Celtic Circles ***New- listen to 2 minute audio
samples ( see Tune List below)
Inspired by the Celtic
circles of ancient Scotland, Bonnie paints a musical picture
through time, joining the heavens and earth to the cycles of
everyday life. Performed on Scottish fiddle with gold medal
piper Eric Rigler on the Great Highland bagpipe, Scottish
smallpipes and uilleann pipes. Also accompanied by guitar,
Celtic harp, viola da gamba, hammered dulcimer, bass and
bodhran. Includes: North Highland tunes from The Patrick
McDonald Collection, 1784, pipe marches, strathspeys, jigs and
reels, laments and traditional favorites: Flo'ers o' The
Forest, Gillie Calum and Prince Charlie's Farewell to
Scotland
.
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56:20 minutes.
"A vivid soundscape. One of the most rewarding and
personal Scottish music recordings heard in a long
time."--
SING OUT
"Bonnie's playing is exemplary throughout, with
exhilaration and desolate beauty in equal
measure."
-- ROCK'N REEL,
U.K.
Tune List
***click here and listen to 2 minute audio clips of every
track below...
1. North Highland
Tunes (5:22)
2. Pipe Major
William Wilson (3:42)
3. Mary Do
It Again / Cross Roads / Jig In A (6:36)
4. Lament
of the Death of Sor Blanca Maria (3:10)
5. MacDonald,
Lord of the Isles / Romance Air (4:33)
6. Gillie
Callum / Highland Rant / Ryan's Rant (5:37)
7. Air to
which Ossian is Recited (2:26)
8. The Boat
Hoisted the Sails / Gone to Sea (4:16)
9. Bog on
Lochan / Drowsy Maggie / Sleepy Maggie (2:56)
10. A Mother's
Lament / Aisling (4:47)
11. Flo'ers
O' the Forest (4:27)
12. Yell Yell
(2:49)
13. Prince
Charlie's Farewell to Scotland / Winyadepla (5:36)
Inspired by the Celtic
circles of ancient Scotland, Bonnie paints a musical picture
through time, joining the heavens and earth to the cycles of
everyday life. Performed on Scottish fiddle with gold medal
piper Eric Rigler on the Great Highland bagpipe, Scottish
smallpipes and uilleann pipes. Also accompanied by guitar,
Celtic harp, viola da gamba, hammered dulcimer, bass and
bodhran. Includes: North Highland tunes from The Patrick
McDonald Collection, 1784, pipe marches, strathspeys, jigs and
reels, laments and traditional favorites: Flo'ers o' The
Forest, Gillie Calum and Prince Charlie's Farewell to
Scotland
. 
