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Studies in Pibroch – Week 11

7 April 201824 March 2018 J David HesterModern Traditional Piper

Another in the series of explorations into traditional settings and interpretations. Simple recordings of five urlars, intended to open musical possibilities in an effort to imagine performances in their original genres, tempos and expressions.

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Studies in Pibroch – Week 10

31 March 201824 March 2018 J David HesterModern Traditional Piper

Continuing our series of exploration in to new interpretive possibilities opened up by traditional settings and the APC approach to performance, we release another five urlar recordings.

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2018 Archie Kenneth Quaich – APC and Lament for Finlay

13 March 201817 March 2018 J David HesterModern Traditional Piper

For your consideration: Lament for Finlay (PS 024). Here are the notes from the judges (as published in Piping Press, a Rab Wallace site): Outstanding amongst this list was David Hester who had come from[…]

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Studies in Pibroch – Week 9

22 November 201717 November 2017 J David HesterAnnouncements

New recordings of urlars available for your listening enjoyment. (Hopefully you will enjoy them.)

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Lament for Mary MacLeod

3 August 20171 February 2019 William WaitesLearning Interpretations

I admit, I’ve been pretty impressed with some of the electronic bagpipes that I see around, like the Deger Pipes and the Technopipes, but they’re pretty expensive and not especially hackable. Then I stumbled upon[…]

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Angus MacKay, Revisited, Again

15 July 20176 October 2017 J David HesterModern Traditional Piper

I have been witnessing an interesting experiment:  an attempt to allay the fears of those most worried about the tectonic shift being felt in the pibroch world. Most recently, the argument being promulgated by adherents to[…]

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APC Approach 1: End of the Great Bridge (Final Part)

1 July 201711 April 2018 J David HesterLearning Interpretations

Putting it all together, here is a recording of my efforts. Please feel free to comment and make suggestions.  More importantly: please go out and make your own interpretations!  Feel free to submit them here[…]

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