The Piper and the Maker II ~ Celebrating C CD

The Piper and the Maker II ~ Celebrating C CD

A compilation of fine Scottish Pipers playing Smallpipes in the key of C, made by Hamish and Fin Moore.

Some 20 years on from the release of The Piper and the Maker, an album which
featured notable players performing on instruments made by Perthshire pipemakers
Hamish and Fin Moore, a follow-up album, The Piper and the Maker II –
Celebrating C has been released, once again with some of Scotland’s finest pipers
but this time focussing on the Smallpipes in C which the Moores have been making,
to widespread acclaim.

Playing traditional and recently composed material, the pipers showcased across
the album’s 12 tracks are Hamish Moore, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Gary West, Angus
MacKenzie and Ross Ainslie, as well as duo performances from piper Seonaidh
MacIntyre and fiddler Ewen Henderson and the pipes and viola pairing of Fin
Moore and Sarah Hoy. Songs with pipe accompaniment are contributed by Calum
Alex Macmillan, Steve Byrne, Allan MacDonald and Margaret Stewart.

As well as providing a showcase for the Moores’ pipes in the hands of masterly
players, the album exemplifies the current vibrancy of the “cauld wind” or bellows-
blown pipes revival which has invigorated the Scottish piping scene over recent decades.

7 tune sets, 4 songs with smallpipe accompaniment & Quartet playing an air make up this 12-track CD. A 6-panel cardboard sleeve with a 12-page Booklet for all the information on the musicians & singers and the music played.