Track 15:
Griogal Cridhe.
Glen Lyon's Lament"Glen Lyon's Lament" This powerful, passionate lament was composed by the sorrowing wife of Gregor MacGregor (a relative of Rob Roy) who was beheaded in 1757. "Dearest beloved one, they spilled your blood yesterday. They put your head on an oak stob and left your body lying..." The violin weeps with the voice as she pours out her heart, beating her fists on his grave. |
