OTW Hurdy-gurdy concert by Bouffard & Chabenat

This hurdy-gurdy concert by virtuoso players Patrick Bouffard and Gilles Chabenat was filmed at the Over the Water Hurdy-Gurdy festival in September 2006. For information on the festival, visit www.overthewater.org. A CD of this concert is available as a premium for contributing to OTW.

[@marcusmerrin192]

For me this is the defining performance of this duo. Superb.

[@Coletta100]

The sounds are very similar to those of bagpipes, wow ! The song is full of joy ! :-)

[@davebiffuk]

The tunes are: Cochinelle - Jean Blanchard, and: Avant de s'en aller - Pierre Imbert

[@fredrickson1]

WoW...This is Incredible.....Both Players are In Total Tune with Each Other....They look like they have been playing Together for Many Years....

[@girlgenius17]

Wow. These guys are AMAZING. The hurdy gurdy sounds like a violin/cello had a baby with a bagpipe. Way to combine my two favorite instruments EVER! :D

[@cajonbongo2007]

Absolutely first class! Thanks.

[@PeterPiper86]

No words could possibly describe how beautifully this sounds! Truly, these guys are masters! Thanks for sharing this vid :)

[@Thorens]

It's like guitar-shredding on the hurdy-gurdy. That's crazy! :D
But I love it, can't get enough of that instrument.

[@IvonicePowell]

absolutely brilliant ! please post more vids of Patrick and Giles ! they are the best xx

[@42whatelse]

Beautiful! Beautiful!

[@dmn0323]

Very interesting instrument and clearly well played. Thanks for sharing!

[@captbobalou]

Fantastic!

[@TustBart]

Simplement impressionnant... respect

[@harnessbells]

Just love this.
Hard to even know what to say.
Very, very, very nice.

[@guidi2005]

I am blown away

[@jenniferjuniper97]

Mesmerizingly beautiful :)

[@laellagos]

Thank you for reminding me why I love the hurdy so much. These hurdies have such a beautiful, full sound - unlike most of the out of tune screetchers here on RUclips. :P Then again, I'm sure they must've cost a small fortune. Double thumbs up for the players!

[@FlukeThing]

Beautiful! Well done :D

[@wildchurch]

Phenomenal!

[@BobbieBees]

Drones and Chanters, just like my other favourite instrument. I guess that makes the Hurdy Gurdy the bagpipe of the stringed world.
That would be an awesome performance bagpipes AND hurdy gurdies.

[@chavan03]

Cette vidéo est bien. Si elle vous a plu, essayez d'écouter ces deux vielleux(Patrick Bouffard et Gilles Chabenat)dans leurs propres enregistrements. Ainsi vous serez conquis par la vielle à roue Centre France

[@bd5035]

How tricky it must be to keep the two at the same tune....great job! :)

[@Floor107]

Got to bring them back to the NW!

[@OversizedTwit]

A decent low-end one is generally somewhere in the vicinity of 1.5-2k. A really good lute-back, something like Bouffard's (ponytail guy) would probably be at least three times that, quite possibly more. Chabenat's...I'm not sure.

[@Whitefire26]

2.4k USD would get you one you could use for years but the top notch ones will go for about 4k and are very rare in the US.

[@dmsanct]

It's quite interesting the fact that you actually spin the thingy with your right hand and play with your left

[@flvnow]

I've always considered the HG as a medieval synth

[@HaileISela]

Somewhere I know the first tune they play from... But it's a different version...
Selah

[@Ekkso]

Hehe, for me the 2 best french players (and so world players)

[@zhukant]

What is this tune called? I really love it. I've listened to it like eight times already =Þ

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