Episode 13. Mingulay - Hearing an Island
Sunday, 8th April 2007, 5.05pm, Radio Scotland
Its last inhabitants left in 1912 (unless you count sheep), but they left behind more than just the famous Mingulay Boat Song, which was actually written decades later. John Purser hears songs of swans and fairies, Kishmul’s Galley and the battle cry of the McNeils.
Episode Playlist
- Trad. - MacNeill is Lord There
John Burnett, bagpipes
private recording (J Purser collection) - Trad. - Mo chasan dubh
Annie Johnson
BBC recording - Trad. - Co siud thall air sraid na h-ealadh?
Morag MacKinnon
BBC Sound Archive recording - Trad. - Hu-ru-ri-bhi hui-o
Alyth MacCormack
BBC recording - Trad. - Kishmul’s Galley
Flora MacNeill
National Sound Archive 1769 W (32) - Nic Iain Fhinn (17th century) arr. Marjorie Kennedy Fraser) –
Kishmul’s Galley
Lisa Milne, soprano Sioned Williams, harp
CD Land of Heart’s Desire (Hyperion) - Granville Bantock - A Hebridean Symphony
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley (Hyperion) - Trad. arr C. A. MacPhee - Seathan
CD Chi Mi ’n Geamhradh
Catherine-Ann MacPhee (Greentrax) - Trad. - The Mermaid
John Burnett, pipes
private recording (J Purser collection)
