Simon Thoumire and David Milligan - The Big Day In

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Traditional and original music from Scotland and beyond from two of the finest exponents of the contemporary Celtic music scene, Simon Thoumire on concertina and David Milligan on piano.

Track List:

1.The Tipsy Sailor/ The Future is Bright/ J. F. Dickie - The first and third tunes are well known session tunes from the Scottish and Irish traditions.

2.Joseph’s Jig/ Bessie Brown - Joseph's Jig originally appeared in a piece of commissioned music Dave wrote for the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow.

3.Tumble in Loch Tummel/ Big Bertha/ Stasia’s Reel - 3 tunes by fantastic fiddler Clare McLaughlin.

4.Love comes quietly/ Forsaken - Simon wrote this first tune for his wife Clare.

5.Highland/ Kiss the lass ye like the most/ Billy McGuire’s Box - Kiss the lass ye like the most' is a tune played by Feis Dhun-Eideann - a youth class Simon teaches on Wednesday nights.

6.Hasiera/ Artikutza - Simon found these two Basque tunes on a CD by Tapia and Leturia.

7.Hirplin’ Danny/ Mrs Maule of Paumure’s Favourite - The second tune in this set was written by the great Nathanial Gow.

8.The Sand Pitt/ Mrs Grace Tait/ Trip to Windsor - A set of three brilliant reels.

9.Invercauld’s Reel/ Miss Admiral Gordon’s Reel - Both these tunes are actually strathspeys!

10.The Auld Wheel/ David Adams - Both these tunes come from the J Scott Skinner ‘pink book’ published by Kerrs.

11.March for a New Scottish Parliament/ Queen of the Highlands/ The Celtic Nymph - The first tune comes from Simon's 'Music for a New Scottish Parliament'.

12.1 2 3 4

13.Roddy Campbell’s Favourite/ Keep it Up - Roddy Campbell’s favourite was written by Deaf Shepherd piper Rory Campbell for his father.

14.Corrina’s Touch - For my best pal