Piobaireachd Wednesday: Lament for Donald of Laggan
This is the next of the series of Piobaireachd Wednesdays resulting from my visit to Winter Storm on the weekend of January 13-14, 2012. I was able to watch the U.S. Silver Medal almost in its entirety; I heard and recorded 17 competitors. I won’t post all of the recordings here (as I mentioned before the tune selection was not widely varied), but I will post the prize list. The top five players ended up playing four different tunes, so I figured the repetition would be minimal there.
In this regularly-scheduled Piobaireachd Wednesday, we’re continue our trek up the prize list with a recording of performance of Lament for Donald of Laggan, played by John Lee of Surrey, British Columbia. John plays with the Simon Fraser University Pipe Band, and his father is the well-known piper Jack Lee. Late in 2010 John joined his father and two brothers in founding Lee and Sons Bagpipes, selling reeds and sheet music via the internet. As you can tell, John has benefitted from being born into a bagpiping family, and this performance earned him third place in the contest.
Look for another bonus tune to come out this weekend, and next Wednesday I’ll feature the winning tune from Colin Clansey.
If you’d like to submit a tune to be featured on Piobaireachd Wednesday, please email me.
