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What’s On at St Cecilia’s Hall
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St Cecilia's Hall 50 Niddry St, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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The Hidden Women of St Cecilia’s Hall
Centre for Research Collections 6th Floor, Main Library, George Square, Edinburgh, United KingdomTalkDr Jenny Nex explores and examines the roles, lives and stories behind the often overlooked women who were instrumental in the making, selling and collecting of some of the instruments in the collection. Jenny Nex is Curator of the Musical Instrument Collection and Lecturer in Musical Instruments at the University of Edinburgh, where her research …
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Madame Florentine Besson and the Birth of the Modern Trumpet
Centre for Research Collections 6th Floor, Main Library, George Square, Edinburgh, United KingdomTalkJoin Dr Sabine Klaus as she explores the role of Madame Florentine Besson in the invention of the modern trumpet, with live demonstrations. The origin of the modern piston-valve trumpet—the trumpet used in most countries today—is often associated with the French firm of Besson. But when and by whom was this iconic trumpet design …
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Sypert Early Music Concert – Silent Speech: Ganassi’s Vision of the Human Voice
St Cecilia's Hall 50 Niddry St, Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomConcertAnna Stegmann (recorder) & Corina Marti (harpsichord) Music in the 16th century was closely connected to the human voice, even when played on instruments. The art of diminution, ornamenting a simple line, allowed performers to shape music with expression and individuality. In La Fontegara (1535), Silvestro Ganassi presents the recorder not just as an instrument, but as a means of speech, capable of expressing a variety …
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Edinburgh Quartet Lunchtime Concert
St Cecilia's Hall 50 Niddry St, Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomConcertPlease note that this event is hosted by an external organisation and not St Cecilia’s Hall. For any enquiries about this specific event please see the organiser contact information below. Beethoven's Op. 18 No. 6 captures the composer at his most playful and searching, its extraordinary final movement — marked La Malinconia — a glimpse …
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Sypert Early Music Concert – Purcell’s & Clarke’s Trumpeter: A Tribute to John Shore
St Cecilia's Hall 50 Niddry St, Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomConcertJean-François Madeuf (natural trumpet) & The Rossetti Players Barbara Konrad, first violin Yun-Kyung Kim-Fernandez, second violinSylvestre Vergez, viola François-Emmanuel Douchy, bass violinMario Sarrechia, harpsichord “Formerly, the trumpet had its place in noisy military music; now, having learned to play softly, it knows how to accompany the most tender flutes and perform in duets with the most delicate voices.” (Godfrey Keller, Six Sonatas…, dedication to …
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Sypert Early Music Concert – Still Life: Early Baroque Fantasy
St Cecilia's Hall 50 Niddry St, Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomConcertMúsica d’Outrora: Conor Gricmanis, violin Pablo Devigo, harpsichord & organ Louis Moisan, baroque guitar & theorbo Timothy Lin, viola da gamba & cello Chun-Yuan Yang, lirone Still Life: Early Baroque Fantasy explores the radical, improvisatory world of the seventeenth-century stylus phantasticus. Through works by Castello, Stradella, Fontana, Buxtehude and others, Música d’Outrora traces a world of sudden contrasts, rhetorical freedom and intense expression. The programme …
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Bi-Weekly Tours at St Cecilia’s Hall
St Cecilia's Hall 50 Niddry St, Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomTourJoin volunteer Jim for a tour of the Laigh Hall and learn about how playing in a group setting works. Immerse yourself in the history behind many of the instruments in our collection at St Cecilia's Hall in one of our free weekly volunteer-led tours. See the instruments come to life through anecdotes, stories and …
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The Edinburgh Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra
St Cecilia's Hall 50 Niddry St, Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomConcertPlease note that this event is hosted by an external organisation and not St Cecilia’s Hall. For any enquiries about this specific event please see the organiser contact information below. The Edinburgh Mandolin and Guitar Orchestra (EMGO) is delighted to be playing at St Cecilia's Hall once again. The orchestra features mandolins, mandolas, guitars and …
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Bi-Weekly Tours at St Cecilia’s Hall
St Cecilia's Hall 50 Niddry St, Edinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomTourJoin volunteer Claire for a tour of the Binks and 1812 Galleries and learn about all things keyboards. Immerse yourself in the history behind many of the instruments in our collection at St Cecilia's Hall in one of our free weekly volunteer-led tours. See the instruments come to life through anecdotes, stories and demonstrations!
Free/Donations appreciated