Highland Cathedral
Highland Cathedral is a popular bagpipe tune that was composed by the Germans Ulrich Roever and Michael Korb in 1982 for the Highland Games in Germany. It was proposed as the Scottish national anthem to replace " Scotland the Brave " or " Flower of Scotland ".
Text versions
There are different lyrics for the melody: one by Ben Kelly (1990) and one by Terry Mechan (1998). Terry Mechan's text was written in recognition of Scots fighting overseas. It's Scotland's Abide with Me equivalent for national sporting events and as a pre-battle anthem. In church and gospel choirs, verses from Psalm 118 are used as the text for this melody. By Werner Bonfig the German text version comes "Get back on." The Cologne cult band Bläck Fööss covered “Highland Cathedral” in 2002 under the title “Du bes die Stadt” as a homage to the city of Colognekölsch dialect .
reception
"Highland Cathedral" became
- used as film music, for example in the British film production " Four Weddings and a Funeral ";
- Used as a song by the Royal Hong Kong Police until 1997;
- played on June 30, 1997, when Hong Kong's last governor, Chris Patten , lowered the British flag in front of his official residence when he was handed over to the People's Republic of China ;
- used as in-game music for the structure and strategy game " Anno 1503 ".
- A hymn to Cologne Cathedral (May 3, 2019). In: domradio.de. May 1, 2019, accessed May 3, 2019 .
- Played on May 4, 2019 at the state funeral of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg in the Cathedral of Our Lady in Luxembourg City , together with the Irish Guards and the military music of the Luxembourg Army .
Web links
media
- Version by Terry Mechan ( Memento from January 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) ( WAV ; 292 kB)
- MP3 from Highland Cathedral
- Youtube - Mass Band Finale of the Germany Tattoo at Schalke 2013
- YouTube - The Band Of The Royal Irish Regiment
- YouTube - Mass Bands - Final of the Music Show of Nations 2008 (4:48)
- You Tube - Farewell Jean of Luxembourg Funeral of the Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg on May 4th 2019
Individual evidence
- ^ Highland Cathedral. ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: blurbwire.com
- ^ The Governor's Last Farewell. On: bbc.co.uk
- ↑ "Leschten Addi fir de Grand-Duc Jean vun the Irish Guards" on RTL.lu
