Why is nobody moving subject as they multiply, if there was a hundred of their men had to occur Associations incest. Can someone answer me this question. I think that for the Scots is something quite normal to have a child with his sister or brother.
Were they any happier when they left their island? What a haunting place. Is there anywhere else in our world like St. Kilda? The piano piece did well to create the mood for those of us who will never get there, but think of her from time to time. The outer Hebrides are the great escape from our mundane existence and surely St. Kilda is the jewel in the crown.
i'm not completely certain that from 6.50-7.50 minutes in that this was hirta. the clothing doesnt fit with St kildans normal dress. particularly in the later days of the island being inhabited. i may be wrong but it may have been from lewis..??..
well spotted - it is taken from a film that pretends to re-enact the evacuation of St Kilda. It was actually filmed on Foula in Shetland in the 1940s (I think). All the other footage is authentic.
its certainly not a criticism, but having read so much but as of yet not visited i thought there was a few discrepencies. great wee film and the sound track was atmospheric.
The footage is absoulutely facinating, and the music is beautiful, but I'm not sure they go together. I can't help thinking that some sort of Gaelic influence would have been more appropriate, adding a dimension to the music that the islanders themselves perhaps could have identified with. All the same, impressive stuff.
sorry to take so long to reply. Yes, I know what you mean, but the intention was to break from a musical cliche that often surrounds scottish music. Did they have their own musical tradition, and if so, was it gaelic influenced or something else entirely ? We will probably never know.
Just to give you a sense of how isolated the islanders were, it is said that after the Battle of Culloden in 1746, British soliers landed on Hirta looking for Bonnie Prince Charles, following up on a rumor that he and some of his senior Jacobite aides had escaped to St Kilda. But the soldiers discovered that the isolated natives knew nothing of the prince--and neither had they heard of King George II.
your hollydays had been productives, and this piano compose is FIVE STARS ...maybe Paul influences in minute 2:00 ? and Rick Davies in 5:09 to 5:19 or it´s just my imagination
Thanks. my main model for this piece was in fact a short mccartney piece for solo piano called "a leaf". The aim was to write something simple, but with emotional weight and tragedy. You might hear bits of him - yes at 2.00, I know what you mean. Who is Rick Davies ?
yes, i have the supertramp music book too. I don't deliberately use any influences - if i'm in the right mood, it's like discovering something that is already there. Like chipping at a block of stone to find the sculpture waiting underneath - the best songs are like that.
I want to go to ST Kilda it is just the most amazing place but it looks difficult to acess with such high cliffs! Is it true that in 1800 before the whole world found them they were still living in Medieval houses?
the houses they were living in were built from stone and probably more like "iron age" houses. The life they lived had remained virtually unchanged for a thousand years. There are now day trips from the Outer hebrides, I believe. Check the St. Kilda website.
What's your connection to St K or why the interest? I visited a number of times - never to be forgotten even though i live on the other side of the world now.
Hi, I have visited the outer hebrides and other scottish islands, but never yet been to st.kilda. It represents to me a "time capsule" of a world that had not changed for centuries. I was also fascinated by how unique the geology is - the ice sheets did not cover st.kilda, so we have stack lee, which is daunting.
thank you. i would like to take credit for the playing, but due to the advanced nature of sound samples, this is actually a virtual piano that is playing my midi file - that i have carefully doctored with tempo changes, dynamics, etc. guitar samples are not yet as good as the real thing !
the story of st kilda is fascinating, as they lived a stone age life up until the 20th century. would like to visit one day - now uninhabited.
Most of the footage is from the DVD "The Edge of the World" by Michael Powell. The lives of these people had changed little from the Iron Age, at the time when they were "dicovered" by Victorian writers.
There still is a place like st.kilda but it is actually inhabitable and the names canna
MacOSXTutorials21 11 months ago
Why is nobody moving subject as they multiply, if there was a hundred of their men had to occur Associations incest. Can someone answer me this question. I think that for the Scots is something quite normal to have a child with his sister or brother.
volvo152 11 months ago
Were they any happier when they left their island? What a haunting place. Is there anywhere else in our world like St. Kilda? The piano piece did well to create the mood for those of us who will never get there, but think of her from time to time. The outer Hebrides are the great escape from our mundane existence and surely St. Kilda is the jewel in the crown.
