Stuart Liddell - MSR

Champion Scottish bagpiper Stuart Liddell playing a March, Strathspey and Reel set (MSR) during his recital at the Braemar Gathering and Highland Games centre on 26th March 2022. The march is "The Clan MacColl", the strathspey "Inveraray Castle" and the reel "John Morrison of Assynt House".

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