The song is also featured in the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral.įor more information visit Korb and Roever’s website highlandcathedral.Éamon Doorley - guitar-bouzouki, backing vocalsĭuncan Chisholm - fiddles, backing vocalsĪll songs are traditional and sung in Scottish Gaelic, unless otherwise stated. The song is played at various Scottish cultural events, Rugby Union Games and is a popular wedding song. The song is often mistaken as a traditional Scottish song, such as Flower of Scotland and Scotland the Brave. Many would like to see Highland Cathedral as the unofficial Scottish anthem. The tune has been performed by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and featured on the album Spirit of the Glen, which won a Classical Brit award in 2009. They describe a moment in history when James the 6th of Scotland became James the 1st of England and in doing so united all the land and feuding clans for the first and probably the only time.

Other versions have been tried but this version is the one used at the Scottish Rugby games and other ceremonies. There is only one set of lyrics registered with PRS and MCPS, written by Ben Kelly in 1990. Lyrics were later added in both English and Scottish Gaelic, as well as several orchestration variations. While centered on competitions in piping and drumming, dancing, and Scottish heavy athletics, the games also include entertainment and exhibits related to other aspects of Scottish and Gaelic culture.” Certain aspects of the games are so well known as to have become emblematic of Scotland, such as the bagpipes, the kilt, and the heavy events, especially the caber toss. The “Highland games are events held in spring and summer in Scotland and other countries as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture, especially that of the Scottish Highlands. Korb said, “We just wanted to create with the pipes a composition for Scotland.” German musicians Ulrich Roever and Michael Korb composed the composition in 1982. Andrews Day later this month, I thought this would be a great song to cover.Īfter all, how can you not be drawn to the regal and majestic nature of this songs? The song falls right behind Amazing Grace and Scotland the Brave, as a request for the bagpipes.

Often when you hear the bagpipes one of the songs that is popular to be played is Highland Cathedral, although the song does have lyrics.

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