The Countess of Sutherland - Reel
Lady Doll Sinclair’s Reel - Reel
Miss Annie Robertson (Dingwall) - Country Dance
Kilcoy Castle - March
Miss Munro’s Double Hornpipe - Horn pipe
Miss Anne Munro’s Quickstep - Quickstep
Miss Charlotte Brodie - Jig
Miss Brodie of Brodie’s Reel - Strathspey
Mrs Brodie’s Delight - Country Dance
Mr Brodie of Brodie’s Favourite - Country Dance
Lord Sea forth’s Strathspey - Strathspey
Culbin Sands - Pastorale
Blackhills - Pastorale
Miss Primrose - Strathspey
Chapel Keithack - Slow Air
Miss (Dr.) Grant’s Quickstep - Quickstep
Miss Grant of Grant - Reel
Lady Susan Gordon’s Strathspey - Strathspey
Lady Susan Gordon’s Quickstep - Quickstep
The Duchess of Gordon’s New Strathspey - Strathspey
The Parks of Fochabers - Reel
The Marquis of Hun tly’s Reel - Reel
The Marquis of Hun tly’s Strathspey - Strathspey
Farewell to Huntly - Slow March
Mrs Jamieson’s Favourite - Slow Air

The North-East Collection by Alison Kinnaird

This is a collection of 25 tunes arranged for the Scottish harp by Alison Kinnaird. It is the second in a series, presenting melodies which come from the ‘big houses’ and great families of Scotland. In this case the area includes the coastal fringes of the North-East - around the Moray, Dornoch, Beauly and Cromarty Firths. Most of the music dates from the 18th and 19th Centuries, when their compos- ers would have travelled between the grand homes and ancient families of the region entertaining them and delighting them by dedicating a tune to one of the household. Two of the tunes are compositions by Alison herself, who also has a family connection with the area. From romantic slow airs, to lively reels and strathspeys or delicate quicksteps and pastorales, these tunes belong to Scot- land’s past, but are still very much a part of the music of our country’s present.

Alison Kinnaird has been at the forefront of the revival of the Scottish harp. She was the first player to research the repertoire of the harp in Scotland, and the first to record an album of instrumental Scottish harp music - ‘The Harp Key’ (Temple Records, 1978). Along with Keith Sanger, she co-wrote the first history of the Harp in Scotland - ‘Tree of Strings’ (Kinmor Music, 1993). Her tutor book, ‘The Small Harp’ is enthusiastically used by many teachers and pupils of the instrument. The first volume of tunes in this series, ‘The Lothian Collection’ was published in 1995.