Classical Works Featuring Bagpipes
- Sinfonia Concertante for Six Solo Instruments and Orchestra, S. 98.6, by P. D. Q. Bach features bagpipes as one of the six instruments.
- The Brendan Voyage (1983), The Pilgrim (1983) and Granuaile (1985), all by Shaun Davey, are orchestral works featuring the uilleann pipes.
- The Relief of Derry Symphony (1990), also by Shaun Davey, includes a highland pipe band.
- Tulsa, an opera by Lindsay Davidson
- Orkney Wedding, With Sunrise (1984) by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
- Cross Lane Fair for Northumbrian pipes and Orchestra by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies
- Arthur's Return, for bagpipes and string orchestra (1983) by John Davison (Commissioned by the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia and premiered in Dover, Delaware on September 23, 1983, by the Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia, dir. Marc Mostovoy; Roderick MacDonald, bagpipe)
- Joan of Arc: An Opera in Three Acts (1993) by Steven Jobe includes bagpipes in the orchestra.
- Sinfonia mit Dudelsack und Drehleier "Die Bauernhochzeit" (Sinfonia with Bagpipe and Hurdy-Gurdy "Peasant Wedding") by Leopold Mozart, first performed in 1756
- Ur Og and Aji, for 4 bagpipes, bass clarinet, and tabla by Canadian composer Michael O'Neill.
- Illusion of Control, for uilleann pipes, saxophone, electronics and 3D visuals (2010), a collaboration between Pedro Rebelo, Brian Cullen, Franziska Schroeder and Ivan Goff.
- Numerous works by French Baroque composers such as Jean-Philippe Rameau and Jacques Hotteterre featuring the Musette de cour
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