The Piping Season

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Gary West follows the fortunes of players at some of Scotland's top piping competitions.

Gary West follows the fortunes of Scotland's pipers from this year's World Championships to the top solo competitions in Scotland.

Gary West follows the fortunes of Scotland's pipers from this year's World Championships to the top solo competitions in Scotland. With a special guest each week, Gary explores eight fundamental ingredients that make the piping world unique.

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The Piping Season: Passing On The Tradition

Passing On The Tradition

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Gary explores how the tradition of piping is transmitted from one generation to the next.

Gary West looks at the theme of passing on the music – exploring how the tradition of piping music is transmitted from one generation to the next and via teacher and pupil.

In this sixth edition of The Piping Season, Gary West looks at the theme of passing on the music – exploring how the tradition of piping music is transmitted from one generation to the next and kept alive through special musical relationships that exists between teacher and pupil. We also hear from German piper Anna Kummerlow, one of the winners at this year's Northern Meeting in Inverness, alongside musical flavours from Cristina Pato, Angus MacColl and Ross Ainslie performing with Brighde Chaimbeul & Steven Byrnes.

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