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Jane Pettegree

Glasgow Orchestral Soceity 150 Years logo in gold, with Rennie Mackintosh logo showing notes

The Glasgow Orchestral Society Celebrates 150 Years of Amateur Music-Making

20 March 2023 by Jane Pettegree

150th Anniversary Concert – 7:30pm Saturday 25th March 2023, Glasgow City Halls The Victorian age was a great age of … Read more

Categories Articles Tags #Amateur, 19thCentury, 20thCentury, 21stCentury, Glasgow, Orchestra 2 Comments
Shepherds and Tea Tables text, above a cartoon of two scenes from the 18th century, one a shepherd, the other a lady sitting at a tea table set for afternoon tea. Also listing the artists on this album.

Review: Concerto Caledonia, “Shepherds & Tea Tables: Songs of Allan Ramsay”

15 March 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Concerto Caledonia currently lead the field in historically-informed performances of Scottish music, and bring to their work awareness of both … Read more

Categories General Tags 18thCentury, AllanRamsay, Ballad, BalladOpera, Fiddle, Flute, Pastoral, Song, Violin Leave a comment
19th century sepia tinted photography of singers from Fisk College, women and men, seated and standing around a harmonium

The Fisk Jubilee Singers in Scotland

9 March 20238 March 2023 by Rosa Michaelson

A picture of the Fisk Jubilee Singers is available from the Library of Congress: no restrictions on reproduction. Scotland’s historic … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 19thCentury, Choir, EvangelicalRevival, FiskSingers, FolkMusic, ScottishBlackHistory Leave a comment
Black and white engraving from a 19th century biography of Lady Nairne as a young woman, her head covered by a veil, lace around her neck, and placed within an oval frame

Review: Freeland Barbour, “The White Rose of Gask: The Life of Carolina Oliphant, Lady Nairne” (2019)

2 March 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Freeland Barbour, accordionist, composer, radio and record producer, is a descendent of Lady Nairne’s sister, and this alongside his own … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags 18thCentury, 19thCentury, Carolina Oliphant, Jacobite, LadyNairne, Song Leave a comment
Old record cover showing a choir seated in ranked seats

The Glasgow Orpheus Choir: roots, growth, and legacy

22 February 202322 February 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Image: Glasgow Orpheus Choir v1, recorded in the early 1950s as a heritage album A few years ago, preparing to … Read more

Categories Articles Tags Choir, Glasgow, HughRoberton, Orpheus, Song Leave a comment
Close up image of a concertina in the hands of an informal player

Research Profile: Stuart Eydmann on the Concertina in Scotland

15 February 202315 February 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Soundyngs’ last post discussed the importance of ‘big box’ accordions to Scottish dance music and called for more writing on … Read more

Categories General Tags 19thCentury, 20thCentury, 21stCentury, accordion, Ceilidh, Concertina, dancebands, ScottishDanceMusic Leave a comment
Scottish dance band from mid 20th century with men playing 2 accordions and keyboard

The Scottish “Big Box” Accordion

13 February 20238 February 2023 by Jane Pettegree

You could put a pin in a map of any town and village in Scotland and find somewhere a photograph … Read more

Categories Articles Tags accordion, dancebands, GraemeMackay, JimMackay, JimmyShand, ScottishDance Leave a comment
A folk-rock band from the 1960s The Clutha

Review: Eleanor Bell and Linda Gunn (eds.), The Scottish Sixties: Reading, Rebellion, Revolution?

1 February 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Image source: Scottish Traditional Music Hall of Fame (Hands up for Trad) – on The Clutha.   This year marks … Read more

Categories Reviews Tags Edinburgh, Festival, FolkMusic, FolksongRevival, Glasgow, Jazz, Pop, Rock Leave a comment
Page of a book with parallel Gaelic and English texts

A Fresh Look at the Carmina Gadelica: Recent Research by Domhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart

25 January 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Image: from University of St Andrews Special Collection, first edition of “Carmina Gadelica” vol.1 (Edinburgh, T & A Constable, 1900), … Read more

Categories Articles Tags AlexanderCarmichael, Celticism, Charms, Folklore, Gaelic, Song, Songs Leave a comment
Classical musicians - violinists and cellists - on a beach beside the sea, looking happy

The Nevis Ensemble: the end of a chapter of “music for everyone, everywhere”

24 January 2023 by Jane Pettegree

Sometimes histories are cut short before they have fully played out.  Soundyngs is sad to hear that the Nevis Ensemble … Read more

Categories Articles Tags 21stCentury, Classical, NevisEnsemble Leave a comment
Early music ensemble with a bass viol, lute, recorder and singer, with a tapestry behind them

The Spinacino Consort: The Music of Elizabeth Melville

23 January 202323 January 2023 by Eric Thomas

Editor: The Spinacino Consort is based in Scotland, and its performances draw on careful research about the early modern song … Read more

Categories Articles, Reviews Tags AaronMcGregor, Calvinist, ElizabethMelville, EricThomas, Lute, Recorder, Renaissance, Song, Viol, Violin Leave a comment
Celtic Connections logo from the Festival - just that text

Celebrating Celtic Connections: A Very Short History

20 January 202320 January 2023 by Jane Pettegree

The musical feast which is Celtic Connections is starting this week, running from 19th January to 5th February 2023 in … Read more

Categories Articles Tags CelticConnections, Celticism, Festival, Glasgow Leave a comment
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