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Weekend Programme
Friday 14th November – Sunday 16th November 2025
(exact timings and running order subject to alterations)
Friday night concert in the Royal Dunkeld Hotel 7.30-9.30 pm
Perth and Kinross schools’ quartet of pipes -short opening set
Rebel’s Menuet (Crisdean Tewordt and Johanna Wildhack) with Hessen & Highlander, 1746.
Allan MacDonald
INTERVAL
Finlay MacVicar
Fin Moore
Friday night: session in the Royal Dunkeld Hotel bar 9.30-11 pm
Saturday Morning 9.30-10.45 am LBPS
AGM in Duchess Anne Building, Dunkeld (adjacent to Cathedral Gates)
Saturday morning concert in Dunkeld Cathedral 11am-12.30 pm
Stuart Letford
Rhiona Sidley and Taybank Session Musicians
Jeremy Kingsbury
Finlay MacVicar
Ian Kinnear
Performers’ Ensemble
Saturday afternoon workshops in the Duchess Anne 2pm-5pm
These will be participatory; please bring your small pipes with A chanter. Sheet music and some recordings to be provided on the LBPS website before the event.
Pete Stewart – Scottish Hilt-and-Point Sword Dances and Their Music: Music for printing is HERE Recordings are HERE.
Jeremy Kingsbury – “Well-Storied Tunes” from the Lowlands and Borders: Music for printing is HERE Recordings are HERE
Gary West – The Music of Gordon Duncan: Music for printing is HERE Recordings are HERE
Saturday night concert in the Royal Dunkeld Hotel 7.30-9.30 pm
Quartet of young pipers from the Vale of Atholl Pipe Band with two short sets to open
Jeremy Kingsbury
INTERVAL
Kyle Howie
Finlay MacDonald
Performers’ Ensemble -musical tribute to Gordon Duncan
Saturday night: session in the Royal Dunkeld Hotel bar 9.30-11 pm
Sunday morning workshops: Royal Dunkeld Hotel 10 am start
Workshop 1 Graham Mulholland - technique and tasteful embellishments
Workshop 2 Christian Tewordt - the Hessen troops and the Jacobites in Dunkeld
Followed by a field trip at midday, led by Christian, to visit the site where the Hessians awaited the Jacobites.
Accommodation and Meals
The LBPS is not booking accommodation or meals for attendees. The Royal Dunkeld Hotel will offer attendees its best accommodation rates through booking direct by phone 01350 727322 and quoting LBPS. If you want to book online, then it should be better value to book via the hotel’s website
The best times to phone the hotel are before 12 noon or between 3 and 5 pm.
For other accommodation in Dunkeld – see:
https://www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/dunkeld-p241961
Tea and coffee will be provided at the AGM and during the afternoon workshop at the Duchess Anne building on Saturday 15th. There are many café, pub, fish & chips and bakery options for lunches and evening meals, with adequate time between events to allow full enjoyment of refreshments! If you want to eat in a pub/ restaurant before the concerts on Friday / Saturday it’s advisable to book in advance.
AGM
AGM papers will be sent out 4 weeks prior to the weekend, with details of those standing for election/ re-election to committee roles. In the meantime, please email John Thomson, LBPS Secretary (
Livestreaming and Recording
We are hoping to live-stream concerts from Dunkeld and all concerts and the workshops will be recorded.
See you in Dunkeld !