Marion and Richard Maudsley gave a lecture on the bagpipes,
Marion contributing the Art and Richard the technical and practical aspects. Bagpipes
are found all over Europe and , accordingly, are found in European painting and
sculpture.
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Marion’s lecture began with the Scottish highland bagpipe,
with images from the 18
th to 20
th centuries. Richard
played small pipes from Scotland and Northumberland and explained their function and we were able to sing some well-known songs
to his accompaniment. We saw paintings by Breughel, Durer and van Dyck which
all feature pipers. Marion finished her talk with the Kelvingrove painting of
The Pifferari by Turner. This was a fitting
end to a comprehensive and accomplished lecture.
