Music PIPING LIVE!
PIPING LIVE Events are listed by date, then city. Submit listings at least 16 days before publication to henry@list.co.uk. Listings are compiled by Henry Northmore. Indicates Hitlist entry
Thursday 9 Glasgow ■ Glaschu nan Gaidheal Bus Tour An Leanag, 22 Mansfield Street, pipingfestival.co.uk 10am. £12.50. A bilingual tour learning about the ‘Gaels in Glasgow’. FREE CLASP Competition Lord Todd Bar, Campus Village, University of Strathclyde, 353 0220. 10.30am. Competitive events for amateur pipers organised by the Competitive League for Amateur Solo Pipers. Grade 2 (9 Aug) and Grade 1 (10 Aug). Part of Piping Live! ■ Come And Try: Bagpipes The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 11am–2.30pm. £2. A basic introduction to playing the bagpipes, come and try this traditional iconic instrument. Part of Piping Live! FREE Piping in the Square George Square, 353 0220. 11am, noon, 1pm, 2.30pm & 3.30pm. Some of the best pipers in the world perform every day. FREE Live Music At The Street Café The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. noon, 1pm, 4.45pm & 6pm. A daily selection of live music at the National Piping Centre street café. Part of Piping Live! FREE Pipe Up! The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. noon. Fred Freeman leads today’s talk. FREE Study Piping in Scotland The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. noon. A Q&A session looking at opportunities to study full-time, part- time or post grad. ■ Simon McKerrell The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1pm. £6 (£4). Traditional and contemporary Scottish and Irish music. FREE Come & Try: Irish Gaelic The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1.30pm. Get a basic introduction to Irish Gaelic. Part of Piping Live! ■ A Drop of the Gold Stuff George Square, pipingfestival.co.uk 1.45pm. £6 (£4). Former Gold Medal winners perform in recital. FREE Music of The Nations George Square, pipingfestival.co.uk 1.45pm. The bagpipe is not a solely Scottish instrument as these sessions prove with traditional pipe music from France (9 Aug) and Spain (10 Aug) . Part of Piping Live! FREE Clan MacLean Quaich & Book Launch The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 2pm. Callum Beaumont, Bruce Gandy, Allan MacDonald and Brian Donaldson compete for the inaugural Clan MacLean Quaich to celebrate their book launch. FREE Craig Munro The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 2pm. Solo show from the St Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band and Red Hot Chilli Pipers member. ■ Piobaireachd The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 2pm. Part of the Piping Live! Masters Solo Piping Championship, this is your chance to see the very best in piping. Part of Piping Live! FREE Fred Morrison Reel Pipes Pipe Idol The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 3pm. Four of the world’s best young pipers will battle it out each day
130 THE LIST 9–16 Aug 2012
Piping Live!
The International celebration of the bagpipes wraps up this week, with the final days including performances from local techno-bagpipers Niteworks and The World Pipe Band Championships. ■ Various venues, Glasgow, until Sun 12 Aug.
to be this years Pipe Idol. Part of Piping Live! FREE Pipe Up! with Professor Hugh Cheape The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 4pm. A bilingual talk entitled ‘Clann Ruairi: Re-visiting the Mackays of Raasay’. FREE Sutor Creek The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 4.15pm. West coast pipe music from Angus Nicolson, Lauren MacColl and Ewan MacPherson. FREE The World Pipe Band Championships present . . . George Square, pipingfestival.co.uk 5pm. Some of the world’s best pipers, Scottish music and dance. ■ Pipes of Peace SECC, Finnieston Quay, 0844 395 4000. 7.15pm. £18.50. Featuring current world champions Field Marshal Montgomery Pipe Band alongside Celtic Spirit and Dowco Triumph Street Pipe Band. ■ Blazin’ Fiddles and Tejedor Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, 353 8000. 7.30pm. £15 (£12). Since starting off as individual fiddlers in a showcase tour, Blazin’ Fiddles have grown into a fully-fledged fiddler super group with a worldwide following. ■ Taigh Ceilidh Ghlaschu Argyll Hotel, 973 Sauchiehall Street, 337 3313. 7.30pm. £2 (£1; students £1). An informal Gaelic night of songs, stories, music, comedy, poetry and craic. Please note: ‘The ‘Taigh Ceilidh’ seeks to offer
a traditional Scottish Gaelic environment in Glasgow and therefore the language is used throughout this event.’ ■ University of Strathclyde Piping Recital Challenge Lord Todd Bar, Campus Village, University of Strathclyde, 548 2435. 7.30pm. £12. Featuring Chris Armstrong, Angus MacColl, Niall Stewart and Gordon Walker. Part of Piping Live! ■ Kenny Caird Tribute St Andrews in the Square, 1 St Andrews Square, 559 5902. 8pm. £8 (£6). Arthur Johnstone, Gavin & Claire Livingstone, Jim King, Steve Clarke, Cahoots and many more pay tribute to the singer and musician. ■ Festival Club The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 10pm. £5. A live music experience with folk, pipe and trad music into the night. Part of Piping Live!
Friday 10 Glasgow FREE CLASP Competition Lord Todd Bar, Campus Village, University of Strathclyde, 353 0220. 10.30am. See Thu 9. ■ Come And Try: Bagpipes The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 11am–2.30pm. £2. See Thu 9. FREE Piping in the Square George Square, 353 0220. 11am. See Thu 9. FREE Donald MacLeod: With Susan MacLeod & Friends The
National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. noon. Talk on the life and work of composer Donald MacLeod form his daughter Susan alongside John Wilson and Iain MacDonald. FREE Live Music At The Street Café The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. noon, 1pm, 4.45pm & 6pm. See Thu 9. FREE Pipe Reeds The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. noon. Talk and demo from Dougie Murray. ■ Piobaireachd The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1pm. See Thu 9. ■ Willie McCallum The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 1pm. £6 (£4). A recital of Donald MacLeod’s music. ■ A Drop of the Gold Stuff George Square, pipingfestival.co.uk 1.45pm. £6 (£4). See Thu 9. FREE Music of The Nations George Square, pipingfestival.co.uk 1.45pm. See Thu 9. FREE Neil Selbie & Co Present . . . The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 2pm. A presentation from the day’s sponsors. FREE Piobaireachd Fingerwork The National Piping Centre, 30–34 McPhater Street, Cowcaddens, 353 0220. 2pm. Book launch and masterclass from Jim McGillivray.