St Cecilia's Hall and Musical Instrument Collection
St Cecilia's Hall and Musical Instrument Collection
These videos feature specialist staff discussing aspects of the Collection and how it is maintained. You can also listen to world-class musicians demonstrating some of the Collection, who share their experiences of playing unique historical instruments.
There are also concert performances of different styles of music, showing how the Musical Instrument Collection represents and celebrates cultures from across the world. All of this is presented from Scotland's oldest purpose-built Concert Room in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town.
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Calum Roberston plays the Larghetto from the second Divertimenti by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. -
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Morven Bell plays August Keyssner, Im Waldesdom. -
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Morven Bell plays August Keyssner, Im Waldesdom. -
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Chris J. Day plays Henry Kailimate, G.H. Stoner, On the Beach at Waikiki ('The Golden Hula'). -
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Tom Oakes plays Trad. by Paganini, The Carnival of Venice by Johann Sebastian Bach, Bourée Anglaise, and Trad. Polonaise from Sweden. -
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Fin Moore plays Trad., Bràigh Loch Iall. -
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Fin Moore plays Mary Scott, The Flower of Yarrow. -
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Jane Atkins plays Georg Philip Telemann, Fantasie No.1, Largo and Allegro. -
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Gordon Ferries plays Anon., A Port (Stralloch). -
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Gordon Ferries plays Ferdinando Carulli, Morceaux Progressifs, No. 12. -
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Trad. Arranged by Tony George, The Bluebells of Scotland. -
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Trad. Arranged by Tony George, The Bluebells of Scotland. -
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Luisa Brown plays Ivo Papazov-Ibryama, Bulchenska Ratchenitsa and Ot Azoj Klezmer Band, Turkish Honga. -
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Trad. Arranged by Tony George, The Bluebells of Scotland. -
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Vijay Kangutkar plays an improvised piece on the tabla.