A New Pibroch and a Modern Classic
Gary West explores recent pipe compositions including a brand new pibroch born in Canada.
As a form of music which is at least 500 years old, it is a rare thing to get the chance to hear a brand new pibroch which was born only a matter of weeks ago. Bruce Gandy of Halifax, Nova Scotia, introduces his new pibroch composition and gives it its world premiere broadcast on Pipeline. There’s also a hattrick of performances of another modern classic tune, ‘Smelling Fresh’ composed by James Duncan MacKenzie, as well as sets from elite level players, Roddy MacLeod, Willie McCallum and Callum Beaumont. Staying with the ‘brand new’, we sample our first taste of a forthcoming track from bellows pipes star, Brighde Chaimbeul, and a classic performance from the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band.
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Music Used:
Artist: Breabach
Title: The New Paradigm, The New Paradigm Bridge, Smelling Fresh
Artist: Willie McCallum
Title: The Crags of Stirling, (3.53) Susan MacLeod (2.16), Roddy MacDonald’s Fancy (1.45)
Artist: Brighde Chaimbeul
Title: Dornoch Links, Catriona Bheag, Bonnie Bonnie is the Lass
Artist: Bruce Gandy
Title: Skye of Mount Vernon, Washington
Artist: Simon Fraser University Pipe Band
Title: John Paterson’s Mare, The Curlew, The Ten-Penny Bit, Paddy O’Rafferty, The Jig of Slurs, The Curlew
Artist: Callum Beaumont
Title: In Praise of Herbie MacLeod (1.58), Breton Air (1.05) , Little Cascade (0.52), Smelling Fresh (0.35)
Artist: Roderick MacLeod
Title: Pipe Major Donald MacLean of Lewis, Portree Bay
Artist: Masters of Scottish Arts
Title: Captain Archibald Leslie, Susan MacLeod, John Keith Laing, Smelling Fresh
Broadcast
- Sat 25 Feb 202321:00BBC Radio Scotland
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