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Festive Special

For the very best in traditional music, join Gary Innes for Take the Floor. We have a fantastic festive band session from The Liam Stewart Band, and hear some of the best folky Christmas tunes out there to celebrate this holiday season.

1 hour, 55 minutes

Last on

Christmas Day 2022 17:00

Festive Special

TITLE: Grand (Festive) March
a) Hark! The Herald Angels SingÌýÌýÌý[Mendelssohn, adapted by Cummings]
b) O Come, All Ye Faithful / Adeste Fidele  [John Francis Wade]
c) Joy to the WorldÌýÌýÌý  [Lowell Mason]
ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
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TITLE: Bluebells in the Snow (White Heather Foxtrot) 
a) The Bluebell Polka ÌýÌýÌý [Frank Stanley]
b) Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow  [Kahn/Styne]
ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
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TITLE: One Year On…! (Boston Two Step)
a) The Crookstons’ Ceilidh  [L. Stewart]
ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
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TITLE: Burns Waltzes (St Bernard’s Waltz)
a) My Love is Like a Red Red Rose
b) Comin' Thru The Rye
c) Ye Banks an' Braes
d) Scots Wha Hae
ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
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TITLE:  Maxwell’s Rant 
a) Maxwell's Rant   [Trad.]
b) Drumley's Reel
c) The Rattlin' Bog
d) Spanish Ladies
e) Lord Randolph's Bride
f) The Bottom of the Punch Bowl
g) Goodnight, and Joy Be With You!
h) Soldier's Joy
ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
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TITLE: Mathilde is a Delight (3x32 Strathspey)
a) Air for Megan ÌýÌýÌý  [Tom B. Robertson]
b) The Tapestry Room ÌýÌýÌý [Liam Stewart]
c) Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas   [Ralph Blane/Hugh Martin]
ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
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TITLE: Old Tyme Christmas (Old Tyme Waltz)
a) Welcome Christmas Morning   [J. Shand]
ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
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TITLE: Auld Scotch Sing-Along  (Britannia Two-step)
a) Waggle o' the Kilt
b) Big Kilmarnock Bunnet
c) Bonnie Wee Jeannie MacColl
d) Nice to get up in the morning
ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
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TITLE: Dunoon Barn Dance (2/4 Pipe Marches)
a) John MacMillan of Barra
b) The Sprig of Ivy
ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
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TITLE: Christmas Country Dancing  (4x40 Waltz - Waltz Country Dance)
a) link tune - Away in a Manger (The Cradle Song) [W. J. Kirkpatrick]
b) The Huntingtower ÌýÌýÌý  [Trad]
c) Castles in the Air ÌýÌýÌý  [Trad]
d) Kelvingrove ÌýÌýÌý  [Trad]
e) The Piper's Weird ÌýÌýÌý  [Trad]
ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
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TITLE: Eva Threestep (6/8 Pipe Marches)
a) Lord Macpherson of Drumochter
b) Glenstriven
ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
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TITLE: Accordions Feature
a) Silent Night  [Franz Xavier Gruber]
b) Burnawn  [L. Stewart]
ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
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TITLE: Concluding on a Country Dance Theme (Polharrow Burn - 5x32 Reels)
a) Miss Clementina Loughnan  [N. Gow]
b) Here Comes Santa Claus   [Oakley Halderman]
c) Deck the Halls ÌýÌýÌý[John Hullah]
d) Ding Dong Merrily on High
e) Jingle Bells
ARTIST: The Liam Stewart Band
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TITLE:   Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas / White Christmas
TRK:  17
ARTIST:  Karen Matheson and Eddi Reader 
CD:  Phil Cunningham’s Christmas Songbook
LABEL/CAT NR:  Vertical Records – VERTCD103ÌýÌýÌý

TITLE: The Christmas Carol Suite
O Christmas Tree / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen / Good King Wenceslas / I Saw Three Ships / We
Wish You A Merry Christmas
TRK: 17 
ARTIST: The Fire
CD:  The Fire’s Very Scottish Christmas
LABEL/CAT NR: The Fire   ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

TITLE: Merry Christmas Everybody 
TRK:  1
ARTIST:  Karine Polwart
CD: Merry Christmas Everybody (single)
LABEL/CAT NR: Delphonic Records -  DELPHS101ÌýÌýÌý

TITLE:   The Christmas Eve Waltz
TRK:  4
ARTIST:  Marie Fielding  
CD:  An Seisiun 
LABEL/CAT NR:  Rumford Records – RUMFORDCD03  

TITLE:   Silver Bells
TRK:  
ARTIST: Jim Reeves
CD:  The Best Christmas Album In The World
LABEL/CAT NR:  Virgin -  VTDCD103  

TITLE:   Heard From Heaven Today
TRK:  4
ARTIST:  Emily Smith  
CD:  Songs for Christmas
LABEL/CAT NR:  White Falls Records – WFRCD015  

TITLE:   Winter Wonderland
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas / Let it Snow / Winter Wonderland
TRK:  2
ARTIST: The Glencraig Scottish Dance Band
CD:  The Sunday Class Christmas
LABEL/CAT NR: TSC12NM ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

TITLE:   In the Bleak Mid-winter
TRK:  5
ARTIST:  Tim Edey
CD:  The Sleeping Tunes Vol 2
LABEL/CAT NR:  Gnatbite Records ÌýÌýÌý  

TITLE:   The 12 Folk Days of Christmas
TRK:  17
ARTIST:  The McCalmans
CD:  Scots Abroad
LABEL/CAT NR:   CDTRAX300ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý

TITLE:  The First Noel
TRK:  4
ARTIST:  Cherish The Ladies
CD:  A Star in the East
LABEL/CAT NR:  Big Mammy Records - 0004  ÌýÌýÌý 

TITLE:   St Bernard’s Waltz
Happy Xmas (War is Over) / Mistletoe and Wine
TRK:  2
ARTIST:  Jim Lindsay and his Band
CD:  Scottish Christmas Dance Party 
LABEL/CAT NR:  Highlander Music – HRMCD015

TITLE:   Christ Child Lullaby 
TRK:  13
ARTIST:  Dougie Maclean/Aoife O'Donovan/Solas/Alasdair Fraser/Natalie Haas
CD:  Lullabies For Love
LABEL/CAT NR:  Compass Records - COM 45602

TITLE: Chickadee's Christmas, 365 Days Till Christmas, A Tribute To Larry Reynolds
TRK:  6
ARTIST:  Phil Cunningham and Friends
CD:  Phil Cunningham’s Christmas Songbook
LABEL/CAT NR:  Vertical Records – VERTCD103

Broadcasts

  • Christmas Eve 2022 20:00
  • Christmas Day 2022 17:00