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Release Date: March 31, 2021

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The album contains nearly 150 minutes of top-quality piping selected from BBC recordings made over the past ten years at the senior March, Strathspey & Reel competitions, - the Silver Star event as it is sometimes known - and the Gold Clasp or senior pìobaireachd competition. The Northern Meeting is arguably the most prestigious open solo piping competition in the world and, for most pipers, success in it is considered the pinnacle of pipers’ achievements. As a result this album is brim-full of brilliant performances by many of the world’s most successful pipers.

The Northern Meeting was the culmination of a unique collaboration between Macmeanmna, BBC Radio Scotland and the Northern Meeting Piping Sub-committee. As a consequence, highlights of the many hours of recordings made at the Northern Meeting for Radio Scotland’s ‘Pipeline’ programme over the period 1995 to 2004 are now available commercially. Apart from being of great interest to the piping aficionado the album is required listening for aspiring competitive pipers.

Northern Meeting

Various

John MacDonald of Glencoe, John MacDonald Welcome to South Uist, Inveraray Castle, Jon Roy Stewart, Cockerel in the Creel, Johnnie MacDonald's Reel

Ross-shire Volunteers, The Young MacGregor, Lady Loudon, Struan Robertson, Smith of Chilliechassie, Thomson's Dirk

Rout of the Lowland Captain

Leaving Lunga, Major Manson at Clachantrushal, Bob of Fettercairn, Islay Ball, Sound of Sleat, Brown-haired maid

The Red Speckled Bull

Clan MacColl, Braes of Castle Grant, Shepherd's Crook, Piper's Bonnet, Smith of Chilliecassie, Cockerel in the creel

Lament for MacLeod of Colbeck

Knightswood Ceilidh, Pap of Glencoe, Shepherd's Crook, Ewe wi' the crookit horn, The Sheepwife, John Morrison of Assynt House

Spaidearachd Bharrach

Clan MacColl, Knightswood Ceilidh, Piper's Bonnet, Cabar feidh, Dr MacPhail's Reel, Smith of Chilliecassie

Major Manson at Clachantrushal, John MacColl's march to Kilbowie Cottage, Dora MacLeod, Ewe wi' the crookit horn, Man from Glengarry, John MacKechnie's Big Reel

Lament for Donald Duaghal MacKay

MacLean of Pennycross, Arthur Bignold of Lochrosque, Susan MacLeod, Caledonian Society of London, Mrs MacPherson of Inveran, Rejected Suitor

Nameless (Hindro Hindro)

Downloads include choice of MP3, WAV, or FLAC

The album contains nearly 150 minutes of top-quality piping selected from BBC recordings made over the past ten years at the senior March, Strathspey & Reel competitions, - the Silver Star event as it is sometimes known - and the Gold Clasp or senior pìobaireachd competition. The Northern Meeting is arguably the most prestigious open solo piping competition in the world and, for most pipers, success in it is considered the pinnacle of pipers’ achievements. As a result this album is brim-full of brilliant performances by many of the world’s most successful pipers.

The Northern Meeting was the culmination of a unique collaboration between Macmeanmna, BBC Radio Scotland and the Northern Meeting Piping Sub-committee. As a consequence, highlights of the many hours of recordings made at the Northern Meeting for Radio Scotland’s ‘Pipeline’ programme over the period 1995 to 2004 are now available commercially. Apart from being of great interest to the piping aficionado the album is required listening for aspiring competitive pipers.