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Nicola Braid and Gordon Haddow Quartet

For the very best in traditional music, Gary Innes for Take the Floor. In session are The Nicola Braid and Gordon Haddow Quartet with a programme full of harmony. We then mark Dementia Awareness Week and welcome guests, broadcaster Sally Magnusson and singer Hannah Rarity.

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1 hour, 55 minutes

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Sat 17 May 2025 19:00

Nicola Braid and Gordon Haddow Quartet

Nicola Braid   Accordion
Gordon Haddow  Accordion
Margaret Robertson  Piano
Kevin Milne   Drums
John Burns   Special guest Accordionist for 2 tracks                                                                                             

TITLE: Grand March (4/4 Marches)
a) Bellisle Ceilidh      [Ian T Muir]
b) Eric & Elsie Goodfellow’s Pearl Anniversary March [John Burns]
c) Salute to John      [Gordon Shand]
ARTIST: Nicola Braid and Gordon Haddow Quartet 
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TITLE:  Circassian Circle (Reels)
a) Ray’s Classic  [Willie Hunter]
b) Elegant Esther Gray [Lindsay Ross]
c) Ingram’s 35   [Freeland Barbour]
ARTIST: Nicola Braid and Gordon Haddow Quartet 
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TITLE: Boston Two Step
a) Northside Lasses  [Tom Edmondson]
ARTIST: Nicola Braid and Gordon Haddow Quartet 
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TITLE: St Bernard’s Waltz
a) Barina [Drewie Hawick]
ARTIST: Nicola Braid and Gordon Haddow Quartet 
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TITLE: Riverside Jig
a) Murray River Jig     [Graham Townsend]
b) Miss Russell of Blackhall    [Robert MacKintosh]
c) Mikael Georgi’s Compliments to Bill Ewan [Mikael Georgi II]
d) Lady Elizabeth Cole’s Reel   [Robert MacKintosh]
ARTIST: Nicola Braid and Gordon Haddow Quartet 
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TITLE: Bandleader’s Choice 1 – with 3 accordions
a) – Triste Sourire [Frans van Cappelle] (arr. John Burns)
ARTIST: Nicola Braid and Gordon Haddow Quartet 
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TITLE: Eva Three Step (6/8)
a) Tug Argan Gap
b) Robbie Shepherd MBE  [Graeme Mitchell]
ARTIST: Nicola Braid and Gordon Haddow Quartet 
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TITLE: Scottish Waltz
a) Waltz for Nicola  [John Burns]
ARTIST: Nicola Braid and Gordon Haddow Quartet 
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TITLE: Gay Gordons (4/4 Marches)
a) The Eden Court March [John Sinton]
b) Jimmy Spankie  [Alex Doig]
c) The Eden Court March [John Sinton]
ARTIST: Nicola Braid and Gordon Haddow Quartet 
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TITLE: Britannia Two Step
a) Trip tae Tarland [Margaret Robertson]
ARTIST: Nicola Braid and Gordon Haddow Quartet 
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TITLE: Bandleader’s Choice 2 – with 3 accordions
Polka Til Tre   [John Burns]  
ARTIST: Nicola Braid and Gordon Haddow Quartet 
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TITLE: Lady in Pink (Jigs)
a) Jessie’s Whip  [Colin Brown]
b) Dainty Duncan  [Ian Thomson]
c) Haddow’s Jig  [Alan Crookston]
d) Jim McAllister’s Jigs [Calum MacLean]
ARTIST: Nicola Braid and Gordon Haddow Quartet 
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TITLE: Dashing White Sergeant (Reels)
a) Miss CM Barbour  [Iain Mahail]
b) Miss Suzanne Barbour [Iain Mahail]
c) Ray Milbourne  [Iain Mahail]
ARTIST: Nicola Braid and Gordon Haddow Quartet 
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TITLE:   Wild Mountain Thyme
TRK:  10
ARTIST:  Siobhan Miller
CD:  Bloom
LABEL/CAT NR: Songprint Recordings - SPR006CD

TITLE:   Dancing In Kyle
TRK:  S 2 B 4
ARTIST:  Alasdair Gillies
CD:  Live at Eden Court Theatre
LABEL/CAT NR: Country House Records - BGC239

TITLE:   The Bonnie Earl o’ Moray
TRK:  5
ARTIST:  Jock Tamson's Bairns
CD:  Rare
LABEL/CAT NR:  Greentrax recordings - CDTRAX266

TITLE:   Sisters
TRK:  8
ARTIST: Rosemary Clooney
CD:  Tenderly
LABEL/CAT NR:  Columbia - 39648  


TITLE:   Three Times A Lady
TRK:  
ARTIST:  The Commodores
CD:  The Greatest Love  (Various Artists)
LABEL/CAT NR:   Telstar - TTVCD3006

TITLE:   The Rowan Tree
ARTIST:  Kenneth McKellar
LP:  McKellar Today

TITLE:   Gleann Baile Chaoil (Ballaculish Glen)
TRK:  
ARTIST:  Karen Matheson
CD:  Downriver
LABEL/CAT NR:  Vertical music - VERTCD075 s

TITLE:   The Bluebell Polka
TRK:  8
ARTIST:  Jimmy Shand
CD:  The King Of The Melodeon Men
LABEL/CAT NR: EMI Records Ltd - 7243 8 29898 2 0  

TITLE:  Kaleidoscope
TRK:  8
ARTIST:  Hannah Rarity
CD:  To Have You Near
LABEL/CAT NR: Hannah Rarity - HR085HYN  

TITLE:   Fields of Gold
TRK:  
ARTIST:  Eva Cassidy
CD:  (CD Single)
LABEL/CAT NR:  Blix Street - GDP045

TITLE:   Mo Mhàthair
TRK:  7
ARTIST:  Calum Kennedy
CD:  Gaelic Songs
LABEL/CAT NR:  Beltona - SEP 100 
 
TITLE:   Loch Lomond
TRK:  S 1 B 4
ARTIST:  The Clydesiders
LP:  A Touch of the Clydesiders
LABEL/CAT NR:  Lochshore – LOCLP 1001 

Broadcasts

  • Sat 17 May 2025 19:00
  • Sat 17 May 2025 20:00