Compositions by Matt Turnbull

Thanks to Matt Turnbull for sending these compositions, one of which is an arrangement of that great Piobaireachd Lament for Ronald MacDonald of Morar.

The Widower’s Sorrow

For my teacher Willie Connell on the passing of his wife Betty

The Salute to the Margeiting

On the loss of the ship the Margeiting off the coast of Brittany during a storm. Based on the tune of the same name by Loic Denis of Brittany

The Man of the Wood.

For Wally McQuaig who resides on his lone patch of woods surrounded by a city

Morar’s Salute

An adaptation of Ronald MacDonald of Morar’s Lament

le Petit Poisson du Cancale

 For Jackez Pincet of Brittany, who swims in the bay every day.