Sunday morning music

 

Here's something different to start your Sunday:  a so-called "glass harp".

A glass harp (also called musical glasses, singing glasses, angelic organ, verrillon or ghost fiddle) is a musical instrument made of upright wine glasses.

It is played by running moistened or chalked fingers around the rim of the glasses. Each glass is tuned to a different pitch, either by grinding each goblet to the specified pitch, in which case the tuning is invariable, or by filling the glass with water until the desired pitch is achieved. Adding water causes the pitch to go down. Each glass model may have its pitch lowered by a fourth or even larger interval.

GlassDuo is a partnership between Polish musicians Anna and Arkadiusz Szafraniec.  They've performed all over the world, and have had several pieces of original music composed for them.  Their repertoire is eclectic, from classical to pop to rock music, and including pieces from different countries and musical traditions.

Here are several pieces by Glassduo, solo or accompanied.  I like all of them.

You'll find lots more of their music on their YouTube channel.

Peter