Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Lori Watson plays a traditional reel by James Scott Skinner on a violin by Matthew Hardie, made in Edinburgh in 1805 (MIMEd 3105).
Matthew Hardie (1754-1826) was an important and influential violin maker, who has been called the 'Scottish Stradivari'. Based in Edinburgh, Hardie sold instruments to the elite of the city, including many members of the Edinburgh Musical Society, the organisation that built St Cecilia’s Hall in 1763. Today his instruments are sought after for both classical and traditional music performance.
James Scott Skinner (5 August 1843 – 17 March 1927) was a Scottish dancing master, violinist, fiddler, and composer. His tune, The Left-handed Fiddler, was composed for the left-handed fiddler George Taylor and was published in 1904 in The Harp & Claymore Collection.
Lori Watson is an award-winning performer and Lecturer in Scottish Ethnology, part of the Celtic and Scottish Studies Department at The University of Edinburgh. She has become a leading interpreter of Scottish folk music and Scots song and her skills as a performer, composer, researcher and educator are widely recognised. Learn more at loriwatson.net & facebook.com/traditionalartsperformance
Lori Watson plays a traditional reel by James Scott Skinner on a violin by Matthew Hardie, made in Edinburgh in 1805 (MIMEd 3105).
Matthew Hardie (1754-1826) was an important and influential violin maker, who has been called the 'Scottish Stradivari'. Based in Edinburgh, Hardie sold instruments to the elite of the city, including many members of the Edinburgh Musical Society, the organisation that built St Cecilia’s Hall in 1763. Today his instruments are sought after for both classical and traditional music performance.
James Scott Skinner (5 August 1843 – 17 March 1927) was a Scottish dancing master, violinist, fiddler, and composer. His tune, The Left-handed Fiddler, was composed for the left-handed fiddler George Taylor and was published in 1904 in The Harp & Claymore Collection.
Lori Watson is an award-winning performer and Lecturer in Scottish Ethnology, part of the Celtic and Scottish Studies Department at The University of Edinburgh. She has become a leading interpreter of Scottish folk music and Scots song and her skills as a performer, composer, researcher and educator are widely recognised. Learn more at loriwatson.net & facebook.com/traditionalartsperformance
