I had not noticed this until listening to Peter McCalister playing “The Red Speckled Bull” (PS 237) at the MacDonald Cuach this year (2019). There are three different rhythmic styles for fosgailte crunluaths in[…]
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Mac Mhic Alister’s Dead Lament – Final Reflections
This has been a remarkable journey of discovery! As is usual in any encounter with Campbell, we as musicians are taxed to the utmost of our skills, intuition and capability to interpret and bring forth[…]
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APC Guide to Pibroch: Book Review – Bruce Gandy
I was recently given a copy of the APC Guide to Pibroch by its main compiler to look through to help give me a better understanding of how they believe Pibroch was performed a few[…]
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Mac Mhic Alister’s Dead Lament – Part 3
The next motion in this pibroch is ambiguous, and requires of us a musical decision. The “Taolive Gear” motion is written by Campbell as such: This allows for a variety of interpretation. “Hindaento” – at[…]
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Siubhal Sheumais
APC member Christopher Lee went into the studio with his friends Gavin Hardie (Uilliean pipes) and Justyna Krzyzanwska (vocals) and came out with this: a beautifully creative exploration of this tune. New ways of making pibroch[…]
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In preparation for the upcoming season
Those of you who compete, you may want to take a look at Noa Kageyama‘s site today. It deals with performance slumps and the kind of growth mindset approaches that can be taken as you[…]
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The End of the Little Bridge: Gesto’s setting – Part 1
Gesto’s setting of this battle tune presents rich opportunities for a creative artist. There are so many options! I find it alarming how quickly we become attached to one interpretation. What we come up with[…]
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