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St Cecilia's Hall: all things musical instruments
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2020
St Cecilia's Hall is Scotland's oldest concert hall and the home to the University of Edinburgh's world famous musical instrument collection.
Learn about the fascinating history of musical instruments, their performers and makers on this channel. We feature demonstrations of our collection, concerts performed in our historic building, behind the scene tours, interviews with experts, and silly facts about musical instruments and historic performance.
ABOUT: We are a small group of people who are passionate about musical instruments and their history and who work at St Cecilia's Hall. Technically we are organologist (people who study the history and development of musical instruments) and have many advanced degrees between us, but let's be honest - we are instrument geeks!
If you like what we do, please subscribe. Also, visit us the next time you are in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Learn about the fascinating history of musical instruments, their performers and makers on this channel. We feature demonstrations of our collection, concerts performed in our historic building, behind the scene tours, interviews with experts, and silly facts about musical instruments and historic performance.
ABOUT: We are a small group of people who are passionate about musical instruments and their history and who work at St Cecilia's Hall. Technically we are organologist (people who study the history and development of musical instruments) and have many advanced degrees between us, but let's be honest - we are instrument geeks!
If you like what we do, please subscribe. Also, visit us the next time you are in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Instrument Conservation: A Talk by Conservator Dr Jonathan Santa Maria Bouquet
If you've visited our museum you've probably seen into our conservation studio and wondered what on earth goes on in there. Or perhaps you've been to a concert here to see one of our historic harpsichords played and asked yourself how we preserve these instruments to keep them playable and why we let people play them at all.
If you want to learn about why, what, and how we do conservation here at St Cecilia's then enjoy this short informal talk by our conservator to get a glimpse into the wonderful world of instrument conservation.
If you want to learn about why, what, and how we do conservation here at St Cecilia's then enjoy this short informal talk by our conservator to get a glimpse into the wonderful world of instrument conservation.
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How the Corri Women Changed Music in Eighteenth-Century Edinburgh with Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland
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As part of a week-long celebratory programme of events in honour of International Women's Day 2024, Dr Brianna Robertson-Kirkland held a talk here at St Cecilia's Hall on how the often-overlooked Corri women changed music in eighteenth-century Edinburgh. This video is a recording of the event which took place on the 7th of March 2024.
Through to the Meadow: Queer Voices in Folk
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In the autumn of 2023, St Cecilia's Hall held a series of concerts celebrating LGBTQ folk musicians. Funded with the support of Museums Galleries Scotland, the three events invited participants to experience narratives not always featured in the folk community, socialise in a safe and welcoming space and to learn about our musical instruments through guided tours. This short video shows highlig...
BSL translated tour highlight: attending a concert at St Cecilia's Hall
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Catch a glimpse of our first ever, BSL translated tour of St Cecilia's Hall with Deaf Action! Our amazing volunteer Dona worked with Pascal from DeafAction to give visitors a taste of attending a concert in our historic building.
An exploration of 'Mr Charles the Hungarian' and Baroque horns.
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During the recording of Mr Charles the Hungarian, horn players Anneke Scott and Patrick Broderick made a journey to the Musical Instrument Collection of the University of Edinburgh to explore their Baroque horns. This special pair of instruments, made by Hofmaster (MIMEd 3296 & 3297), date from the time of the Mr Charles concert in 1742, recreated by the IBO and Peter Whelan on 'Mr Charles the ...
Enharmonic chamber organ by Thomas Parker
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For the last few months our enharmonic chamber organ made by Thomas Parker in London in 1765 has been undergoing conservation and restoration. It is now back on display and in tip top shape in the Binks Gallery. Willie Hendry demonstrates its sound in the short video made by the St C's team. What is an enharmonic organ? This instrument was made during a time when sharps and flats were different...
Madame Sidney Pratten's Guitar
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Tim Beattie (timbeattie.ca.websitematic.ca/ & th-cam.com/channels/Y5rThPX72BJFHppSBX62Mw.html) performs the Malbrook Fantasy by Madame Sidney Pratten on a guitar owned by the composer and guitar virtuoso at St Cecilia's Hall on 7 February 2021. Catharina Josepha Pratten (15 November 1824 - 1895) was a German guitar virtuoso, composer and teacher, also known as Madame Sidney Pratten. Instrument ...
圣塞西利亚音乐厅 世纪兴衰史
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Informative video about the history of St Cecilia's Hall with Chinese subtitles.
Scottish smallpipes discussion
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Fin Moore introduces viewers to a set of smallpipes made circa 1800. collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/16776?highlight=5910
Why Play the Serpent
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Explore the benefits of music for your health through the sounds of forgotten instruments. The serpent is an unusual musical instrument with history going back to the 16th century. It’s one of many historic musical instruments in the collection at St Cecilia’s Hall at the University of Edinburgh. This event will bring back some of these forgotten instruments with a live online performance toget...
Tabla
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Vijay Kangutkar performs on the tabla and discusses how tabla players learn their technique.
Shakuhachi
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Markus Guhe plays MIMEd 5584, a shakuhachi from the Tozan school made in the early 20th century.
Trompe dauphine
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Fergus Kerr demonstrates a hunting horn made in Paris in 1721 and discusses how it is played.
Ukulele
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Chris J. Day discusses and plays the Kumalae ukulele of c. 1910. collections.ed.ac.uk/stcecilias/record/96147
Beautifully done. ........and I love your Algiz amulet.
