The Highland Sessions
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Play S1 E1Series celebrating the historical and contemporary links between Scottish and Irish Gaelic song by bringing together top exponents of both traditions to sing and play with no audience except themselves, using a house band of their peers.
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Season 1
6 episodes
- 1. Episode 1Australian-born Donegal resident Steve Cooney is music director and the first programme sets the talents of Mary Black, Karan Casey and Afro-Celt Sound System's Iarla O'Lionaird in a uniquely Scottish context.CC30minNov 19, 2010
- 2. Episode 2This edition features musicians Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Seosaimhin ni Beagley, Eamonn O'Donnachadh, Niall Vallely, Capercaillie's Karen Matheson and Donnie Murdo MacLeod. Celebrating the historical and contemporary links between Scottish and Irish Gaelic songCC30minNov 26, 2010
- 3. Episode 3This edition features Liam O'Maonlai of the rock band Hothouse Flowers, Scots Gaelic diva Margaret Stewart and James Graham.CC30minDec 3, 2010
- 4. Episode 4The episode opens with Da Mihi Manum (Give Me Your Hand), performed by Steve Cooney and Kathleen MacInnes. Rona Lightfoot performs canntaireachd, an oral music form traditionally used to teach and pass on pipe tunes that Rona has made her own, elevating it to a kind of Gaelic scat singing.CC30minDec 10, 2010
- 5. Episode 5This edition features the Dublin-based duo of piper Mick O'Brien and fiddle-player Caoimhin O'Raghallaigh, plus Donegal's favourite Australian, series music director Steve Cooney, once a backing guitarist to Chuck Berry.CC30minDec 17, 2010
- 6. Episode 6Featuring a performance of the Bonnie Prince Charlie anthem Mo Ghile Mear, written in Ireland with Scottish Jacobites in mind.CC30minDec 20, 2010
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The Highland Sessions
20101 season6 episodesEnded
Series celebrating the historical and contemporary links between Scottish and Irish Gaelic song by bringing together top exponents of both traditions to sing and play with no audience except themselves, using a house band of their peers.
Creators and cast
- Studio
- BBC
Maturity rating
Not yet rated.
Audio languages
Gaelic, English, Irish
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