Border Pipes - Fin Moore and Andrea Beaton - Pipers' Gathering 2011

Fin Moore and Andrea Beaton playing at the 2011 Pipers' Gathering.

[@stanwilson5192]

Brilliant !

[@geoanth]

Good grief woman you sure know your way around a fiddle, fabulous and awesome piping.

[@25Busterdog]

Border Lads and wild are we - and ill tae keep in order! Reivers yet! XXV

[@janetwilson6069]

Exciting, inspiring fun music ! No-one can ever get tired of those last two reels.

[@erikm8372]

It’s interesting how, over many decades past, seasonal workers & laborers from Scotland would sail to the north of Ireland, specifically County Donegal (and vice verse)… a lot of the tunes people play today on both sides were traded this way. The men would travel for seasonal work, often for the planting & harvesting of the potato crop, harvesting Irish seaweed, and more. But musicians on both sides apparently always brought their instruments for the duration of their trip. Mainly fiddlers & pipers (úilleann, Highland, border, & small pipes, etc).. So it’s amazing now to hear the Scottish influence in certain Donegal tunes. The second tune, “Glentilt Lodge”, seems to be the inspiration for a Donegal ‘highland’ associated with fiddler Con Cassidy, which Altan recorded for their 1987 self-titled album. The set is called “Con Cassidy’s Highlands/Neilly Boyle’s Reel”. It’s the second highland. A highland is essentially a Donegal “interpretation” of a strathspey, albeit less punchy and percussive than in Scotland or Nova Scotia, much more like a slower reel, but with some Scotch Snaps thrown in. lol. The highland, as a rhythm/tune, also has a specific group dance that is unique to Donegal. Not a highland fling, though 🤣 The third tune in the video, “Lucy Campbell Strathspey”, is clearly the inspiration for another Donegal highland, “Moneymusk”. They’re virtually identical, although the Scottish original is arranged AABBCCDD and the Irish version is AABB. The fourth tune here, “Margaree” reel, was also recorded by Altan & is popularly played in Donegal. Again, instead of the Cape Breton original’s 5-part AABBCCDDEE, it’s AABB in Ireland. On the album _Harvest Storm_ by Altan. Played after another great strathspey, “Bog An Lochain”.

[@frankspiers3132]

Great combination, good recording, great music. Controlled with a great swing. The very best!

[@elbowmusic]

Come to the Piper's Gathering in Vermont to hear this stuff in person!

[@patrickcannady2066]

Fierce grand playing... beautiful ❤️

[@sonerbihan]

Beautiful, what a swing !

[@GILLEBRATH]

Excellent music . Thank you .

[@JustTwistinHay]

WOOHOOO! Love this set! Brilliant...

[@capekurtz]

I used to go to the Pipers' Gatherings until they relocated.

[@LuizaRabeli]

Wonderful... ✨❤️💃🏼🕺❤️✨

[@elbowmusic]

This is the best video on KZbin.

[@lendaly294]

Sorry I had not heard Fin Moore and Andrea Beaton before now,That Lad lives the Music Fleein Oot the Pipes.

[@patrickcannady2066]

I keep coming back to it... it's mighty, all right

[@dutchomatic]

Outstanding!!

[@boldbhoy67]

Seriously good!

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

Northumbrian music is so underrated, like if you agree.

[@elbowmusic]

Apropos of....?

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

@@elbowmusic what does that mean??

[@picopanpipe9]

Nice match of sounds!

[@stuartmackay227]

Super tunes.....Just Put your Head up Man!!

[@erikm8372]

It's hard sometimes when you're playing instruments. I play fiddle and have to be consciously aware of everything I'm playing while not OVERthinking it all; in addition to the technique and the tunes, if I don't remember, I risk letting my mouth gape open and - at worst - drool on the fiddle. Seriously. Lol that happened once in school. But still, I get so carried away that my mouth is hanging open before I even realize it. Someone told me to look up more and smile while playing. I already feel like I look like Popeye with a crossbite playing fiddle hahaha

[@ianwatson2285]

brill

[@FiuranBand]

Very nice!

