Donald MacPherson in Cork 1990
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- The full Donald MacPherson recital from Crookhaven in Co.Cork,1990 - all the tune names are listed at the start of the video by the compere,Noel O'Mahony and the recital finishes with the magnificent piobaireachd,The Lament For Ronald MacDonald Of Morar.
I was in Cork that night and it was a great meeting of Irish and Scottish Bagpipers. Wonderful talent and amazing performance at the time that had my younger self revved up to emulate. Great player.
And one other thing: he made the bagpipe sound like a musical instrument (so many fall short of this basic requirement). Thank you Noel, my old friend.
his birl is something to envy. never misses one, cracking every time. same for his grip. and his crunluath. easy to see why he won more than anyone else in history.
One could never know what a bag of nerves this remarkable, humble maestro was when performing at recitals. Incomparable...magnificent. The true game changer!
Simply one of the best there ever was. A gentleman piper. He plays with this effortless grip on the chanter, as if it were too hot to touch.
Without a doubt, one of the greatest pipers of all time! I had the privilege of meeting Donald and his wife, Guen, when they came to the States to visit his ailing brother, Ian, who resided at that time in Tulsa, OK. Thank you for uploading this video the WWW.
Never mind the losers who find fault. And never mind the shortcomings of the recording. Donald was the finest performer I ever saw. Pipers, take note of his gentle, smooth walk-around: no sudden movements, all turns slow and gentle to eliminate the Doppler Effect which produces clashing frequencies due to reverberations off walls at different distances which tend to impair the sound of the pipe when marching around in interior spaces. Many highly competent pipers ignore this to the detriment of their sound when playing indoors.
who finds fault? it's a perfect recital, he doesn't miss a grace note!
oh i see this idiot Jeff finds fault. What an imbecile - this is a brilliant, perfect recital. I think it's clear Jeff has no idea what he is talking about. I have told him so below.
Donald was the most formidable competitor of all time, an absolute legend of piping. it's fortunate this exceptionally fine recital where he doesn't miss a grace note was preserved.
Truly magical playing on a splendid instrument. Thank you for uploading.
As a McPherson, an Irish blood hound of the MacPhersons, I'm feeling at home with a kindred spirit.
Donald MacPherson is Scottish as is the surname.
this rendition of Morar is superb.
MacPherson is like a statue, he apparently played super easy reeds, which he made himself.
The pipes should be a comfortable instrument to play.
I found out years ago that a lot of top pipers play pretty easy pipes. Takes a bit longer to set them up properly. I played gutbusters for years. I even popped a blood vessel in my eye once. Now i want as easy as possible.
I’ve known a few really big guys who played really easy reeds. Easy reeds and good tight sheepskin bag is a joy to play.
@@pointy5911 How did you pop a blood vessel in your eye? That sounds painful, I play bagpipes myself.
@@bryantsmith3372 No I didnt feel it at all, my eye was just pooled with blood on one side for a week or so. But again my reeds were super hard back then. I know better now.
@@pointy5911 Okay, I play easy-medium reeds, I might need a new pipe bag because mine is all synthetic, I was recommended synthetic-hyed bag.
His playing is totally effortless. His posture is erect but completely unforced. His face is completely free of strain and his hands move with gentle lightness. Even his toe tap is minimal.
One of the audience members looks like Lady Di, and another looks like a young Stuart Liddell.
There's also a few mullets in that audience.
First 6/8 is George Johnston
What kind of chanter does he have in this video?
An old Hardie chanter
is his kilt in highland grey tartan?
i think it's a macpherson tartan, I could be wrong.
It's Weathered MacPherson
I like the appearance of his tartan. Is it permitted to wear tartans from other family's and or clans? My family has two tartans ancient and modern and on my mother's side we have several, I don't remember how many, but there's many attractive tartans that I really like the look of.
Definitely Macpherson.
Depends what you mean by "Highland grey" - no such thing, as far as I know; the only ones coming close to it might be the "tartan" (unpatterned) worn by the London Scottish (famous and courageous regt, the first kilt-wearing regt to go into France at the start of WW1) and the usually unpatterned or checked material known in Scots-speaking areas (not Highland) as "hauden grey," that is, the type worn by the likes of Border shepherds in olden times. The kilts worn by the Irish are unpatterned and coloured a type of orange.
Looks like beefy set of robertsons
1936 Lawries with a hardie bass bottom joint and a Hardie 1962 chanter.
@@MrNikodemus2 On his advice I had the same Hardie replacement made for my old Lawries as the bass tuned far too sharp.