Perth is quickly set to see an occasion that brings the historical past of Scottish bagpipes along with up to date musicians main the world stage.
Involving native musical greats like piper Fin Moore and fiddler Pete Clark, plus the Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, the Lowland and Border Pipers’ Society can be holding its annual convention (which it calls the ‘collogue’ from an antiquated phrase which means ‘to confer’) within the Royal George Lodge in George Road on Saturday, October 8.
The convention is held via the day and a live performance takes place within the night. Each occasions are open to the general public. The convention all the time encompasses a handful of attention-grabbing displays and this yr can be no exception.
Matt Seattle from Hawick, whose major curiosity is the piping custom of the Borders, is the person who found that the British Isles’ earliest bagpipe manuscript – that of William Dixon within the early 18th century – was mendacity unbeknown to anybody within the AK Bell Library in Perth.
In 1997, Matt revealed the manuscript and the LBPS devoted a complete convention to it. Now, 25 years later, Matt discusses the state of piping in that quarter century since his discovery of the manuscript.
LBPS chairman Stuart Letford from Dunkeld, is a former supervisor of the School of Piping and editor of the Piping Occasions.
His presentation is a captivating perception in to the City Pipers of Perth, a civic function that dates to the time of King James V. Till the early nineteenth century, most cities in Scotland’s lowlands employed a piper – and typically a drummer – to play across the city every morning and night in addition to at numerous civic and society features all year long.
Mr Letford has been delving into the archives and hopes to place flesh on the bones of those people.
Professor Lindsay Davidson, who now lives in Poland, can be talking about instructing practices and on future actions of the society.
A one-to-one Q&A session with the well-known Dunkeld fiddler Pete Clark will then finish the displays earlier than a mass ‘session’ concludes the afternoon.
The convention runs from 9.30am to 3pm.
Within the night kicking off at 7.30pm, the LBPS is internet hosting a live performance.
The stellar line-up contains Finlay MacVicar, an outstanding younger expertise from North Uist who's presently on the second yr of his piping diploma course on the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Performing is also a quartet of pipers from the Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, an ensemble lengthy credited as being one of many world’s most innovate pipe bands, and one which’s no stranger to the live performance stage.
Kyle Howie, who's initially from Broughty Ferry and who's a member of the Crimson Scorching Chilli Pipers in addition to a piping teacher is ready to entertain.
The Dunkeld -based fiddler and skilled on the music of the Gow household Pete Clark groups up with the legendary Iain MacInnes, who has simply retired as producer of BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Pipeline’ programme.
Iain has been concerned within the revival of Scotland’s bellows-blown bagpipes for the reason that early Eighties and has performed in quite a few folks bands together with Sealbh, Smalltalk and the Tannahill Weavers.
Virtuoso pipers Fin Moore and Brìghde Chaimbeul conclude the night. Each are well-known in Scotland’s conventional folks scene.
An ex-member of the Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, Fin makes bagpipes from his workshop in Dunkeld, and is in demand worldwide as a performer and trainer of bagpipes.
Skye-born Brìghde has simply recorded her newest album, Las with Steven Byrnes and Perth’s personal Ross Ainslie. Brìghde made a splash in 2016 when she gained the BBC 2 Younger Folks Award.
In 2021 she carried out on smallpipes to world leaders and listeners throughout the globe, because the musician of the opening ceremony of COP 26.
LBPS chairman Mr Letford, mentioned: “This guarantees to be an outstanding event. We've an amazing line up for the convention and the night present.
“Tayside has lengthy had a really sturdy piping custom but it surely’s largely within the space of pipe bands.
“Because the LBPS approaches its fortieth anniversary, we want to use this event to showcase to kids particularly the fantastic music of Scotland’s bellows-piping custom.
“Tickets are £10 for every however we're permitting these below the age of 16 free entry if accompanied by an grownup.
“All are welcome to the convention and live performance. I feel this occasion will make a huge impact on the standard music scene of the realm and can be remembered for years to come back.”
Tickets costing £10 for every can be found from the Lowland and Border Pipers’ Society web site at https://lbps.web/j3site/index.php/information