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Scottish Baroque

Premiering Sept. 14, 2026

Get ready for a fun and fascinating chat focused on 18th century music from Scotland with Debra Nagy and David McGuinness (researcher and director of Scotland’s Concerto Caledonia) exploring dance band bass lines, the legacy of Robert Burns, and much more.

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Episode Credits

Debra Nagy, executive producer 
Shelby Yamin, associate producer
Hannah De Priest, special projects manager

Episode Guests

Hannah De Priest

Episode host

Debra Nagy

LD Artistic Director

David McGuinness

Scottish Early Music Specialist

Resources

David McGuinness (Univ. of Glasgow, publications)

Concerto Caledonia

One Fiddle Tune, Four Bass lines (video)

HMS Scot (Historical Music of Scotland Databases)

National Library of Scotland Special Collections of Printed Music

Scottish Fiddle: Traces of oral culture in printed 18th Century collections? (Article)

David Johnson: Music and Society in Lowland Scotlan

Music

Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie (1750-1823): Quartet in C minor (no. 8), I. Allegro – Courtesy of David McGuinness & Concerto Caledonia from the album: Fiddler Tam (2005)

“A Country Lass” – Traditional, from Orpheus Caledonius (1725) recorded live by Les Délices (audio engineer: Andrew Tripp)

William Marshall (1748-1833): “Duff” – Courtesy of David McGuinness & Concerto Caledonia from the album: Lion (2007)

Variations on “John come kiss me now” – From “A Curious Collection of Scots Tunes” pub. Robert Bremner, recorded live by Les Délices (audio engineer: Joel Negus)

Highland Mary (on the tune Katharine Ogie): Robert Burns, Arr. Nagy after Oswald – recorded live by Les Délices

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