▶ "Within the Sound" documentary on Wolfgang Weichselbaumer

The documentary accompanies the Viennese instrument maker Wolfgang Weichselbaumer. Through an analytical, partly pilosophical approach, the autodidact Weichselbaumer seeks the perfect sounding body. Having built hurdy gurdies since he was nineteen he comes to develop an entirely new sounding tool. Encounters with musicians like the Spaniard Germán Díaz allow insights in Weichselbaums working methods. Through the meeting and growing friendship with the legendary French hurdy gurdy player Valentin Clastrier the film intensifies from a documentary report on a nearly forgotten instrument to a portrait, a symbiosis between the unconventional instrument maker and the extraordinary musician.

Within the Sound from Gerald Freimuth on Vimeo.

Trailer –

within the sound trailer_english from Gerald Freimuth on Vimeo.

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Help us complete post-production for a documentary on Spain's Hurdy-Gurdy & its amazing renaissance

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▶ Anna Murphy explains her electric Hurdy-Gurdy, plus an interview too @ Noémie's Daily

[ submitted - thank you Noémie! ]

Anna Murphy explains her electric Hurdy-Gurdy

Published on Nov 25, 2015

In the backstage Anna shows how a hurdy gurdy works

submission: This is my video of Anna presenting her instrument before a show in France! Was really interesting!!! --- (there is also an interview on the Noémie's Daily blog / hgw)

(4) The Hurdy Gurdy Weekly • #HGWeekly:

Noémie's Daily to The Hurdy Gurdy Weekly -This is my video of Anna presenting her instrument before a show in France!...
Posted by The Hurdy Gurdy Weekly • #HGWeekly on Thursday, November 26, 2015

 there is also an interview on the Noemi's Daily blog -
 http://noemiesdaily.wix.com/noemiesdaily#!anna-murphy/sfx71

Anna Murphy-Eluveitie

– After being warmly welcomed by Eluveitie manager, we walk into the backstage. I finally see Anna with a huge smile waiting for me, we check our hands and go to the next room. I speak with her during installing my camera and start the interview.

You are back in Brittany, a Celtic land. What do you feel like playing here?
-Well, we actually have a special setlist prepared, for you guys, because usually, we didn't play “Luxtos” on this tour, but it seems a very popular melody here, we're going to play just for French audiences[smile].

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see also: Conversation with Anna Murphy (#HGWeekly interview 4 October 2014, Sacto CA USA) - YouTube