TheThurso67 2 years ago
i'm not completely certain that from 6.50-7.50 minutes in that this was hirta. the clothing doesnt fit with St kildans normal dress. particularly in the later days of the island being inhabited. i may be wrong but it may have been from lewis..??..
tartanbeastie 3 years ago
well spotted - it is taken from a film that pretends to re-enact the evacuation of St Kilda. It was actually filmed on Foula in Shetland in the 1940s (I think). All the other footage is authentic.
adrianallan 3 years ago
its certainly not a criticism, but having read so much but as of yet not visited i thought there was a few discrepencies. great wee film and the sound track was atmospheric.
tartanbeastie 3 years ago
thanks - nice to know I've please a Scot. Never been either, but St kilda's fascinating story about an island locked in time.
adrianallan 3 years ago
The footage is absoulutely facinating, and the music is beautiful, but I'm not sure they go together. I can't help thinking that some sort of Gaelic influence would have been more appropriate, adding a dimension to the music that the islanders themselves perhaps could have identified with. All the same, impressive stuff.
ohyesmaybe 3 years ago
sorry to take so long to reply. Yes, I know what you mean, but the intention was to break from a musical cliche that often surrounds scottish music. Did they have their own musical tradition, and if so, was it gaelic influenced or something else entirely ? We will probably never know.
adrianallan 3 years ago
Just to give you a sense of how isolated the islanders were, it is said that after the Battle of Culloden in 1746, British soliers landed on Hirta looking for Bonnie Prince Charles, following up on a rumor that he and some of his senior Jacobite aides had escaped to St Kilda. But the soldiers discovered that the isolated natives knew nothing of the prince--and neither had they heard of King George II.
aarfeld 3 years ago
Thanks for that insight - fascinating stuff !
adrianallan 3 years ago
GREAT as expected
you are a maestro
your hollydays had been productives, and this piano compose is FIVE STARS ...maybe Paul influences in minute 2:00 ? and Rick Davies in 5:09 to 5:19 or it´s just my imagination
whatever what done is done: GREAT WORK dude
eddiemolmol 4 years ago
Thanks. my main model for this piece was in fact a short mccartney piece for solo piano called "a leaf". The aim was to write something simple, but with emotional weight and tragedy. You might hear bits of him - yes at 2.00, I know what you mean. Who is Rick Davies ?
adrianallan 4 years ago
Rick Davies is the genious Supertramp pianist
and some parts sounded to me , but it was an illution
fantastic work again, dude
litolirio 4 years ago
yes, i have the supertramp music book too. I don't deliberately use any influences - if i'm in the right mood, it's like discovering something that is already there. Like chipping at a block of stone to find the sculpture waiting underneath - the best songs are like that.
adrianallan 4 years ago
you are GREAT
you only works by "inspiration state"
like other fantastic artist i´ve known
litolirio 4 years ago
Amazing footage. Thankyou for that.
NiallMS 4 years ago
I want to go to ST Kilda it is just the most amazing place but it looks difficult to acess with such high cliffs! Is it true that in 1800 before the whole world found them they were still living in Medieval houses?
Jl200 5 years ago
the houses they were living in were built from stone and probably more like "iron age" houses. The life they lived had remained virtually unchanged for a thousand years. There are now day trips from the Outer hebrides, I believe. Check the St. Kilda website.
adrianallan 5 years ago
What's your connection to St K or why the interest? I visited a number of times - never to be forgotten even though i live on the other side of the world now.
katrinanzl 4 years ago
Hi, I have visited the outer hebrides and other scottish islands, but never yet been to st.kilda. It represents to me a "time capsule" of a world that had not changed for centuries. I was also fascinated by how unique the geology is - the ice sheets did not cover st.kilda, so we have stack lee, which is daunting.
adrianallan 4 years ago
I hope you get there some day it is an amazing place.
katrinanzl 4 years ago
I never heard of St Kilda until this video, the music fits too, nice playing
llanbradach 5 years ago
thank you. i would like to take credit for the playing, but due to the advanced nature of sound samples, this is actually a virtual piano that is playing my midi file - that i have carefully doctored with tempo changes, dynamics, etc. guitar samples are not yet as good as the real thing !
the story of st kilda is fascinating, as they lived a stone age life up until the 20th century. would like to visit one day - now uninhabited.
adrianallan 5 years ago
Great video and music
bigwallypants 5 years ago
Great video! Iv read alot about St Kilda and some of this old footage is amazing
Loz286 5 years ago
Most of the footage is from the DVD "The Edge of the World" by Michael Powell. The lives of these people had changed little from the Iron Age, at the time when they were "dicovered" by Victorian writers.
adrianallan 5 years ago