Favorite pipe music...?

[Blu (Ontario)]

A question for those who play the pipes or those who just enjoy listening to it....

What is your favorite piece of pipe music?

Is there a particular piece of pipe music generally considered the most difficult to learn and perform as a group?

[Graham]

Traditional Highland Pipes, I would say Highland Cathedral, closely followed by Dark Island. "itchy fingers" is a challenge to play (so our pipe major tells me).

Irish Pipes: Brian Boru's March by Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains, anything by Liam O'flynn, Colin Melville (Tannahill weavers).....
beyond that, I love all pipe music, Highland, lowland, uilleanne, even the water pipes in our bathroom excite me!!

[Southern Breeze]

I don't have any real favorites,although I do listen to mostly traditional.

[sav]

My list would be so long, it would get annoying, even to me! ;-) I agree with Graham on this one...If it has drones, it's worth listening to!

[switchblade5984]

My list would be so long, it would get annoying, even to me! ;-) I agree with Graham on this one...If it has drones, it's worth listening to!

+2 means i agree(just in case)

[cormacmacguardhe]

Any bagpipe music is fine with me although I do tend to nod off a little when "Amazing Grace" is played. Just heard it too, too, often.

[Yaish]

Marines Hymn and Taps always make my soul stir when I hear them on the pipes.

For fun I really like this bit of filk called "March of the Cambreadth" by Heather Alexander. Its featured in several books I like, and the theme is awesome.
http://www.mp3dimension.com/HeatherA...hOfCambreadth/

Really though anything on the pipes is worth listening to.

[Wompet]

"The only way to listen to 'Amazing Grace' is to have it played on bagpipes." - ABC News commentator during Ronald Reagan's funeral.

I'm with Graham, Sav, and Switchblade - if it has a bag and drones, I'm there. I include the spanish pipes, the gaita galaga, in there too.

[cajunscot]

Todd's favourite pipe tunes:

1. The Black Bear
2. Lord Lovat's Lament
3. The Maple Leaf Forever
4. Sleep, Dearie Sleep (played at JFK's funeral by the Black Watch)
5. Nut Brown Maiden
6. Cock o' the North (Regimental March of the Gordons)
7. All the Blue Bonnets over the Border
8. Scotland the Brave
9. A Man's a Man
10. Green Hills of Tyrol

I'm looking for a particular piece of pipe music even as we speak -- Willie Cumming's Rant -- but no luck so far.

Cheers,

Todd

[wgority]

Virtually all pipes music is worth listening to-and believe me, I listen to it all. Right I'm listening to a CD by Jean Baron and Christian Anneix on biniou kozh and bombarde-some of the finest breton music available. Next on my CD player is Live from the Pipers Gathering featuring concert highlights from that event over a number of years. After that I've got Brian McNamara's CD Fort of the Jewels ready to go.

Picking a favorite piece? There are way too many to choose from!

The most difficult type of music? I'm not even going to touch that. I will say the uilleann pipes were the hardest type of pipes to gain a measure of mastery over. For pure technique, getting the highland pipes gracings down so they are consistent and near flawless took years........

That's what happens when you play 17 varieties of pipes........ Oh well

If you want to learn about all kinds of pipes beyond the highlands, check out The Pipers Gathering http://www.pipersgathering.org

Love them drones,
WSG

A question for those who play the pipes or those who just enjoy listening to it....

What is your favorite piece of pipe music?

Is there a particular piece of pipe music generally considered the most difficult to learn and perform as a group?