highlights

These are selected as of special interest  - either a good tune, or quirky in some way, commemorating a special event or having significant meaning

You can play them online or download with the manuscript music (See copyright conditions in the footer)

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Travelling Piper · Ballaghaderreen
Ballaghaderreen

This is a piano version. Ballaghaderreen (Bealach an Doirin) is the name of a small town in Ireland.  The name caught my fancy

Travelling Piper · A Leprechaun in the Glen
A Leprechaun in the Glen

Named in the attempt to capture both Irish and Scottish musical figures. An exotic subject.

Travelling Piper · Laps from the Linn
Laps from the Linn

An above average tune. Linn is a Scottish word for the plunge-pool of a waterfall. Depicting Psa 10:7 "He drinks from any stream he has to cross, then charges forward triumphing" (Moffat). 

Travelling Piper · The Rock of Scotland
Rock of Scotland

Slow air. A solid tune with the meaning of underlying support. 

Travelling Piper · Dr Lindsay Davidson
Dr Lindsay Davidson

A good tune. Dr Davidson -  Clan Piper of the Davidson Clan gained the first Ph.D. in piping!

Travelling Piper · Two Finnish Martyrs
2 Finnish Martyrs

A lament. Two Finnish women working with an NGO in Herat, Afghanistan were killed by gunfire in 2014, after a lifetime of service to the people of that country. Their taxi was attacked, and the driver was also killed. 

Travelling Piper · Lament for Dr Tom Little
Tom Little

Another lament. Tom was killed instantly along with about 8 other aid workers when he was returning from an eye relief camp in Northern Afghanistan

Travelling Piper · Maria of the Snows
Maria of the Snows

Electronic Pipes. Maria was a Spanish woman who stayed with us for six months. This is a Flamenco imitation using the computer program, Sibelius.

Travelling Piper · Welcome to Wilton
David and Eilidh's Welcome to Wilton

A good tune. For a couple coming from the USA to live in our area, with deliberate echoes of the iconic Dr Ross’s 50th Welcome by Donald MacLeod

Travelling Piper · The Return of the King
Return of the King

A good tune with at least three layers of meaning. It predates the movie by many years and is intended to convey the excitement as the king approaches. It almost turns into a dance at the end

Travelling Piper · The Scary Pensioner
The Scary Pensioner

Novel chromatics! Composed on Sibelius and played using its electronic pipes. It is a bit scary - like my wife! who had just gained pensioner status

Travelling Piper · Ceol Alba's Fifth Anniversary
Ceol Alba

A good hornpipe. This commemorates the 5th anniversary of an active Scottish music group in our suburb

Travelling Piper · New Tartan
The New Tartan

This piece celebrates the production of a new personal tartan by Dr Bruce Irving, Bonshaw, about the turn of the century

Travelling Piper · The New Zealand Irvings
The New Zealand Irvings

A good tune.  A conventional strathspey celebrating all the Irving descendants living in New Zealand

Travelling Piper · The New Irvings
The New Irvings

A good tune. This celebrates two Irving nephews who changed their names to reflect their lineage. Their children now have their own tunes.

Travelling Piper · Life-giving Pipes
Life-giving Pipes

Novel ornament. In the words of an old Japanese-American Christian teacher “even a rusty pipe can deliver life-giving water ...” The piece exploits extensively a rare but fairly easy ornament comprising a Taorluath with an extra note added

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