Enjoy Your Piping! With Gary West

Episode 8 - Finlay MacDonald on Piping Live 2023


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Gary chats to the Director of the National Piping Centre, Finlay MacDonald, about life in charge of one of the main piping institutions in the world, and about plans for this year's 20th Piping Live festival in August.  With music from Fraser Fifield, Angus MacColl, Willie McCallum, Alasdair Gillies, Ross Ainslie and Tim Edey, as well as from Finlay himself in partnership with that fine Shetland fiddler, Chris Stout.

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Tracks Played

Finlay MacDonald and Chris Stout with Borve Castle, Tommy and Ronnie's Double Tonic (Allan MacDonald) and the Thin Man (Gordon Duncan) from Cauld Wind.

Alasdair Gillies with In Memory of Herbie MacLeod (Jerry Holland), The Editor’s Strathspey, The Dusky Meadow (Donald MacLellan), Hey Johnnie , Alex Currie’s Strathspey, Le Petit Cheval Rouge, West Mabou Reel, Kelsae Brig, The Stone Frigate (Donald Kerrigan) from Loch Broom

Fraser Fifield with Secret Path (F Fifield) from Secret Path

 Angus MacColl with MacLean of Pennycross (A Ferguson) and John MacDonald of Glencoe (W Lawrie) from The Best of Piping Live Recital Series 2006/07

Willie McCallum wtih Jack Adrift (Donald MacLeod), P/M George Allen (Donald Macleod) and Tam Bain's Lum (Donald Shaw Ramsay) from The Best of Piping Live Recital Series 2006/07

Tim Edey and Ross Ainslie with Lunny from Diad


Links

Piping Live 2023 Information and Tickets
https://pipinglive.co.uk/


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