Chris Mackenzie reviews The Conundrum at Celtic Connections 2026

Brìghde Chaimbeul playing in The Conundrum International Piping Concert at Celtic Connections 2026. Photo: John Slavin

By CHRIS MacKENZIE

It seems appropriate that a night that brings Irish, Breton, Galician and Scottish pipe music together should take its name from Peter R. MacLeod Snr’s brilliant, if idiosyncratic, 2/4 march The Conundrum. Now in its third year at Celtic Connections the format has taken hold and here’s hoping there are many more in the years to come.

This year’s concert, on Saturday, January 24th, kicked off with a simply outstanding twenty minutes of music on the Scottish smallpipe from Brìghde Chaimbeul. Brìghde has a…

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