Scotland the Brave performed by members of the Twin Cities Metro Pipe Band with drummers and dancers at the 2006 Minnesota Renaissance Festival. Recorded 9/24/06.
Members of the Twin Cities Metro Pipe Band perform jigs with a didgeridoo player, as well as drummers and dancers at the 2006 Minnesota Renaissance Festival. Recorded 9/24/06.
Josef Weiss' piano arrangement of Bach's Passacaglia for organ, from the Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582. I had a photocopy of this arrangement for a long time, but knew nothing about it. I actually found some information about Weiss here:
http://www.bach-c antatas.com/Lib/Weis s-Josef.htm
This is certainly no substitute for the original, but I've always been intrigued by transcriptions of this nature. This is the Cavatina from Beethoven's Opus 130 String Quartet arranged for solo piano by Charles-Valentin Alkan. Let me know what I can do to improve.
The late, great Alexei Sultanov plays Prokofiev during "Hal Gurnee's Network Time Killers" on Late Night With David Letterman circa 1989. (Sultanov is likely the most over-qualified person to ever perform during this segment.) Paul messes up the transition. Then we get a better-than-average Top Ten List.
Members of the Twin Cities Metro Pipe Band perform Amazing Grace with drummers and dancers at the 2006 Minnesota Renaissance Festival. Recorded 9/24/06.
From Jefferson Starship's Galactic Reunion Tour, March 3, 2006, at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. David Freiberg on vocals. Dana Freiberg on bagpipes.
Members of the Twin Cities Metro Pipe Band assist the tavern owner with closing by performing Lord Lovat's Lament. Recorded 9/24/06 at the 2006 Minnesota Renaissance Festival.
My arrangement of "Venus: The Bringer of Peace" from The Planets, Op. 32, by Gustav Holst (1874-1934). I arranged the whole suite for piano sometime in junior high. (As you might be able to guess, I wasn't the most popular kid in school.) I don't exactly play this much and I recorded it in one take, so don't mind the flubs.
Two arrangements of "Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ," by J.S. Bach. The original piece is for organ, BWV 639, from Das Orgelbüchlein ("The Little Organ Book"). The first arrangement is by the great German pianist Wilhelm Kempff (1895-1991). The second arrangement, starting at about 2:50, is by Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924). Which do you prefer?
Members of the Twin Cities Metro Pipe Band perform several 4/4's as the finale with drummers and dancers at the 2006 Minnesota Renaissance Festival. Recorded 9/24/06.