Compositions – Learning Living Pibroch

Chris Lee – B Drone Spree

12 July 201913 July 2019 J David HesterCompositions

b-drones-second.m4a Composition by Chris Lee, as heard on Pipeline July 2019. Enjoy!

New Pibroch by Steven Knox

9 February 20194 February 2019 J David HesterCompositions

Steven Knox has been hard at work composing. He sent us along a recent work, which he has graciously allowed us to make available to you here!

Lacrimae

13 May 20178 October 2017 J David HesterCompositions

The latest composition by Club Member J Montague. Enlisting the help of Willie McCallum, Jim McGillvray and Craig Muirhead, this is a pibroch duet. Astonish creativity. An unique contribution to the art. Enjoy!

Pibroch on the Hardanger fiddle

21 May 201622 May 2016 Barnaby BrownCompositions

Yesterday, Delphian Records released the CD counterpart to my PhD thesis: Spellweaving. The experimental rehearsals for this were a source of deep joy. I was sharing pibroch with two wonderful musicians who were receptive, supremely[…]

Fear Pìoba Meata – The Timid Piper

5 March 20165 March 2016 Barnaby BrownCompositions

This is a glorious piece of music, unjustly neglected. Its combination of brevity and musical depth is ideally suited to amateur pibroch players and learners. If competition organisers can’t change the rules to allow gems like this to[…]

Aged Warrior’s Sorrow

13 August 201525 July 2015 J David HesterCompositions

At Invermark Piping School (2015), Jack Lee presented a variety of short pibrochs to students. They included Aged Warriors Sorrow, Sister’s Lament, The Pretty Dirk and two Nameless tunes. He asked the students to choose a tune for which they[…]

Burns March: a Gaelic harp ceòl mór?

30 July 201530 July 2015 Simon ChadwickCompositions

For some years now, in my teaching and performance of historical Gaelic harp music, I have been holding up “Burns March” as the only extant notated ceòl mór from the Gaelic harp traditons of Scotland[…]