The Trust and Gordon’s family have elected to make a selection of photographs and videos available. These capture Gordon’s involvement in the traditional music scene as well as his childhood and personal life. We’ve also included some videos about Gordon and of tribute events held in Gordon’s memory.
Enjoy! (but please don’t save or distribute these photos – they are strictly copyright)
Gordon's Life
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- Braemar Games, c.1975Braemar Games, c.1975
- Gordon pictured with many trophies.Gordon pictured as a child with many trophies
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Videos
←- Gordon and Ian Duncan on stage with Ross Ainsley and Ali Hutton
- Gordon Duncan - Piping Centre 2003 - 3
- Gordon Duncan - Piping Centre 2003 - 4
- Gordon Duncan - Piping Centre 2003 - 5a
- Gordon Duncan - Piping Centre 2003 - 5b
- Footage of 'Charlotte' Instrumental Version by Dougie MacLean and Gordon Duncan. 'Charlotte' the song first appeared on Dougie MacLean's 2001 album 'Who Am I'.
- "Steam Train to Mallaig", at the Corner house Hotel Annan
- Ceolbeg at the "Third Billy Cranston Folkfestival" back in 1987 in Roermond (Holland).
- Ian and Gordon Duncan Recital 1994 - 3
- Ian and Gordon Duncan Recital 1994 - 1
- Ian and Gordon Duncan Recital 1994 - 5
- Gordon Duncan 3 - Northwich 1991
- Gordon Duncan 1 - Northwich 1991
- Gordon Duncan 2 - Northwich 1991
- Ian and Gordon Duncan Recital 1994 - 6
- Ian and Gordon Duncan Recital 1994 - 7
- Ian and Gordon Duncan Recital 1994 - 8
- Ian and Gordon Duncan Recital 1994 - 10
- Ian and Gordon Duncan Recital 1994 - 12
- Ian and Gordon Duncan Recital 1994 - 14
- Ian and Gordon Duncan Recital 1994 - 15
- From a Gaelic programme bemoaning the lack of support given to traditional musicians
- Just for Gordon is a documentary about his life and the tunes he wrote that have quickly become a mainstay of the Scottish traditional music repertoire.
- Hommage à Gordon Duncan - Festival Interceltique de Lorient 2017
- The Sleeping Tune, played at Festival Interceltique de Lorient, 2017
- Calum Stewart @ Lorient 2017 - Gordon Duncan Tribute Concert
- Live from Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow - an exclusive concert commissioned by the Celtic Connections Festival.
- Duncan Chisholm #covidceilidh playing “Lorient Mornings”, July 2020, with Hamish Napier & Su-a Lee
- Playing on the Great Highland Bagpipe, Ciaren plays “Jennifer’s Wedding Waltz” by Ciaren Ross, “Trip to Moderate” by Gordon Duncan, “The Seagull” by Pipe Major Donald MacLeod, “John Keith Lang” by Addie Harper & “The Hawk” by James Hill.
- On Low Whistle, Fraser plays “The Soup Dragon” by Gordon Duncan & “Old Hag You have Killed Me” a Traditional Tune. April 2020.
- Playing bass clarinet, recorder & soprano saxophone, Dick plays “Banish Misfortune” a Traditional Tune, “Inverleith Park” by Dick Lee & “Andy Renwick’s Ferret” by Gordon Duncan. April 2020.
- Playing fiddle & guitar, David plays “Mr & Mrs Jock Duncan” by Gordon Duncan & “Macfarlane’s Lantern” by David Macfarlane. May 2020. David is Gordon Duncan’s nephew.
- Playing accordion, Sandy plays three of Gordon's tunes, "The Road to the Aisle", "Susan Lazell's" & "The Ramnee Ceilidh" from his very own 'Brechin Castle' in Edinburgh. May 2020.
- Playing Low Whistle, Finn plays “Full Moon Down Under” by Gordon Duncan, “Cheery Grove” by Hamish Napier & “Wee Michael’s March” by John McCusker. May 2020.
- Playing electric guitar, Luc plays “The Sleeping Tune”, “The Soup Dragon & “Tain in the Rain” all composed by Gordon Duncan. May 2020.
- Alice, playing cello, playing “Andy Renwick’s Ferret” by Gordon Duncan & “Pressed for Time” by Gordon Duncan, in May 2020.
- Playing piano and with voice, Iona performs "Charlotte" ; music by Dougie MacLean and Gordon Duncan. The lyrics by Dougie MacLean. April 2020.
