2020 Performance Awards
During the Covid-19 World pandemic we all became “locked down” in Scotland and all concerts, ceilidhs and live musical performances were abruptly cancelled. These videos, submitted for the 2020 Performance Awards, show some of our musicians playing great music, from their homes, on their own at this strange time.
We asked them to include one of Gordon’s tunes in their ‘5 minute performance’ and the results are both varied and wonderful!
Please enjoy these videos, share widely, and seek out these musicians to enjoy their live performances when we get back to “normal”!
Dick Lee, EdinburghPlaying 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.
Iona FyfePlaying 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.
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.
