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.
Basset Horn
From Calum Macphail
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Morven Bell plays August Keyssner, Im Waldesdom.
Bass Oboe
From Calum Macphail
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Morven Bell plays August Keyssner, Im Waldesdom.
Heckelphone
From Calum Macphail
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Chris J. Day plays Henry Kailimate, G.H. Stoner, On the Beach at Waikiki ('The Golden Hula').
Ukulele
From Calum Macphail
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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.
Glass Flute
From Calum Macphail
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Fin Moore plays Trad., Bràigh Loch Iall.
Smallpipes
From Calum Macphail
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Fin Moore plays Mary Scott, The Flower of Yarrow.
Border Pipes
From Calum Macphail
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Jane Atkins plays Georg Philip Telemann, Fantasie No.1, Largo and Allegro.
Viola
From Calum Macphail
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Gordon Ferries plays Ferdinando Carulli, Morceaux Progressifs, No. 12.
Decacorde
From Calum Macphail
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Trad. Arranged by Tony George, The Bluebells of Scotland.
Quinticlave (Alto Ophicleide)
From Calum Macphail
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Trad. Arranged by Tony George, The Bluebells of Scotland.
Ophicleide
From Calum Macphail
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Luisa Brown plays Ivo Papazov-Ibryama, Bulchenska Ratchenitsa and Ot Azoj Klezmer Band, Turkish Honga.
Stroh Violin
From Calum Macphail
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Trad. Arranged by Tony George, The Bluebells of Scotland.
Contrabass Serpent ('The Anaconda')
From Calum Macphail
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Vijay Kangutkar plays an improvised piece on the tabla.
Tabla
From Calum Macphail
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