An Orkney Special
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2011, Orcadian Kristan Harvey, presents a Celtic Zone centred around Orkney, including a tribute to the heroes of the Longhope Lifeboat disaster, a concert set from Saltfishforty and a chat with one of Orkney's most prolific folk musicians, Kris Drever.
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician 2011
Kristan Harvey performs her winning set in the 2011 final.
Duration: 16:39
My Life in Five Songs: Kris Drever
Phil Cunningham talks to Kris Drever about growing up in Orkney, his many musical collaborations and asks him to pick 5 pieces of music he'd hate to be without.
Duration: 28:27
Past Lives - Orkney
Mark Stephen heads to Orkney to hear tales of exploration, seafaring and floating banks.
Duration: 24:15
Four Minute Miracles – Flight
To mark the 50th anniversary of Roger Bannister’s record-breaking sub-4 minute mile in 1954 this 4 Minute Miracle featured the shortest scheduled commercial flight from Westray to Papa Westray.
Duration: 04:33
Macgregors Sundry Tracks – Papa Westray
Jimmie MacGregor talks to Jim Hewitson, the Glasgow Herald journalist who left the city for Papa Westray in Orkney where he continues to write for the newspaper.
Duration: 14:01
Travelling Folk
Archie Fisher heads to the 22nd Orkney Folk Festival and samples more than just the music.
Duration: 01:09:46
Longhope Lifeboat 40th anniversary
Radio Orkney commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Longhope Lifeboat disaster which claimed the lives of all 8 crewmen.
Duration: 45:11
Islands - Hoy
Poet George Gunn visits Hoy, talking to residents who reflect on their place in the history of the First and Second World Wars and look forward to the future in their community.
Duration: 26:03
Music In Our Time – George Mackay Brown
George Mackay Brown talks about his collaboration with Peter Maxwell Davies, their meeting & working on the text for Maxwell Davies' "Solstice of Light".
Duration: 05:33
Mary Ann Kennedy’s Global Gathering
Saltfishforty performed live from Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Scotland’s Pacific Quay headquarters during their 2010 Tune Up tour.
Duration: 54:43
Broadcast
- Sun 5 Jun 2011 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland
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