Composer: Derek B. Scott
Performer: John Dew
Orchestra: Liepaja Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Paul Mann
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0589
Release: 2021
Size: 1.16 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Pagan Overture, Op. 2
02. Airs & Dances, Op. 28
03. Brannigan’s Journey, Op. 30
04. Dafydd y garreg wen, Op. 25
Suite Grotesque, Op. 32
05. I. March
06. II. Ballad
07. III. Double Fugue
08. IV. Variations
09. V. Scherzo
10. Chacony, Op. 24
11. Fugal Overture, Op. 6
12. Kirkliston Waltz, Op. 31
13. Clear the Decks!, Op. 21
Derek Scott, born in Birmingham in 1950, has an international reputation as a leading historian of the British music hall and other forms of light entertainment. But he is also an outstanding composer in his own right, his music treading a fine line between a very English whimsy and a profoundly felt and natural response to his (often Celtic) subject matter. These works reveal a master craftsman and natural tunesmith, who manages to unite good humour, unerring technique and deep feeling, in music of immediate appeal. Scott’s Airs and Dances is a real rarity: a concerto for the Highland bagpipe and orchestra (he plays the instrument himself), a memorable mix of his own melodies and pipe tunes collected on the Isle of Skye, off the west coast of Scotland.