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Matthew

Bagpiper

Bagpiper available to hire

Matthew is an exceptionally talented bagpiper who is available to hire for weddings, corporate events and private parties.

He has been playing the Great Highland Bagpipes since he was 10 years old and through-out his piping career he has played as a solo performer at multiple events across a wide range of platforms. Some of the prestigious venues at which Matthew has performed include the Royal Albert Hall, Hampton Court Palace, The Intercontinental in Mayfair (Ldn), The Troxy, One Whitehall Place, Sony Pictures and regularly on the Great British Pullman steam train.

Matthew has appeared on a range of well-known TV and Radio programmes, from Chris Evans’ Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2 and Absolute Radio, to Made in Chelsea and The Last Leg: Correspondents. He has also featured as a session musician with Right Said Fred and for Walkers Crisps, and has performed with The Chieftains, and the international bestselling classical group, Il Divo.

Matthew is a highly accomplished and professional bagpiper who is flexible in his approach. He always works with his clients to ensure that every performance delivers the right impact for the intended audience, whether it’s for a wedding celebration, corporate or private function.

Videos

Artist playlist

Marches

COMPOSERTITLE
A. FettesGlendaruel Highlanders
Alex Samnuel & George BaxterThe Bathgate Highland Gathering
Andrew LangLoch Lomand
Charles JefferysThe Rose of Allandale
Cliff HanleyScotland The Brave
Colin MacLeod & Rory SinclairThe Bonawe Highlanders
Dora JordanThe Blue Bells Of Scotland
Felix MendelssohnThe Wedding March
George Hornby & George SproatBonny Galloway
George McIntyreThe Hills Of Argyll
George Stewart McLennanThe Braemar Gathering
Hamish MacCollMajor May
Hamish MacCollMajor Bobby
Harry LauderI Love A Lassie
Harry LauderStop Your Tickling Jock
J. WallaceThe Heights Of Dargai
James HoggTeribus
James MauchlineBarren Rocks Of Aden
James RiddellCraigs Of Tumbledown Mountain
James RobertsonFarewell to the Creeks
John BuchanThe Battle Of The Somme
John MacdonaldThe 79th Farewell To Gibraltar
John MacdonaldThe 72nd Farewell To Edinburgh
John MacKayBadge Of Scotland
John McCormackTipperary
John McLellanLochanside
John Roderick BannermanMarie’s Wedding
John Stuart BlackieThe Brown Haired Maiden
Kenneth & Angus MacKenzieLoch Maree
Lady NairneThe Rowan Tree
Norman MacleanMy Land
Robert BruceBalmoral
Robert BurnsHighland Laddie
Ronnie FlemingBengullion
Tom MuirheadThe Hills Of Alva
Trad.The Bonnie Lass o’ Fyvie
Trad.Wings
Trad.All Through The Night
Trad.I See Mull
Trad.The Green Hills of Tyroll
Trad.We’re No Awa Tae Bide Awa
Trad.Highland Wedding
Trad.Cock Of The North
Trad.The Pikeman’s March
Trad.Hot Punch
Walter ScottCastle Dangerous
Walter ScottBonny Dundee
William FergussonThe Australian Ladies
William RobbThe Battles O’er
William RoseThe Atholl Highlanders
William RossCorriechoillie
Willie FergusonKantara To El Arish

Strathspeys

COMPOSERTITLE
Donald MacLeodSusan MacLeod
Fred MorrisonSeonaidh’s Tune
Thomas ThompsonThe Keel Row
Trad.O’er The Bows To Ballindalloch
Trad.Because He Was A
Trad.Bonny Lad
Trad.Captain Horne
Trad.Lady Ramsay’s Strathspey
Trad.Orange And Blue
William MarshallThe Marquis Of Huntley’s
William RossMunlochy Bridge

Reels

COMPOSERTITLE
Trad.Duke Of Perth Reel
Trad.Marion And Donald
Trad.The Ale Is Dear
Trad.The Ghlass Ault

Slow Airs

COMPOSERTITLE
Trad.Auld Lang Syne
Trad.Highland Cathedral
Trad.Caledonia
Trad.Canon In D
Trad.La Boum
Trad.The Fair Maid Of Barra
Trad.Torosay Castle