Farewell to Stromness

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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies composed his haunting Farewell to Stromness to protest uranium mining in Orkney's West Mainland, joining Orkney poet George Mackay Brown and many other Orcadians in speaking out against the destruction of Stromness. Our thanks to pianist Simon Mulligan for permitting us to use his beautiful performance of the piece. • If you're moved to support our ongoing work preserving and promoting Orkney Nordic / Scottish folklore and heritage, we invite you to encourage us with a wee dram or two on our Ko-fi page: https://ko-fi.com/orkneyology Heartiest thanks, from Tom and Rhonda! • You can find out how to visit Orkney, get Orkney travel tips, learn about moving to Orkney and discover Orkney's hidden places on our website, Orkneyology.com: https://www.orkneyology.com/ • • If you like what we do, please consider encouraging our work of preserving Orkney's heritage, history and local lore on Orkneyology.com. You can buy us a coffee here if you'd like to, and we truly thank you: https://ko-fi.com/orkneyology • • You'll find much more about life in Orkney, Orkney Islands folklore and history on Tom and Rhonda Muir's website, Orkneyology.com. https://www.orkneyology.com/ • Our Orkney Islands books and related merchandise are here: https://shop.orkneyology.com/ • #Stromness #orkneyislands #orkney #storytelling #folklore

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