- Playing Bass Clarinet, Soprano Sax and Clarinet here, Dick plays "Farewell to Halkirk" by Gordon Duncan, then "Harebell to Falkirk" by Dick Lee, composed on the spot, heavily influenced by the previous tune, & finally "Full Body Workout", an evocation of Graeco-Roman traditional dance music, by Dick Lee. June 2020.
- Playing fiddle and guitar, Arthur’s tunes are “You’re a Kent” by Gordon Duncan & “Le Step A Alexis” by Andre Brunet. Played in May 2020.
- Playing acoustic guitar and singing, with great accompaniment from the birds in the garden, Clare performs "The Sleeping Tune" by Gordon Duncan and "Loch Lomond" Traditional. Clare is one half of a duo called "Moot". May 2020.
- On Scottish Small Pipes, PiperMatt plays “Zoot the Bubbleman” by Gordon Duncan, “The Barlinnie Highlander” by R Wallace, “Sgt Peter Toohey” by J Toohey, “The Train Journey North” by T Anderson & “The High Drive” by Gordon Duncan.
- Playing piano and singing "The Banks of Inverurie" , a traditional song, Iona explains that The banks of Inverurie was sung by Gordon's father, Jock Duncan, who recorded it on his 1996 album 'Ye Sine What Ye Stan!' A song of rejection, the origins of the song remains unknown but is thought to be local to Aberdeenshire and being set on the banks of the River Ury.
It is printed in two Broadside forms: The Banks of Inverury and the Banks of Inverarary. Until half way through the 19th Century, Inverurie was spelt as Inverury until 20th April 1866 when the town clerkmade the spelling change to Inverurie official after letters (& songs) between Inverarary in Argyll and Inverury got mixed up too frequently. The historic spelling of the title as Inverury suggests the song existed before 1866. June 2020.
- Playing the Great Highland Bagpipe, James plays a cracking set of tunes; "P/M Sandy Spence" by Gordon Duncan, "Hecla" by Fred Morrison, "Little Cascade" by G S McLennan and "Ash City" by Gordon Duncan. August 2020.
- The Gordon Duncan memorial Trust presents the 2020 Performance Award video by Brighde Chaimbeul from Kyle of Lochalsh in October 2020. On small pipes Brigade plays
"Pitlochry High School" by Gordon Duncan and "The Weasel" composed by Brighde Chaimbeul herself.
- Mad Ferret Band (Sandy Stirton & Chris Woods) playing guitar, mandolin & cajun. They play "Bruce's First Mistake" by Mad Ferret, "The Famous Baravan" by Gordon Duncan and "The High Drive" by Gordon Duncan. February 2021
- Presenting Piper Matt (Matt Tomlinson) playing Redpipes Electric Bagpipes (set on Scottish Smallpipes sound). Matt plays "Queen O'the Rushes" a traditional tune arranged by Terry Tully, "Sandy's New Chanter" by Tom MacAllister, "A Lullaby for Sarah" by Matt Tomlinson, "The Famous Baravan" by Gordon Duncan, "As I was Kissed Yestreen" a traditional tune arranged by Gordon Duncan and "How I Felt this Morning" by Matt Tomlinson. February 2021.
- Ciaren Ross on the Great Highland Bagpipe (with Rory Matheson on keyboards) plays "The Galician Jig" by Gordon Duncan, "The Last Tango in Harris" by R S MacDonald and "Jig of Beer" by Gordon Duncan. February 2021
- John Dew on the Great Highland Bagpipe plays "The Falls for Forsy" by Donald MacLeod, "Mrs MacIntosh's Reel" a traditional tune, "The Roybridge Reel" by Adam Sutherland, "Stuart Liddell's Reel" by Marie Fielding and "Davy Websters' 40th" by Gordon Duncan. February 2021
- On fiddle and guitar (with podorythmie foot percussion), Arthur Coates plays "Roll Out the Snake" by Gordon Duncan, then "2eme Partie du Lancier", "Reel en Re", "Gingue de Terrebonne", "Reel en Sol" and "Reel Beaulieu". February 2021.
- Presenting Jeri Foreman, on fiddle, playing a 'short improvisation referencing Clueless' followed by "The Merry Bachelor/Tommy Peoples" composer unknown, then "Clueless" by Gordon Duncan and "Emma's" by Willie Taylor. March 2021.
- Playing recorder, saxophone and bass clarinet, Mr Dick Lee presents "The Day the Co-op Flooded" by Gordon Duncan. March 2021
- Tiernan Courell, on flute, plays "The Soup Dragon" by Gordon Duncan, "The Trip to Modera" by Gordon Duncan and "Up Sligo!" by Tiernan Courell himself. June 2021.
