DONALD MACPHERSON
A Living Legend

168-page illustrated hardback book + 76-minute audio CD

PDF of cover with track list

ISBN 0-9546729-0-9

Web price GBP 16.99 (plus £3 packing and delivery to any destination worldwide)

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TRACK SAMPLES

Ronald MacDonald of Morar's Lament (1.9MB)
Crunnludh a mach variation and return of the Ùrlar

Lord Lovat's Lament (2MB)
Moving from Variation 1 into the Taobhludh Singling
 

CONTENTS

History and folklore surrounding this music
by Bridget MacKenzie

Making sense of pibroch
by Barnaby Brown

How I was taught to play
by Donald MacPherson

A flood of melody
press cuttings and tributes by James Campbell & David Murray

Deutsche Übersetzung von Tim Lethen
Traducción española por Alfonso García-Oliva
Traduction française par Arié Spassov
 

INTRODUCTION

Between 1948 and 1990, whenever Donald MacPherson stepped onto the platform a hush fell. His mastery has set the benchmark of excellence in Highland bagpiping for generations. Despite his infrequent attendance, Donald made history at the premier piping competitions by winning first prize on most of his visits. A precision engineer by profession, he was never a keen performer nor self-promoter and recordings of him are rare. On this disc he champions pibroch, one of Europe’s great instrumental traditions. Sophisticated and soulful, these compositions have been transmitted aurally since the seventeenth century and are considered the test of a piper’s genius. No-one plays them more magnificently than Donald MacPherson.
 

I would go 20 miles to hear a piper, but I would go 120 to hear Donald MacPherson

General Frank Richardson