Something for the weekend. The Gael (the theme from the movie Last of the Mohicans) performed by the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. Excellent music when traveling.
The Gael
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
there’s a sense of “impending” in that tune, a feeling that something-big-is-about-to-happen
Indeed.
Related, in 2009 one of the PL’s at the US Army COP in Afghanistan where my son served was a graduate of St. Thomas Episcopal School, Houston, TX.. He is a graduate member of the school’s world-champion pipe band. You can see them perform on YouTube.
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Imagine hearing the pipes deep in “Indian country.”
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Excuse me while I tune in to more of the pipes. “Wha’ Saw the 42nd.”
That’s fantastic. I had no idea it was composed apart from the movie.
Credit to the composer, Dougie MacLean of Scotland.
During basic training one of our guys was a piper,he was told he could send home for the pipes,at the end of our day no matter how tired or dirty we were ,he piped us into our barracks area.Amazing effect.All of us straighten up and quickened our steps.We were a divers group but we all fell under the sway of the pipes