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Cd concertos of bagpipe and Orchestra

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« on: October 15, 2016, 10:12:42 pm »

The best piece I know is the symphonic poem "Calgacus" by Eddie McGuire. As the composer said to me, the problem with incorporating bagpipes into orchestral music is that the pipes have to tune up immediately prior to their first entry. So in Calgacus, he put in a huge orchestral climax just before the bagpipes entry to drown out the sounds of the tuning up.
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