The soulful and haunting sounds of the
bagpipes express feelings that words alone
may fail to convey.
BAGPIPE PLAYER AT FUNERAL
Bagpipe music at a funeral
Music is an important part of any funeral
service.
The bagpipes have been commemorating
the loss of our loved ones with music at
funeral services for hundreds of years.
Many people associate bagpipes with
funerals. This is because they powerfully
touch our deepest emotions.
Funeral music is one way that we let family
and friends know that their normal and
necessary emotions of grief, which music
tends to draw forth, are welcome.
This music can be played in the church or
other building where the funeral service is
held, but also as the coffin is being borne to
its final resting place in the graveyard or the
crematorium.
It is ‘live’ music that I bring. Live music is pure
and comes close to the heart. Music releases
something different from text and touches
deeper emotions. Friends and relatives can
physically focus on something, there is
contact. This in contrast to distant
electronically generated music from
loudspeakers. The energy emanating from
living music directly influences the energy of
the farewell service.
THE SOUND OF SCOTLAND
Marching in front of the funeral bus
Funeral on a winter day
Upon arrival at the crematorium, Schiedam
Here’s a video of it:
Video of the well known tune Amazing
Grace when bringin in the deceased
in the church:
Another beautiful tune,
Iain Ruaidh’s Lament:
Funeral in St. Willibrordus Basilica, Hulst,
Dutch Flander. Here I play
‘Highland Cathedral’. Febr. 2022
Amazing Grace while lowering the coffin.
Nature cemetary
Nederlands:
A commemoration is reflecting on an important
history of one or more persons, place or country.
More than any other instrument the Scottish
bagpipes are able of evoking emotions and make
you think of the past:
