Ceilidh | Scottish music & dance

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Scottish music & dance

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Campsie Scottish Folk Players

“Bat out of Yell” and “Unst in a While”

Campsie Scottish Folk Players live in Milton of Campsie Village Hall, 2016.
Playing a pair of home-grown Shetland-style Reels” by George Smith called
‘Bat Out Of Yell’ & ‘Unst In A While’ !!

“Her Mantle so Green” followed by
“Planxty Maggie Browne”

Filmed in 2016

“Because he was a Bonny Lad”,
“Crowhillock” and
“The Devil’s in the Kitchen”

Filmed in 2016

Andrew C Greig

“Maggie West’s Waltz” and “Spookskerry”

Andrew Greig performs ‘Maggie West’s Waltz’ and ‘Spookskerry’ with a lovely photography slideshow of the local Campsie area.

Frances Diamond
guitar accompaniment by Mike Clayton

“John Anderson, my Jo”

Frances Diamond performs ‘John Anderson, My Jo’ with guitar accompaniment by Mike Clayton.

“Aye Walking O’”

Frances Diamond performs ‘Aye Walking O” with guitar accompaniment by Mike Clayton.

“Cummin thro the Rye”

Frances Diamond performs ‘Cummin thro the Rye’ with guitar accompaniment by Mike Clayton.

Malcolm Kerr

“Yon Muckle Stob”

Background info about the song can be found here.

Sue Baxendale & Phil Gault & Claire Haslin

"Ae Fond Kiss"
arranged for voice, horn and piano by Stephen Adam.

Ae Fond Kiss, arranged for voice, horn and piano by Stephen Adam. Performed by baritone Phil Gault, horn player Sue Baxendale and pianist Claire Haslin. The three musicians live in East Dunbartonshire-Sue lives here in Milton of Campsie whilst Phil and Claire live just up the road in Milngavie. All three met through their work with Scottish Opera, and are tutors at both the Music School of Douglas Academy and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

Emily Kerr

"Oh, My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose"

‘Oh, My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose’ performed by Emily Kemp, an 18 year old singer who has lived in Milton of Campsie all her life. An ex-pupil of Craighead Primary School and St Ninian’sHigh School and a member of the East Dunbartonshire Youth Choir, NYCoS, the Rodolfus Choir and the Scottish Opera Young Company, Emily currently studies at the Music School of Douglas Academy and is aiming to have a career in singing.

Eddie McGuire & Laura Durrant

“Winter it is Past” & “The Sailor’s Wife”

‘The Winter it is Past’ (Burns’ song melody) followed by ‘The Sailor’s Wife’ (traditional jig from the Gow Collection). Behind him is a portrait of his band in 1975, ‘The Whistlebinkies’, painted by the late John G Boyd.

“All for my Grog”

Members of Rhona Mackay Trio & The Whistlebinkies.

Andrew Bull

"An Oswald tune"

Andrew Jabull performs a piece by Oswald.

Fiona Armstrong

Sword dance performance

Fiona Armstrong performs a sword dance. Fiona is a regular at our St. Andrew’s Fest, performing the sword dance and highland fling at our ceilidh.

Highland fling dance performance

Fiona Armstrong performs a highland fling. Fiona is a regular at our St. Andrew’s Fest, performing the sword dance and highland fling at our ceilidh.

Catherine James & Francesca McKay

“Mrs Colquhoun’s Grant”, “Lady Wallace’s Reel” and
“Miss Catherine Maxwell’s Scots Measure”

Catherine James and Francesca McKay perform ‘Mrs Colquhouns’s Grant’, ‘Lady Wallace’s Reel’ and Miss Catherine Maxwell’s Scots Measure’.

Goetz Bucher
accompaniment by Konrad

Scottish & Irish tunes

Goetz Bucher, on cello, plays Scottish & Irish tunes in this piece, with his son, Konrad, playing keyboard in Berlin!!
Many great composers loved Scottish music and this “Adagio on Celtic Melodies” is by Max Bruch who lived in Berlin.
So this music is truly international!  Sit back, relax and enjoy!

“The Skye Boat Song” and
“Niel Gow’s Lament for the Death of his Second Wife”

From Scots Cello Book.

“Niels Gow's Lament for Abercarney”

From Scots Cello Book.

Sieglinde Bucher

"Scottish Air"

Sieglinde and Goetz Bucher perform a Scottish air composed by Thomas Alexander Erskine (6th Earl of Kelly, 1730 – 81).

Sagnick Mukhergie & Colin Barr

"Miss Campbell of Saddell" Set

Sagnick Mukhergie (on violin) and Colin Barr (on guitar) perform ‘Robert Mackintosh: Miss Campbell of Saddell – Mr Oswald of Auchincruive – Lady Wallace’s Reel’.

"Our Highland Queen" Set

Sagnick Mukhergie (on violin) and Colin Barr (on guitar) perform ‘J.S. Skinner: Our Highland Queen – The Duke of Fife’s Welcome to Deeside – The Spey in Spate’.

Liz & Cameron

"Ye Banks and Braes"

Liz and Cameron perform ‘Ye Banks and Braes’. Cameron and Liz make up one half of ‘Willow Moon’ whom some of you may have heard at previous Campsie Festivals.

"Green Grow the Rashes O"

Liz and Cameron perform ‘Green Grow the Rashes O’. Cameron and Liz make up one half of ‘Willow Moon’ whom some of you may have heard at previous Campsie Festivals.

"Duncan Gray"

Liz and Cameron perform ‘Duncan Gray’. Cameron and Liz make up one half of ‘Willow Moon’ whom some of you may have heard at previous Campsie Festivals.

"Iona Boat Song"

Liz and Cameron perform ‘Iona Boat Song’. Cameron and Liz make up one half of ‘Willow Moon’ whom some of you may have heard at previous Campsie Festivals.

Barbara Macintosh

"Her Mantle so Green"

Barbara Macintosh performing ‘Her Mantle so Green’. Barbara is a member of ‘Campsie Scottish Folk Players’ who play annually at our St. Andrews Fest.

"Roly Gentle"

Barbara Macintosh performs ‘Roly Gentle’. Barbara is a member of ‘Campsie Scottish Folk Players’ who play annually at our St. Andrews Fest.

Nevis Ensemble

“Auld Lang Syne”.

The performance features 500+ performers from over 130 countries. Thank the Nevis Ensemble for their contribution of Auld Lang Syne, to provide a great finish for our virtual St. Andrew’s Fest Ceilidh.