Tuba

Dry after the initial shower; still very windy.  Out first thing to Dobbies in Stockbridge for rosemary and violas. Planted in pots; will see if they survive on the north facing balcony. 

Out in the afternoon to a chamber concert by a brass quintet, The Wallace Collection. They played 

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809) String Quartet ‘The Rider’ - Op 74 no 3, Hoboken No.II:74, arranged for brass quintet by Julien Tollot (1806? - 96)
Jean-François Bellon (1795 – 1869) Movements from Quintets no 1, 4, 8 & 10
and the world premiere of Luke Whitlock's Dance Suite for Cornophones.

Bellon and Mimart were new to me. Excellent musicianship and most enjoyable playing, with commentary from the researcher at the Royal Conservatoire, Glasgow, who has been finding and reissuing newly discovered material for chamber brass. 

There were about 15 different instruments played, including 5 cornophones from St Cecilia's collection. The band undertook to play a piece which they had received the week before, on the museum's instruments, as the last piece in the performance. 

We got a close look at the bass, with 4 rotary valves (in extra). Maker's plate  in 2nd extra with Imperial Eagle. K.und K Hof, instrument maker, Leopold Uhlmann, Wien

Walked back through the Grassmarket and around by the West end of Princes Street gardens which was closed, although the wind had eased up by then.