{"id":1970,"date":"2020-01-27T23:12:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T23:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leedspipeband.org.uk\/content\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2023-06-19T07:50:31","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T07:50:31","slug":"tune-origins-highland-cathedral-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedspipeband.org.uk\/content\/tune-origins-highland-cathedral-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tune Origins &#8211; Highland Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Who would have guessed that <em>Highland Cathedral<\/em> was written by two German gentlemen? Ulrich Roever, and Michael Korb, a composer and arranger. They composed the tune as an anthem for the pipes in Germany in 1982. It took root quickly within the Piping community and was the anthem of the Royal Hong Kong Police until the hand-over of Hong Kong in 1997, when it was played during the final Flag Lowering Ceremony at Government House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Last Post &amp; Highland Cathedral - Flag Lowering Ceremony at Government House, Hong Kong - 1997\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zWT6383OxRc?start=79&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With lyrics provided by Ben Kelly in 1990, it has also been taken up by Scottish Rugby Union fans as a patriotic pre-match spirit-raiser. On the face of it, this seems a little surprising given that the impulse for the tune and the words is the Union of The Crowns in 1603 under King James VI and I &#8211; I haven\u2019t observed much in the way of fraternal sentiment for the Sassenachs at any match I\u2019ve witnessed. The&nbsp;explanation is that there is no obvious reference to the English aspect of this historical event in the&nbsp;song, but much to James\u2019 pre-Union efforts to unite his own factious lairds and kirkmen before the main&nbsp;event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He had regular meetings with them at various places at the turn of the century. One seems to have been at the \u2018Highland Cathedral\u2019, in Glasgow of all places; not exactly the Highlands as we know them unless it was at the top of Dalhousie Street. But the name would presumably reflect its use as a church&nbsp;serving Scottish Highlanders who had come to live in the city. There is, in fact, a Highland Cathedral, a&nbsp;church for Highlanders, in Glasgow city centre to this day. St Columba\u2019s is on St Vincent Street and has&nbsp;been holding services in Gaelic every Sunday since 1770.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tune has been a feature of the bands repertoire and took the band on stage with Andre Rieu in front of 15,000 people at the First Direct Arena in Leeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Highland Cathedral Andr\u00e9 Rieu and City of Leeds\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z7dzyIqA9TI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Other tunes the band play can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/leedspipeband.org.uk\/content\/tunes\/\">Tunes page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Who would have guessed that Highland Cathedral was written by two German gentlemen? 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