Episode 23. A Parcel of Rogues
Sunday, 17th June 2007, 5.05pm, Radio Scotland
In contrast to the celebrations going on in London, the Scottish music connected with the Act and Treaty of Union in 1707 could be described at best as ambiguous, when it wasn’t simply expressions of regret and disgust. John Purser introduces music from the time, and a piece by one of the Treaty’s signatories, that celebrates something completely different: Scotland’s own colonial ambitions.
Episode Playlist
- Trad: Why Should I be Sad on my Wedding Day
Ronald Leith, carillon
CD Scotland’s Music
Linn CKD 008 - Robert Burns: Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation
Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger
LP The Jacobite Rebellions
Topic 12T79 - Trad (Balcarres Lute Book, c.1700) arr MacKillop:
I Love My Love in Secret
Rob MacKillop, lute
CD The Healing
Greentrax CDTRAX227 - John Clerk of Penicuik: Leo Scotiae Irritatus
Catherine Bott, soprano, Concerto Caledonia
CD The Lion of Scotland
Hyperion CDA 67007 Track 2 - John Clerk of Penicuik: Leo Scotiae Irritatus
Catherine Bott, soprano, Concerto Caledonia
CD The Lion of Scotland
Hyperion CDA 67007 - Trad: The Lament for The Union
Jack Lee, pipes
BBC recording - Trad: For Our Lang Biding Here
Archie Fisher
LP The Fisher Family
Topic 12T137 - Dick Gaughan: Both Sides the Tweed
Mary Black
CD Mary Black Collected
DARA CD010 - Burns: Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation
Rev. Jack Drummond
CD Bill Drummond - The Man
Creation CRECD014
