Matt MacIsaac at Piping Live
Gary West introduces a live set from Cape Breton maestro, Matt MacIsaac.
Gary West brings you a fast-fingered set from Matt MacIsaac, recorded at Piping Live in Glasgow in August. Matt grew up in Cape Breton Island in Canada, part of a highly skilled musical family with roots in the highlands of Scotland, and his music is deeply influenced by the step dance traditions of his native island. We also hear one of the most evocative and emotive pieces of music in the entire highland piping canon, Lament for the Children, performed by Jamie Forrester in the gold medal contest at the Northern Meeting in Inverness in early September. There’s sets too from the Inveraray and District Pipe Band, from the Scott Wood Trio, and from Lewisman, James Duncan MacKenzie.
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Artist: James Duncan MacKenzie
Title: Thainig na Coin, Ian Ruari and the Old Blind Dog
Artist: Matt MacIsaac
Title: Borve Castle, Piper of Longueval
Artist: Matt MacIsaac
Title: Hugh Alexander Lowe of Tiree, Cabar Feidh, Roderick MacDonald
Artist: Inveraray and District Pipe Band
Title: P/M J McWilliams, Bob of Fettercairn, McAllister’s Dirk
Artist: Jamie Forrester
Title: Lament for the Children
Artist: Matt MacIsaac
Title: The Golden Wreath, P/M George Allan, The Drunken Landlady, Donald Willie and his Dog, Karen Nuttall
Artist: Matt MacIsaac
Title: My King has Landed in Moidart, An Cota Ruadh, Chur I a Gluin air a Bhodaich, The Shepherd’s Crook, Laird of Drumblair, Bundle and Go, The Periwig, The Tide is Out, Alec Dan’s, Farewell to Erin
Artist: The Scott Wood Trio
Title: Fiona Katz’s, The Ballater Rant
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- Sat 8 Oct 202221:00BBC Radio Scotland
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