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Totally Trad

Gary West explores that category of pipe tunes we simply call Trad, with examples from Scotland, Ireland, Northumbria and the USA, as well as some piping exotica from Sardinia.

Gary West introduces a playlist that relies entirely on that mainstay of the bagpipe repertoire, those tunes labelled simply as 'trad', with sets from Ross Ainslie and Jarlath Henderson, Finlay Johnston, Donald MacPhee, Malcolm Robertson and Minnesota-based Northumbrian piper Dick Hensold. The Field Marshall Montgomery demonstrate how the best bands in the world deal with tradition, while West Highland ceilidh experts, Skipinnish, put us through our paces on the dance floor. There's an all-star cast of a dozen of the world's elite level pipers and drummers recorded together in Washington State, and a little bit of Mediterranean piping exotica from Sardinia.

55 minutes

Last on

Sat 18 Feb 2023 21:00

Music Used;

Artist: Ross Ainslie and Jarlath Henderson

Title: Old Bush, Jolly Tinker, Richard Dwyer鈥檚

Artist: Field Marshall Montgomery Pipe Band

Title: The Highland Wedding, Blair Drummond, Pretty Marion

Artist: Malcolm Robertson

Title: Sweeny鈥檚 Polka, Mike Ward鈥檚 Polka, The Glen Polka

Artist: Donald MacPhee

Title: Nameless Lament (from Donald MacArthur MS)

Artist: Masters of Scottish Arts

Title: Campbelltown Kilty Ball, Cutty鈥檚 Wedding, Loudon鈥檚 Bonnie Woods and Braes, Because he was a Bonnie Lad, High Road to Linton, Kilt is My Delight, Reel of Tulloch, Mrs MacLeod of Raasay

Artist: Franco Melis and Orlando Mascia

Title: Fiorassiu

Artist: Dick Hensold

Title: Jacky Layton

Artist: Finlay Johnston

Title: The Duchess of Edinburgh, Cabarfeidh, 听The Smith of Chilliechassie

Artist: Skipinnish

Title: MacNab鈥檚 Quicktep, Devil in the Kitchen, B鈥檉hearr mar a bha mi鈥檔 uiridh, S iomaidh rud a chunna mi

Broadcasts

  • Sat 19 Feb 2022 21:00
  • Sat 18 Feb 2023 21:00

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