Hector MacAndrew: Scottish Fiddle Music (1963)

Hector MacAndrew: Scottish Fiddle Music (1963)

Hector MacAndrew (1903-1980) was from Fyvie in Aberdeenshire, and was one of the leading Scottish fiddlers of his day who had been taught both by his father and his grandfather (his granfather was taught by a pupil of the great late 18th century fiddler Niel Gow).

MacAndrew himself taught fiddle, and some of his students went on to be recognised as fiddlers of the first rank themselves; they include Florence Burns, Douglas Lawrence, and Gregor Borland. In 1974 MacAndrew taught Yehudi Menuhin at Blair Castle, in a tv programme about Scottish fiddling.

This school of Scottish fiddling is precise, musically polished and stylised, but there is room for expression as well.

01 Sir William Wallace/Tulchan Lodge/The Burn o' Forgue

02 Mrs Jamieson's Favourite

03 Mrs Major Stewart of Java/Madam Frederick/Earl Gray./The Waverley Ball

04 Auld Robin Gray

05 J.O. Forbes of Corse/Mar Castle/Miss Laura Andrew/The Hawk

06 Bonnie Glenfarg

07 Lament for the Death of his Second Wife/Craigellachie Brig/The Fairy Dance

08 Rose Acre

09 Bovaglie's Plaid/Athole Highlanders' March to Loch Katrine/Marquis of Huntly's Farewell/Tullibardine

10 Chapel Keithack

11 Captain Campbell/David Davidson of Cantray

12 The Glories of the Star/The Trumpet Hornpipe

Doonload

Other Hector MacAndrew recordings:

Hector MacAndrew: Scots Fiddle (1975)

VA: The Fiddler's Companion (1980)