Category: Reviews

Boney Invitational Results and Report

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Robert MacNeill of the BC Pipers’ Association reports: The 2018 Boney Music Memorial Invitational Piping Competition and Recital was a great success, raising over $2170 [£1,228 approx.] for brain cancer research for the British Columbia Cancer Foundation, $828 [£468 approx.] of it from the livestreaming viewers. The BC Pipers’ Association continued the event that Andrew Bonar began in 2016 to utilize piping to further advance charitable causes. The players Kevin McLean,…

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PP Ed's Blog: Two New Books Reviewed/ Northern Winter School/ South Florida

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I am always struck by the gratitude of students. At last year’s Northern Winter School Horst Krauss  presented me with this fine book ‘The Bagpipe – The History of a European Folk Instrument in Pictures’ by Fritz Schneider. The well-written text is in four languages, including English, and is graced with  beautifully reproduced photographs. It says this about the GHB: ‘The British brought the Scottish bagpipe to the once worldwide…

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Biggest Audience Figures Yet At Celtic Connections

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The 25th Celtic Connections festival ended yesterday with the organisers claiming a total audience of 130,000 over the past 18 days. They have also announced that Celtic Connections 2019 will run from Thursday 17 January to Sunday 3 February.  The festival Included the highly successful concert given by Johnstone Pipe Band (pictured above) and many other events which featured the bagpipe. Celtic Connections staged more than 350 concerts with over 2300 artists from over 30 countries. .   Organisers Glasgow Life, the same city council…

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Review: Johnstone Pipe Band Concert at Celtic Connections 2018

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What a thrill it  must have been for the youngsters brought on to the stage for the finale of Johnstone Pipe Band’s Celtic Connections concert yesterday, writes the Editor. It made for an emotional end to what was a thoroughly pleasant way to spend a Saturday afternoon. The concert began with warm up sets from Finlay MacDonald, Angus MacColl jnr. – at times you could have sworn it was dad…

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New Recording from Donald MacPherson added to PP Archive/ RSPBA Update Prescribed Tunes

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A treat for piobaireachd aficionados today with the posting on the PP Audio Archive of a performance of the Lament for Mary MacLeod by Donald MacPherson, writes the Editor. The recording was made by the BBC in 1977 during a recital Donald gave with P/M Angus MacDonald at the Eden Court Theatre, Inverness.We are grateful to Donald McBride, one of Donald’s former students. for passing it on. Donald’s playing reflects all…

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