[@piperscott081295]

If my PM ever caught me playing John Morrison like that he'd have a fit! ;) Class playing!!!

[@vincentsaya2169]

z

[@erikm8372]

How is it supposed to be? Just curious.

[@marco51ish1]

Wonderful! The tunes are typical of Nova Scotia/Cape Breton

[@AAMacKenzie]

I'd have to agree with Nate -- if I knew which tunes these were, it'd be even better!!!! Please?

[@DannsaScotland]

Auld Reekie Glentilt Lodge Miss Lucy Campbell Margaree Reel John Morrison of Assynt House ~ PM Peter MacLeod Alick C. MacGregor ~ G. S. MacLennan

[@josephtbrophy]

genius; sounds like his father

[@reddyandre]

ELECTRIFYING!

[@celticquester03]

Dennis...whatever yer drinking ken,al have a dram of the other.BRAW!!

[@PittsburghPete10]

Does it get any better than this?

[@Lucalegenda]

bravi

[@MusicTate]

What tunes are these?

[@elbowmusic]

Scottish/Cape Breton

[@dtstewart64]

What are the tunes?

[@elbowmusic]

RE:Denis, Huh?

[@andrewberry9356]

Anyone know the name of the first tune by chance please?

[@elbowmusic]

All the tunes titles are listed as s reply further down.

[@andrewberry9356]

@@elbowmusic Thanks! The Duke of Edinburgh Strathspey!!

[@erikm8372]

Which one is Duke of Edinburgh?

[@andrewberry9356]

@@erikm8372 First tune

[@erikm8372]

Also called “Auld Reekie”?

[@DannsaScotland]

Auld Reekie Glentilt Lodge Miss Lucy Campbell Margaree Reel John Morrison of Assynt House ~ PM Peter MacLeod Alick C. MacGregor ~ G. S. MacLennan

[@erikm8372]

thank you so much!!

[@carlquella9907]

Did I hear "Lady Louden" somewhere in the mix?

[@JohnMcKLV]

Is it me or are Moore border pipes the only ones that don't sound like GHB's with a bad reed?

[@elbowmusic]

I like to think the Banton ones are okay.

[@JohnMcKLV]

@@elbowmusic Lol - of course! Thanks for the reality check ;)

[@JohnMcKLV]

I mean, I guess the common denominator here is that they're both unobtainium.

[@JohnMcKLV]

@@elbowmusic Is this clip in fact one of your sets?

[@elbowmusic]

@@JohnMcKLV no way. That’s Fin Moore playing his set.

[@GlindaQuadling]

Amazing, fantastic piping. . . But why bother to play with a fiddler if the fiddler can not be heard over the pipes? This is the case with nearly every border/reelpipes + fiddle duet on youtube. Seriously, who are we kidding here?

[@hernanmassau4243]

C'mon, the fiddle actually can be heard here.

[@patrickcannady2066]

@@hernanmassau4243 yeah, I don't have any problems hearing Andrea. She sounds fabulous, too.

[@erikm8372]

There are fiddlers who play with highland pipers and somehow can be heard. But I agree the pickup is a bit quiet but I hear her.

[@elbowmusic]

You might just have trouble distinguishing the two instruments as their playing is so tight. But once you know what to listen for, the two are actually quite distinct on this video.

[@MacEoin]

Very Scottish. Not a good sound. Not to mention the 'tune'.

[@jeff61177]

Feck off.

[@lendaly294]

Denis MacEoin I don`t know where you are from,I`m thinkin American/Canadian, But those Pipes and reels are Borderland and fantastic and Fin Moore is an excellent player(which is why they have a Scottish/Northumbrian sound) which is where I live in our Beautiful Northumberland. We also have the Wonderful gentler Northumbrian Small Pipes as played by the likes of Kathryn Tickell and Andy May kzbin.info/www/bejne/nIawfGqBard8n8k .Uilliann Pipes are also wonderful and I especially enjoy listening to Jarleth Henderson and the Brilliant Davy Spillane kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHXcfnmGa96tnM0.....I think you should step back and consider the Music you listen to....Electronically enhanced Females warbling their diatribe before putting down true music from our Ancestors.