Judith Weir: The Bagpiper's String Trio

These three pieces form a very short instrumental opera, based on the life of James Reid, a bagpiper in Prince Charlie's Jacobite army, who was captured by the English in 1746, and executed after a judge had classified the bagpipes as a weapon. This piece is a string trio version of Sketches from a Bagpiper's Album (1984) for clarinet and piano, scored for Violin, Cello, and Viola.
Duration: c. 8 minutes. Score and parts included.