In
My Hands ...
Natalie MacMaster
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Track 2
Welcome to the
Trossacks
march, strathspeys and reels
Welcome to the
Trossacks march (Wilfred
Gillis)
Memories Of Winston strathspey (Jerry
Holland)
Highlanders Farewell To Ireland strathspey
(Traditional)
Gravel Walks Reel (Traditional)
Colonel Thornton (Traditional)
The Hurricane (J.Scott Skinner)
- This medley starts out with a
four part march by Wilfred Gillis. A fine composer Wilfred is well
known as one of the original members of The Cape Breton Symphony.
He first recorded Welcome
to the Trossacks
on an early John Allan Cameron lp.
- Memories of
Winston is found
in
Jerry Holland's Collection.
It was written by Jerry in memory of Winston Fitzgerald and it is
most definately reminiscent of Winston's style.
- The tempo come up a bit for next
tune ... a stepdancing style strathspey. Natalie's multi part
version (6 parts plus octave variations) of The Highlander's
Farewell to Ireland appeared in the late 1770s in both Robert
Ross and Alexander McGlashan's Collections. A similar setting was
recorded on 78 disc by Cape Breton fiddler Bill Lamey. The basic
two part setting is also popular and is found in the
Skye
Collection. The four part
setting in the Athole Collection was the inspiration for the
popular Irish reel Farewell To Ireland.
- Gravel Walks
is an Irish reel associated with the fiddle tradtions of
Donegal.
- Colonel Thornton is
a 19th century Scottish reel. There are 4 turns in the Skye
Collection. Natalie plays the tradtional Cape Breton setting which
is notated in The
Dungreen Collection
- The Hurricane is a
4 part Skinner tune with some tricky F# minor bits. It is in
The
Scottish Violinist
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