Pipe Major Angus MacDonald
Gary West looks at the piping career of Pipe Major Angus MacDonald, one of the master players of the 20th Century and an example and inspiration to many. The programme includes little-heard recordings from the Â鶹ԼÅÄ archive from 1968 onwards.
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Artist: Pipe Major Angus MacDonald
Title: Susan MacLeod, The Caledonian Society of London, Mrs MacPherson of Inveran, Johnnie MacDonald’s Reel
CD: The World’s Greatest Pipers, vol 1
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Artist: Pipe Major Angus MacDonald
Title: Brigadier General Ronald Cheape of Tiroran, The Stirlingshire Militia
Â鶹ԼÅÄ recording November 1968
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Artist: Pipe Major Angus MacDonald
Title: The High Level Hornpipe, P/M George Allan
Â鶹ԼÅÄ recording November 1968
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Artist: Pipe Major Angus MacDonald
Title: Una Murray, The Road to Sham Shui Poh, The Highland Brigade at Magersfontein
Â鶹ԼÅÄ recording February 1988
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Artist: Pipe Major Angus MacDonald
Title: Maggie Cameron, Caberfeidh, The Smith of Chilliechassie, The Sheepwife
Â鶹ԼÅÄ recording July 1972
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Artist: Pipe Major Angus MacDonald
Title: The MacDougall’s Gathering (ground)
LP: Grant’s Piping Championship, Piobaireachd (1978)
Label: Lismor LIDL6001
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Artist: Pipe Major Angus MacDonald
Title: The Man From Skye, Jim Tweedie’s Sealegs, Crossing the Minch
Â鶹ԼÅÄ recording July 1972
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Artist: The Scots Guards (1969)
Title: El Alamein
CD: Tunes of Glory
Label: EMI Records SZLP2116
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Artist: Pipe Major Angus MacDonald
Title: The Lament For The Children
CD: The World’s Greatest Pipers, vol 1
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Artist: Pipe Major Angus MacDonald
Title: The 93d at Modder River, The Braes of Castle Grant
CD: The World’s Greatest Pipers, vol 1
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Artist: Pipe Major Angus MacDonald
Title: Alan MacPherson of Mosspark, The Bobs of Balmoral, The Curlew
Â鶹ԼÅÄ recording July 1972
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Artist: Pipe Major Angus MacDonald
Title: Major John MacLennan
CD: The World’s Greatest Pipers, vol 1
Broadcasts
- Sat 11 Jan 2020 21:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland
- Sat 14 Mar 2020 21:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio Scotland
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