Episode 21. Murder - Judicial and Domestic
Sunday, 3rd June 2007, 5.05pm, Radio Scotland
The 17th century was Scotland’s season of the witch, and punishment for witchcraft was severe, with judicial burnings, drownings and hangings very much in fashion. Alongside the tales of witches, John Purser tells the sad story of Mill of Tifty’s Annie, killed by her own family over her love for a musician, and gypsy fiddler James MacPherson’s famous Rant.
Episode Playlist
- Donovan Leitch – Season of the Witch
Donovan
CD Donovan’s Greatest Hits
Epic EK 26439 - Trad - Alison Gross
Lizzie Higgins
CD In memory of Lizzie Higgins
Musical Traditions MTCD337-8 CD2 Track 1 - Trad: Psalm 25, from 7th verse
Patsy Seddon
BBC recording - John Purser – Secret Commonwealth Trumpet Call
Nigel Boddice, trumpet
BBC recording - Trad: Andrew Lammie
Jane Turriff; Sheila MacGregor
CD Scottish Tradition 5 - The Muckle Sangs
Greentrax CDTRAX 9005 - Karine Polwart - The Dreadful End of Marianna for Sorcery
Malinky
CD Last Leaves
Greentrax CDTRAX 190 - Trad - MacPherson’s Rant
Davie Stewart
CD Davie Stewart
Greentrax CDTRAX 9052
