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Thanks so much for sharing this. This is a stellar performance.

What was the piobaireachd played at the end of the recital?

Somebody’s got the tune’s list please from my master , many thanks .Oliver

When he plays that F you can hear a D under it in the harmonics.. dazzling tone. Listen to the Piobaireachd for full effect

Awsome set! ...really enjoyed listening to them all...esp the Jig.

I was privileged to have been taught by him for 13 years. I have a cassette in Donegal of a recital he did in 1987 at the BBC Concert Hall. My father recorded it when it was on the radio, and said it was the best concert he had ever been to.

Guys...he was 76 or 77 when this was filmed. That's nuts.

Mighty playing, what a tone he’s got as well, love those bold ringing drones, bright tenors and strong bass. The slight hum of the vhs tapes harmonize with the drones giving a very cool growl effect, gives some punch 😎 I wonder, is that a Warnock chanter or a Naill? Hard to tell

Beautiful, melancholic and haunting

This is brilliant, thanks for sharing!

So many great tunes. Donnie MacGregor and the Curlew 👌🏻

Donald MacPherson was not only the greatest piper of his day but will go down in history as the greatest piper of all time! I had the privilege of being taught the pipes under his brother, Ian MacPherson, who resided in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Donald and wife, Gwyn, came to the States around 1993-;94 to visit Ian. While Donald was in Oklahoma, he played his pipes for then Governor David Walters and wife, Rhonda, in the State Capitol rotunda in Oklahoma City. Following his performance, we enjoyed a relaxed lunch at a local restaurant. Governor Walters presented Donald with an official State "Proclamation". Donald told me, sometime later, that he had the Proclamation framed and hung it on his wall at his home 'Balbeggie Cottage' in Perth, Scotland. Not only was Donald an acclaimed piper, he was also a very humble gentleman.

I was at this performance. He also played the march, "The Royal Scottish Pipers Society" and all four parts of his strathspey, "Mrs. Donald MacPherson." It was cool.

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Thank you for sharing!

Awesome! I love it :-)

Absolutly Legend!!

Beau, Was this recorded from Idyllwild pipe camp? I attended that school in 1987 & 1988. I think you were there in 1988. I was Melissa Pratt back then. Anyway, great upload indeed. Jimmy was a great piper and instructor. Thanks for posting this.

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Wow I haven't heard his voice since 1994. I recognize "Spitfire" in there. A strathspay he wrote that he tought me.

Great tone

He was truly one of THE GREAT pipers . In the world of piping Donald was a class act.

There is no fear in Mac Phearson.

Yes!!

P/M Macgregor would have been using P/M Jimmy MacIntosh's pipes here, I don't know the drone make (Possibly Henderson?), but the chanter would be a Naill, with one of MacIntosh's own reeds singing in it. Great selection of 2/4 marches, Parker's, Millbank, and Braes of Castle Grant, magnificent tunes, and great passionate playing.

my father was a "donald miller his family lived nmear aberdeen till culloden in 1700 s

When man and instrument become 1

I remember this. He made a lasting impression. I took pictures from that year to his family several years ago. Thanks for posting this, just sorry it took me years to see it.

"Donald Being my brother and only half as good as I am." LOL Thanks for posting this! Must have been a real treat to have this man in your piping circles. Question: in the first video, Iain gives someone a tune. Do you know what it is called and/or by chance have a copy?

I, too, was taking lessons from Big Angus at the time. Whether when he was here in the states, or when I travelled to The Piping Centre several times for week long stays in the late 90's. This brought back so many Wonderful memories!!! Yes, I'll miss his playing, and the tone of his Pipe (which we can still enjoy, as they've been passed down to John Patrick), but it's his VOICE that I've missed the most! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Sorry to inform you that Iain passed this life in the mid-1990's. He, and wife Janice, were residing in Tulsa, Oklahoma at that time. I was privileged to have been tutored by Iain for about two years before he passed away. A great piper, one of the world's finest!

What a player he was...RIP Donald

The tune starting at 00:42 I'm pretty sure is 'Leaving Barra' . Absolutely love it and glad I came across this as theres not many videos online of this particular song.

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jimmy judged in n Ireland at the solos great player in his day winning the gold medal leslie

A living legend...his skill fingering is awesome....and the sound of the drones is UNIQUE

hello fellow Piper's as always Gordon just love the sound of his bagpipes so sweet to the ears such wonderful music there's no way I could match that but just glad we players that share the joy of music

Pipe Major Iain MacPherson, MM Pipe Major Iain MacPherson, MM, visited Alaska in 1982 as one of the first piping judges at the first Alaskan Scottish Highland Games. After viewing the wonders of the Great State, Iain left an active career as a piping judge and instructor in Scotland and moved to Alaska. After a five year vacation in the North, he went to Tulsa to Judge a piping Competition, met a lady named Janice and the wonders of Alaska could no longer hold him. He moved to Oklahoma and married her. Iain composed over 100 recorded pipe tunes which are now played around the world. It is reported that when playing a tune for an event, he used to just add another part or two and when asked what that new tune was he said he just thought it needed a few more parts. Unfortunately, for the pipers of our world, if the event was not recorded those new parts were only played on this earth once. Iain was the older brother of the World Famous Donald MacPherson who won more piping honors more times than any piper living or dead. Iain told us that he was a better piper than his brother, but we never had the oppurtunity to hear them face off, so his word will have to stand. In the fall of 1995, Iain moved upstairs to accept a commission as Pipe Major of the Northern Lights Pipes and Drums of Heaven. Iain"s Brother Donald joined him in 2012.

I loved Iain although I never met him. I had the privilege of being a member of one of the many bands he founded. Ian, the brother of the famous world champion piper Donald MacPherson from Scotland, authored many pipe tunes and was a world class piper in his own right. The pipe Major of our band in Alaska was one of Iains best friends and when he died, inherited many of Ian's unpublished tunes. He was a great man and has left a lasting legacy to the piping world.

it's such a pleasure to listen to these great men.I heard many as a young piper now again,magic.

This is an awsome piobaireachd outstandingly played by Gordon.

He makes it look so simple. Thanks for sharing

Does someone know the names of the strathspeys ? Would be useful to begin to practice them. Thanks!

thanks for sharing

The second hornpipe is called The Rainbow

Very good tunes gordon im the boy nathan coburn who was at your recital in drumore i play for cottown pipe band could u name me some tunes to learn plz hard ones

Jigs- Rory MacLeod (PM Donald MacLeod) , The Seagull, (PM Donald MacLeod)

His High G sounds a bit sharp compared to today's standards also. Beautiful F. Great recording!

Someone calls his D "flat?" It's some cents sharp, in common with mid 20th century intonation standards. Search my name for several Scots Guards 1950 recording excerpts.

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