Trad. - The Fairy Visitation
Calum Ruadh, recorded by Thorkild Knudsen
Calum Ruadh Bard of Skye (Scottish Tradition 7, Greentrax) - Trad. - The Sister’s Lament
Flora MacNeil (with explanation by Calum Johnson)
LP Heather and Glen (Topic) - Trad. - arr. Fisher - Orfeo
Archie Fisher with John MacKinnon, John Doonan
LP Orfeo (Celtic Music) - Trad. - Tha Sior Cóineadh am Beinn Dóbhrain
Allan MacDonald, vocal, smallpipes, Iain MacFarlane, fiddle
CD Colla Mo Rùn (Greentrax) - Trad. - Òran tàlaidh an each-uisge
Margaret Stewart, vocal, Allan MacDonald, smallpipes, Allan Henderson, fiddle
CD Colla Mo Rùn (Greentrax) - Trad. - Port na bPúcaí
Allan MacDonald, pipes
CD Fhuair mi pòg (Greentrax)