A saxophone in essence. It doesn't matter that it's not the reed that vibrates, but the lips. The main thing is that the principle of changing sounds is completely saxophone-like and the pipe goes on a cone, unlike the clarinet. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
I play Irish fiddle, but I’ve been playing many Norwegian tunes for nearly twenty years now… where can I get a Hardanger?? 😆 They’re never for sale ANYWHERE I look. I mean, unless I wanted to risk ordering from eBay, lots of Hardangers from China, but there’s a $100 shipping fee on top of a $600-$1k fiddle, which may need to be taken to a shop upon delivery. If the quality is bad… lol
Hardangers are truly beautiful works of craftsmanship, so if you are serious about buying one, then we would suggest contacting reputable makers. There are many traditional workshops in Norway (for example www.felemakeriet.no/english/home/ or hardangerfiddles.com/pages/about) but also in the USA (karenrebholz.weebly.com/, hardingfele.com/). The instruments will not be cheap, but buying from a maker means you will get a quality instrument that you can enjoy for decades.
Great demonstration. ❤❤
Interesting.
In a lifetime of music and with a mother who was an orchestral violinist, I've never heard (no pun intended) of a mute violin. Thank you, Edinburgh University,
Hello, it is interesting to see and listen to an original decacorde, I subscribe, greetings.
Muito parecido com o Cravo.
Again, lovely tone to it. Has the oboe's plaintiveness with hints of bassoon subtlety.
Lovely tone....
I disguise? Stop being dramatic. The Jarana is an adaptation of a Spanish guitar
I really love the earthy resonance of that wood. Beautiful instrument.
Wonderful to see and hear! Is this the instrument Haydn wrote his concerto for?
Hi @wdashwor - great question. Haydn wrote the concerto for the keyed trumpet, a similar instrument, but one that was invented just before the keyed bugle. The keyed trumpet is cylindrical and the keyed bugle is conical. collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/18067?highlight=keyed+trumpet
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Unique folk pocket violin 60x5x5cm, without sound holes, experiment Test 973 th-cam.com/video/pMzY-cKYDHo/w-d-xo.html
Great clip thank you! Great to share with your brass students
Thank you for the compliment! Please do feel free to share the video.
Great instrument!
MAKE IT FART
Basicamente um oboé d'amore só que maior
I'd be interested to hear him playing it after about a week of practicing on it. He doesn't seem to really know how to play it.
Every performance is improved with practice. Historic instruments can often to be difficult to play - especially if it is one of a kind, like this particular example is. There are no 'fingering charts' or method books for the Anaconda, so playing the instrument is always an adventure.
I have no idea where my hieland laddie's gone, but that's a cool instrument.
Lovely video, very informative, but still quick and digestible!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Amos Midwinter played Pochette perhaps dimly dreamed as violin by John Buchan …
Sounds like the background music at the end of a war movie
ok nerd?
It would have been much easier to play if the bridge was on its historically correct location: between sound holes and tailpiece! See The Galpin Society Journal, LXXI, march 2018, pp. 35-56, pp. 145-147, and Early Music, Volume 48, Issue 2, May 2020, p. 225-250.
Having only enjoyed visiting the finished building, it's fascinating to see the process of redevelopment and restoration.
Hadn't even noticed this video. The TH-cam algorithm does work in rather strange ways..
This is beautiful. I'm a trombone player and this is now my new favorite
So glad you liked the video and the instrument.
Thanks! It’s like a mix of saxophone and brass
Wow!
This feels as a good alternative for playing violin in a seemingly to me more comfortable placement-way to get initiated in a string instrument and her "typicals" (articulations) for translating this into my "sample library"-played keyboard system. Just a first pop-upping thought.
Fork fingerings, this recorder player feels right at home! Would love to have one!
sweet job
The clarinet is kind of a downgrade, at least tone-wise. Not sure about range and such; I don't play either instrument.
Very interesting indeed. Thank you!
Almost has a bowed string-like quality reminiscent of a hurdy-gurdy or a viol or something. Would be interesting to hear a whole section of these playing chords; I suspect in a wind band they could easily take the place of tenor string parts.
This must be the violin Mr. Krabs was talking about 😭🎻
I saw one of these back in 1978 at the IDRS festival at Occidental College.
Quite the cute, little instrument. It packs a big punch, for it's little size.
Very cool. Question, that's a full size violin bow, right? Would there traditionally been a pocket sized bow to go with the pochette?
Yes, the performer used his own bow, which was a smaller baroque-style bow. There were bows made specifically for pochettes (kits) and we have a few in our collection, but they are not in playing condition, so we could not use them for the filming. Here are some links with examples: collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/14743?highlight=bow collections.ed.ac.uk/mimed/record/17503?highlight=bow
It has a sweeter tone than the modern clarinet, I like it better.
Agreed! We think it is important to remember that with musical instruments modern doesn't always mean "better". Many instruments of the past have beautiful sounds.
Thanks :)
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The keyed bugle sounds so much better than a valved cornet! It seems to have so much more expressive possibilities than modern valved brass!
Beautiful instrument, beautifully played. Thank you for uploading this. ❤
The one time I've heard a baritone oboe played in person was when the Paris Conservatoire orchestra performed Edgard Varèse's Arcana in concert at Radio France, December 1984.
I play pontic lyre It's almost same traditional instrument we have here in Greece on pontus!!!
How very cool! I wasn't aware of the similarity between the two instruments. Thanks for sharing.
Hola...que bien suena el violín Stroh yo tengo uno y no me suena también...por favor que cuerdas usas.. gracias un abrazo ..
Hola Tito, gracias por tu comentario. Usamos cuerdas de tripa en el Stroh. Aquí está el sitio web de la marca: aquilacorde.com/en/shop/early-music-strings/violin-viola-cello/violin/set-violino-en/baroque-violin-setup-according-to-todays-criteria-in-lamb-gut/
Wow. -Didn't see that one comin'. I think I woulda marked it off if I hadn't have heard it first. I've never seen this instrument. -And I know everything.
Before they putted electronics in them?
Thank you 🙏🏽 for this vid