ST. CECILA'S CONCERT HALL, EDINBURGH

摘要

St. Cecilia's Hall is located within the Edinburgh Old Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, approximately 130m from The Royal Mile. The building houses Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall, the second oldest in the British Isles, after the Holywell Music Room in Oxford, as well as the University of Edinburgh's, Music Museum which displays one of the world's most outstanding collection of "early" musical instruments, including many harpsicords, some of which are playable. St Cecilia's is claimed to be the, "only venue in the world where it is possible to regularly hear 18th-century music being played on 18th-century instruments in an 18th-century setting" However, despite this, the concert hall appears virtually unknown among the acoustics community.