Highland Cathedral
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- "Highland Cathedral" performed at the Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle for this #SolsticeSunday for #SlowAirSunday On our Scotland trip back in 2017 we had the moment to travel up to the Ring of Brodgar in the Northern Island of Orkney. This place was very beautiful. This is the second Stone circle I have been blessed to play my Pipes. Each place has felt completely different and special in it's own way. Almost like each circle carries its own personality and feeling. The wind, the day we went, was blustery and intense making Bagpiping at the stones difficult and very cold. I tried to tune and strike my pipes in outside of the circle with no luck. The wind would sweep up and knock my drones out as fast as I would strike them in. It wasn't til a gentleman walked out from the middle of the stones, where he was meditating, to ask me to come into the inner circle to play. Leading my husband and I to the center, I doubted that I would be able to play. Once in the center, to my joyful surprise, I went to strike in the pipes and immediately they performed. I also noticed that the temperature in the center of the circle was warmer. Playing here was completely different than my last experience playing at the Callanais Stones.
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About the Stones:
Because the interior of the Ring of Brodgar has never been fully excavated, or scientifically dated, the monument's actual age remains uncertain. However, it is generally assumed to have been erected between 2500 BC and 2000 BC, and was, therefore, the last of the great Neolithic monuments built on the Ness. The stone ring was built in a true circle, almost 104 metres wide. Although it is thought to have originally contained 60 megaliths, this figure is not based on archaeological evidence. Today, only 27 stones remain. The Ring of Brodgar takes its name from the nearby farm and derives from the Old Norse brúar-garðr, meaning bridge farm. In common with Maeshowe, a short distance away, sometime in the 12th century, a Norse visitor carved graffiti into one of the circle's stones. The stone in question (the third stone to the north of the present-day entrance) is now a broken stump, but the runic graffiti remains clearly visible. During New New Year celebrations of yesteryear, lovers would visit Brodgar where the man would fall to his knees and "pray to the god Wodden" that the couple keep the oaths they were about to swear. They then made their way to the Odin Stone where the oath ceremony took place.
Lyrics to the tune:
There is a land far from this distant shore
Where heather grows and Highland eagles soar
There is a land that will live ever more
Deep in my heart, my Bonnie Scotland
Though I serve so far away
I still see your streams, cities and dreams
I can't wait until the day
When I'll come home once more
And so Lord keep me from the harm of war
Through all its dangers and the battle's roar
Keep me safe until I'm home once more
Home to my own in Bonnie Scotland
VERSE 1.
Land of our fathers, we will always be
Faithful and loyal to our own country.
In times of danger, we will set you free.
Lead you to glory and to victory.
VERSE 2.
Hail, Caledonia, to our ancient prayer.
Joining, together, with one dream to share.
God bless the people of this land so fair.
CHORUS
Gone is the past, let us start anew.
Let this hope of peace, always remain.
Spirit of Scotia, be strong and true.
Then your children will smile again, again, again, again.
VERSE 3.
Rise, Caledonia, let your voices ring
In this Highland Cathedral of our God and King.
Whom, joy and liberty, to all, will bring.
Come; let your heart, with love and courage, sing.
CHORUS
Lonely the exile, o'er distant seas,
The home of their birth, gone from their eyes.
Bring back their souls o'er the ocean breeze
To the land where their fathers lie.
Videography by Mukmuk Produkt
Drone Footage by Paul Harrold
Recorded at Weathertop Studio
Bagpipes by Tress Maksimuk
Organ arrangement by Matt Maulding
www.darkislepiper.com
Homesick for a place I've never been to but never felt so belonged
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Fantastica ogni volta che la ascolto ho i brividi è la pelle d'oca 😘😘😍😍😍😍
'pipes amongst the ancient stones. It just doesn't get any better than this! You're making the ancestors proud.
I have got genuine goosebumps and the hairs on the back of my neck are standing up on end. Beautiful, breathtakingly beautiful. Thank you.
I got goosebumps too mate 😍
Joyning the Club, apparently...incredible...
Comforting tune in this ever changing world. Thank you.
Beautiful.What this world needs right now!! X
Wow! What a setting! Thanks so much for sharing! 🏴🎵👍
So glad you were able to make inside the circle and play!
