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Gary brings you exclusive highlights from this year's main piping concert at Celtic Connections, held in the main auditorium of the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. Names and Places is a full length suite composed in the late 1980s by Martin Hughes and Ian Kirkpatrick of the band, Eclipse First, and was (we reckon) the first to be conceived specifically for the combination of pipe band and folk group. The piping and drumming on the original album was provided by members of the Vale of Atholl, some of whom returned to join an all star cast in this re-working of the piece led by musical director, Lorne MacDougall. Also on the menu this week, we catch up on results from last weekend's Atholl Gathering in Perthshire, and hear a magnificent rendition of the Lament for the Viscount of Dundee by Roddy Macleod as well as a little of the background to the tune from Gary.

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Tracks Played

Chris Gray with High Voltage (C Gray) from his album, Chris Gray

Landing at Roscoff from Names and Places, Live at Celtic Connections 2023

The West Wind, Isle de Groix, Grande Nuit du Port de Peche from Names and Places, Live at Celtic Connections 2023

Tony McManus with The Lament for the Viscount of Dundee from Ceol Mor

Roddy MacLeod with The Lament for the Viscount of Dundee  available on
https://roddymacleodbagpipes.com/piobaireachd-downloads/

The Oban Inn, the Victoria Bar and the Craigdarroch Arms from Names and Places, Live at Celtic Connections 2023

The Creagorry Ceilidh and the Boys and Ballivanich from Names and Places, Live at Celtic Connections 2023

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