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Photos: Composer at Work

plus CD artwork and a selection of concert posters & programme covers

Eddie in Fingal's Cave, Staffa, 2017 June 30th 2017 photo by Tom Furniss
Eddie in Glasgow Botanic Gardens Eddie in Glasgow Botanic Gardens July 2014 photo by Rod Cameron
Eddie playing bamboo flute 2011 At St Mungo Museum, Glasgow, September 2011
Eddie speaks at STUC April 2017 As part of Musicians' Union delegation, Eddie speaks at annual STUC conference
Eddie at Confucius Institute Edinburgh2015 Eddie gave a talk at Heriot Watt University Confucius Institute April 2015
Eddie at BASCA AGM London 2014 Eddie with fellow composers including John McLeod, Sally Beamish, Ian McQueen
Six Composers 1992 Press event with Cresswell, Wilson, Sweeney, Norris, McGuire & MacMillan Glasgow 1992
Loving of Etain opera cast 1990 With librettist Marianne Carey at my left, the cast of our opera The Loving of Etain 1990
Composers on picket line 1980 BBC Glasgow 1980 MU strike picket to save BBCSSO: Bill Sweeney left, Eddie right (photo Des McGuire)
Eddie and his teacher James Iliff 1988 On the day of James Iliff's retirement fellow students John Cardale & Janet Graham
At Marx & Engels bronzes Berlin 2017 While in Berlin for the Specs On festival I visited the statues of Marx and Engels in 2017
Pat McNulty & Eddie McGuire 2010 On June 20 2010 Uilleann piper Pat McNulty was interviewed by Eddie at Glasgow's College of Piping
Robert Penn & Eddie McGuire Sweden 1984 The Whistlebinkies toured Sweden in 1984 and shared concerts with Robert Penn. Here I accompany him.
The Whistlebinkies rehearse for UCS 40th 2012 I was commissiond by UCS veterans for a piece to celebrate the work-in rehearsing here 2012.
Eddie sailing to Toward 2014 14th Dec 2014 photo by Laura Durrant
With Evelyn Glennie 1995 Whistlebinkies play for BBCSSO 60th in 1995 with Evelyn Glennie joining us on bodhran.
With John Cage 1984 The Whistlebinkies played what was to become Cage's Scottish Circus at Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh
In Beijing November 1991 Chinese musicians & The Whistlebinkies play in Beijing in November 1991 during our tour
On Kelvingrove Bandstand 1976 Eddie on harp with Mick Broderick, Rab Wallace & Rae Siddall of The Whistlebinkies Glasgow 1976
Eddie McGuire & Ronald Stevenson 1989 Eddie McGuire & Ronald Stevenson with their half pints of Guinness after Eddie's Peter Pan 1989
Eddie at Trelissick Gardens Cornwall June 7 2007 Photo by Betty Knott-Sharpe during NTS cruise 2007
Cake-Talk opera poster 1996 Eddie's opera Cake-Talk to a libretto by Marianne Carey programme 1996
Cake-Talk opera programme 1996 Cake-Talk, music by Eddie McGuire, text by Marianne Carey November 1996
Cullercoats Tommy opera poster 1993 Cullercoats Tommy opera programme July 1993
Eddie McGuire ballet Peter Pan poster Poster of first production of Eddie McGuire's ballet Peter Pan 1989
McGuire's ballet Peter Pan programme From the 1996 Hong Kong Ballet production of McGuire's Peter Pan ballet
Helen of Braemore opera programme Opera programme for McGuire's Helen of Braemore 19961996
Poster for McGuire flute & guitar music Escocia Duo poster including music by Eddie McGuire
McGuire one act ballet on Chinese legend The Whistlebinkies & Harmony Ensemble premiered Tian Di Yuan (Ox Boy & Weaver Girl) in 2005
Poster for Viola series 1976 James Durrant commissioned much viola music , played in series such as this one in 1976
McGuire's Rebirth premiere 1977 The New Music Group of Scotland played McGuire's Rebirth at this Glasgow concert in June 1977
London New Wind Festival poster McGuire works have been played at London New Wind Festival
McGuire's bagpipes & organ arrangements in Poland In June 2001 Robert Wallace toured Poland playing Eddie's arrangements for Highland Bagpipes & organ

Eddie McGuire's CD album covers

First all McGuire CD on Delphian 2006 Editor's Choice in Gramophone Magazine 2006
Second all McGuire CD on Delphian 2015 Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine 2015
Irene Drummond sings McGuire Five Love Songs The Web: Five Love Songs on this Delphian CD 2018
McGuire's Horn Trio recorded after 45 years This CD by Daniel's Beard ensemble was issued in 2010
McGuire's Calgacus on CD This Symphonic Poem (Calgacus) for Bagpipes and Orchestra was composed in 1976 here played by BBCSSO
The Whistlebinkies play The Albannach Eddie wrote The Albannach for the 7:84 theatre group, making it a suite for The Whistlebinkies
The Whistlebinkies' Timber Timbre CD Contains several arrangements & pieces by Eddie McGuire and other members of the group
Inner Sound from The Whistlebinkies Their first album for Greentrax features Eddie's Inner Sound first written for a BNOC film in 1980
Editor's Choice for Eddie's Delphian CD Issued in 2015 this is the second Delphian CD featuring McGuire's music, gaining this accolade.
Review: Entangled Fortunes The Scotsman - June 2015

With The Whistlebinkies: photo by Campbell Parker Rehearsing at Pearce Institute in Govan 2023
With The Whistlebinkies 2023 With The Whistlebinkies: photo by Campbell Parker 2023