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<\/p>\nTuesday December 2nd 2025<\/p>\n
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Arcangelo playing in Rosslyn Chapel<\/p>\n
Written by Midlothian View Reporter, Liam Eunson<\/b><\/p>\n
A new film showing an award-winning ensemble \u2013 including a former pupil at Roslin Primary School \u2013 shot on location at Rosslyn Chapel and Roslin Primary School, has been released.<\/p>\n
The film features the GRAMMY-nominated ensemble Arcangelo, including former Roslin Primary School pupil and violinist Colin Scobie, in performances of traditional Scots folk tunes arranged three hundred years ago by Francesco Barsanti, a travelling Italian musician who came to Edinburgh to find his fortune. <\/p>\n
Blending concert film and documentary, the film also follows Colin as he returns to the modern-day Roslin Primary School, and uncovers some of the beautiful musical features of Rosslyn Chapel in the company of The Countess of Rosslyn.<\/p>\n
Julian Forbes, General Manager of Arcangelo, said: <\/p>\n
\u201cAs we looked further into Barsanti\u2019s music and the historical background, we realised that our project was nothing new at all, but a continuation. Barsanti and his patrons at the Edinburgh Music Society were reinvigorating musical traditions \u2013 \u2018the ancient Scots tunes\u2019 \u2013 by making them available in a published edition suitable for domestic use and adapted to prevailing Baroque fashions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey wanted this music to be played, to be shared, and to be spread. And our fortuitous choice of Rosslyn Chapel also revealed itself to be no simple accident. For we learned that this beautiful place was of founding importance to the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries\u2019 decisive rediscovery of Scottish culture, an inspiration to Burns, to Scott, and to a host of visual artists.\u201d<\/p>\n
One of the players, Colin Scobie, was a pupil at Roslin Primary School between 1995 and 2000. A sought-after specialist in period performance (Arcangelo, OAE, Scottish Ensemble) and chamber music (Maxwell Quartet, Fitzwilliam Quartet), he is also a natural and creative exponent of traditional Scottish fiddle-playing.<\/p>\n
Rosslyn Chapel was founded in 1446 by Sir William St Clair. It is renowned for its medieval stone carvings, including angels \u2013 the \u2018heavenly host\u2019 \u2013 playing musical instruments; at the very top of three pillars in the Lady Chapel, close to the carving of the Nativity, are angels singing and playing instruments including a lute, violin, drum and bagpipes. <\/p>\n
Lady Rosslyn said: <\/p>\n
\u201cThe motto for Arcangelo\u2019s films is \u201cextraordinary music in extraordinary places\u201d and we were all delighted to welcome such talented musicians to play a most appropriate selection of pieces in the extraordinary setting of Rosslyn Chapel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Watch the 30-minute film below.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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