Dr Peter Cooke (1930-2020) was a prolific researcher of Scottish traditional music and culture as well as African music – in particular the music of the Highland bagpipe and the fiddle tradition of Shetland as well as the music of Uganda. In his scholarship on Scottish music he brought an ethnographic lens to emic concepts of music and style, most notably to do with Hebridean music and the bagpipe’s classical Gaelic ceòl mór repertoire, in effect contributing to wider recognition of Scottish music as something of value – not just culturally, but academically. 

 Moladh Phàdruig – In Praise of Peter – is a musical tribute in the form of an ensemble setting of the pibroch Moladh Mòraig, or In Praise of Morag, drawn from the fieldwork Peter undertook with the late George Moss (1903-1990). Peter’s work with Moss in the 1970s provided substantial material for the Sound Archives of the School of Scottish Studies and led to renewed interest in pibroch by a wider scholarly and musical community.

 The piece is prefaced by a short introduction to Peter and his work, and the field recordings of George Moss, Rev William Matheson and Donald Sinclair of Tiree that form the basis of the tune’s arrangement; this will include a performance of the ground and first variation of In Praise of Morag in the style advocated by Moss. The ensemble piece follows – arranged and performed by four of Scotland’s top up-and-coming pipers, all recent graduates of the BMus Traditional Music – Piping degree: Fionnlagh Mac A'Phiocair, Calum Kaye, Hamish Drennan, and Bede Patterson.

The Venue

The centre serves as a national and international centre of excellence for the great Highland Bagpipe and its music.

The Festival Site with the Centre Stage and Bothy Tent, as well as our food and drink tents will be on outside here on McPhater Street.

PLEASE BE AWARE

• You will need a Festival Site Day ticket (or Festival Week Pass) to access the events from the 11th -15th of August 
  If you arrive at the Festival Site without a valid day/week entry ticket you will be required to buy one at the door.

• Your Festival Site Day Ticket provides entrance to the festival site where we will have two stages of world class artists running alongside other attractions.
• Once you have completed the purchase of your Festival Day Site Ticket and paid for it, you can access tickets for additional events. 
• These additional events include the RG Hardie & Co Solo Piping Masters Competition; the Gordon Duncan Memorial Piping Competition; the Pipe Idol Grand Final; the Lunchtime Recitals and Learn@Live.
• You cannot attend these events if you have not purchased a Festival Day Site Ticket
• It's the same if you have bought a Festival Week Pass. If you wish to attend any of the additional events, you can buy tickets using the link on the purchase confirmation email for the Festival Week Pass. 

• The confirmation page and email for your Festival Day Site Ticket purchase contains a link to the page for tickets for the additional events. 
• You don’t have to buy all your tickets at once - you can buy your tickets for these additional events later on using the link in the confirmation email you received when you bought your Festival Day Site Ticket . 

• For evening ticketed events at the National Piping Centre, Strathclyde Suite at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and at St Luke’s you will not need to buy a Festival Day Site Ticket. 
• You do not need a festival site pass for events on the 8th, 9th and 10th of August (eg. MacGregors Gathering events)

Accessibility

The National Piping Centre and Pipers' Tryst restaurant has step access at both doors.
There is a lift available from the side of the building to all floors.
During Piping Live! access is through the ramped entracne to the Street Cafe, cross the marquee and then out the other door to the lift area. There is also an accessible toilet here.
You can book a welcome through the WelcoME platform here
You can see full access information at Euan's Guide here