The Castle Recordings – Installment #18

We conclude the “Castle Recordings” with the eighteenth and final installment of piobaireachds in our exclusive series of performances captured on reel-to-reel tape at Edinburgh Castle in the early 1960s by the late Captain John A. MacLellan MBE.

• “The Gathering of the MacNabs”
• “Lament for the Castle at Dunyveg”
• “Lament for the Departure of King James”
• “Lament for the Little Supper”
• “Lament for MacDonald of Kinlochmoidart” No. 1
• “The Young Laird of Dungannon’s Salute”

Access the performances at the dedicated Castle Recordings page on pipes|drums.

Colin R. MacLellan has curated the series and provides a video introduction and commentary to each part:

Our thanks again to Colin MacLellan for sharing these historic recordings exclusively with pipes|drums.

Stay tuned for a wrap-up conversation with Colin about the series and its importance to Highland piping.