This is a recording from a CD on greentrax, called A Grand Concert of Piping. These two tracks were all that Martyn played on. Martyns own CD's were Martyn Bennett, Bothy Culture, Hardland, Glen Lyon & Grit. His composition MacKay's memoirs which was commisioned for the opening of the Scottish Parliment building was recorded by Edinburgh City Music School. I beleive Scottish Power Pipe Band may be releasing a version of it as well. Martyn recorded a wide variety of music, true genious sadly lost
When I asked him in 2002 by e-mail for sheet music, he answered that there weren't any. He also wrote, "...but the best way to learn it is to sing it! That is the honest truth - if you can't sing it then it won't transfer to the fingers - try it".
I had never heard of Martyn Bennet until I came across him, on You-Tube. What a maestro! The deep tone of the pipes sounds right. Someone told me that centuries ago they had a deeper tone because the cane for the reeds came from Inverewe, Good enough for the job, but it did not dry out and so produced a deeper tone . True or false, anyone?
This is brilliant! I've only heard his Bothy Culture stuff, this man is a legend! Sadly missed indeed! I hope him and Gordon Duncan are having a jam! Did he release any of this stuff?
Hate to be pedantic with such stunning music and a tragic loss but the timeline doesn't look right. The concert these tracks came from was in 1995. At 16 Martyn would have been entrenched in studying classical violin.