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My godson played this wonderful tune at his elder stepbrother's wedding an officer in the Black Watch 3 SCOTS in Inverness last year as his lovely Korean bride walked towards the altar, what a memorable day it was.
Beautiful, Tress. This is perhaps my favourite bagpipe tune, and the reason I hope to someday learn to play the pipes.
It's a tricky instrument to learn, with a cruel learning curve. But with practice and will, it DEFINITELY is worth the effort, you should try!
I started 1 year ago yesterday and have already participated in parades.
Tricky to learn? I did not find it so; go at it systematically and in relatively small bits , after the fashion of the College of Piping tutorial books.
What does take plenty of knowledge is setting up your bagpipe so it plays easily and sweetly *for you.* A lot of this is chasing a good fistful of potential air leaks robbing you of your effort and tiring you out. You want your reeds, all four of them, suited to your blowing strength, especially your chanter reed. Reeds to be seated properly for tuning, and of course you want the air you blow in to only pass out through the reeds, not through an insufficiently dressed hide pipe bag -- synthetic bags don't have that problem -- or a stock poorly tied in, or the check valve not sealing well... all of these have their solutions, but they sure are a lot for the newbie to keep in mind.
The instrument repays precise, simple finger movement; your fingers are also your instrument's keys.
Beautiful also as a very proud owner of a west highland white terrier I find it sad that I never see any of them when they show this part of the world because it’s the first thing I always look for
Thus is one of my fathers favourite tunes, happy heavenly fathers day.
All I can say is WOW very touching
Beautiful
God bless you lass ☘️❤️☘️🇮🇪
Incredible. Made me flashback. I'm ex UK forces. A Royal Marines Commando. This was played at the funeral of a very close friend.
Thank you. X
Nicely done. I'm working on this one right now! It's in my top 3 favorite tunes.
For Myself, your music takes me somewhere distant and remote 🙏
The places you take us, match my internal World , listening to your music and watching the scenery enables me to be in both Worlds at the same time 🙏
Hermoso, muchas gracias por compartir tu esencia, te admiro. Muchísimas gracias.
Phenomenal!
This brings me back to the Scottish Games in Pleasanton, with the mass bands and marine Corp band.
Amazing!!
Thank you ms piper and for the history of it I love it up in Scotland and the people ive got friends up there and my sir name has been in mid west and mid east of Scotland for a long time one of them is a pastor minister God bless you Paul p Birmingham England
Cool!
Beautiful ❤️
Awesome!
Magnifique une fois de plus , congratulations from France
Funny you released this one today, I managed to play it for the very first time on the pipes today! 😊
It really is a nice tune and the place you shot/recorded it is outstanding (as is your performance 😉). Happy summer to you!
this is amazing :)
I'm speechless.
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Your version of this tune is my favourite. It makes me proud to be Scottish . . . even though I'm an unrepentant Sassenach :)
We were just there in August of 2019.... Wow. Great video.
Not lying, this song- & your interpretation- gave me the goosebumps,...still feeling the aftermath while I'm writing this...Thank you so much for sharing with us! Brings back fond memories of Scotland...Cheers from Germany, Marina
I've not been to the Lands of the Scott's, Clan of the Johnston I be..
Lovely! I haven't been to Orkney, but I will make it a point to go there one day, as it looks beautiful. And it is interesting that you were able to play once you were in the inner circle where the meditating man was.
I love this! Is this Stonehenge...or another similar site? It seems like it would be busier if it were Stonehenge. I know there are actually multiple monolith sites so maybe this one is in Scotland???
This is a similar site called the Ring of Brodgar on the Isle of Orkney in the North Sea between Scotland and the Viking Scandinavia. Some amazing Neolithic sites in that area including the well preserved village of Skara Brae inhabited from at least 3200 BC. Older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids- Legend has it the stones were dancing giants. It is beautiful, old, raw and magical there.
@@nmak Wow! That sounds so cool. What a neat experience to have! Thank you for teaching me. I'll have to look it up. 😀
Absolutely beautiful - brought tears to my eyes. Wonderful job!!
Summer
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