SimonThoumire Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 I've recently made a few vlogs and recordings featuring the beautiful Scottish air Coilsfield House by Nathaniel Gow. Below is two recordings I made with David McGuinness - take one and take two! I've also included a video I made about the history of Coilsfield House and it's own Sir Hugh Montgomerie. Thanks for watching / listening! Oh yeah you can download the original 1809 version of tune here. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich C R Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Many thanks for posting this Simon. I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to it (over and over again) and find your playing really inspiring. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Thank you, Simon. I have loved this tune for decades, and for the longest time didn’t know what it was called, where it came from, or where I first heard it (the latter still escapes me). I really enjoyed the history video, particularly the “Old King Cole” tie-in. “Coilsfield House” was the Concertina.net “Tune of the Month” in November, 2015. This was the rendition I submitted then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonThoumire Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) That lovely David! Great harmonies! King Coil's Grave is really interesting. Like most things there is nothing left of it and you wouldn't notice it if it wasn't featured on the map. Bones were found there in the early nineteenth century and a really interesting carved stone. There are pictures of it on the net but I don't know if anyone knows where it was. https://canmore.org.uk/site/42711/coilsfield-mains-king-coils-grave Edited March 18, 2019 by SimonThoumire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Barnert Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 On 3/18/2019 at 11:15 AM, SimonThoumire said: That lovely David! Great harmonies! Thank you, Simon. It is, of course, a Hayden Duet concertina, not an English (though made by Wheatstone/Dickinson). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcoover Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Here's a harmonic-style arrangement in G for 30-button C/G Anglo that goes waaaay up into the high notes, sounding a little reminiscent of a music box. Gary Coilsfield-House-G-ANGLO-high.pdf 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon ds Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Robert Burns’ girlfriend lived there... https://tunearch.org//wiki/Annotation:Coilsfield_House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Burns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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