THE WHISTLEBINKIES
Scotland’s Traditional Music Ensemble
- Peter Anderson Scottish side drum/bodhran
- Iain Crawford double bass
- Anna Dagg fiddle / viola
- Stuart Eydmann fiddle / concertina / vocals
- Mark Hayward fiddle
- Rhona MacKay clarsach / vocals
- Eddie McGuire flute
- Rab Wallace lowland pipes / Scottish smallpipes
They are an outstanding group.
Michael Tumelty: The Herald
SAMPLE PROGRAMME
Quicksteps :
The Queen’s Welcome to Invercauld
Lord Huntly’s Cave - James Scott Skinner (1843-1927)
Bonnie at Morn - Traditional (Scotland/Northumbria)
Ane Ground - From Duncan Burnett’s Music Book (Glasgow 1610; ed Kenneth Elliott)
Puirt a Beul – vocal harp music - Traditional Gaelic
Ye Banks and Braes; Ceilidh Lines - Traditional, featuring smallpipes
Inner Sound - Eddie McGuire (the suite from his music for : Beatrice – Innshore Oilfield, screened at the 1983 Celtic Film Festival)
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The Fiddlers’ Rally - Iain Campbell and Gordon Walker
The Albannach - Eddie McGuire (the suite from his music for John McGrath’s play Albannach for 7:84 Theatre Group)
Brittany: - Traditional Breton Mick Broderick’s Rant Lament for Jef ar Penven Polig Monjarret La Derobe (The Secret)
John Roy Stewart : - John Roy Stewart Traditional Strathspey Sandy’s New Chanter Hornpipe - Tom McAllister, Jnr
Macbeth The plot thickens; the armies march; Lady Macbeth at her clarsach; the conflict grows; evil is defeated - Eddie McGuire (his suite from the BBC The Piper emerges from the mists; Radio Scotland Scots language version of the play produced by Tom Kininmont)
What a joy to hear each of these instruments played so beautifully …. It was like the sun coming out … a group that wanted to play traditional tunes but also wanted to be contributors to a living tradition; this evening’s performance of outstanding music making by The Whistlebinkies was proof that they are both.
L.Macleod, The Orcadian
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Date : October 2008