Piobaireachd Wednesday Bonus: Catherine’s Lament
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.
Here is your second bonus tune, the second place performance of Catherine’s Lament. The player is Ben McClamrock from Baltimore, Maryland; Ben plays with the City of Washington Pipe Band, and has distinguished himself in solo competitions in the US and Scotland. Having heard this performance in person, I’ll vouch for the fact that Ben’s pipes had a great sound, possibly the best drone sound of anyone I heard. It paid off well for him, and I’m sure he’ll be excited to try to move up one more place next year.
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