Mary Bergin, Cologne, Germany, 1990 (2)

[@roman2374]

Every time I see videos of a crowd without smartphones I get so nostalgic

[@williebourke9962]

Is there anyone finer than her on this magic instrument,I honestly don't think so👏👏👏👏

[@ericjam6346]

I wish there was more of Mary on KZbin!

[@davidpower3102]

Me too.

[@kevinburnsmusic3896]

Wow I remember busking at that very spot in 1994... no-one gave me money. Mary Bergin taught me the whistle to :)

[@kevinforde2555]

Great timing, lovely tunes

[@QRS666]

Ahh So nice th actually see her playing after hearing her for so many years :) Love her version of "Laurel Tree" :)

[@FatherDinny]

This gives me goosebumps, up Ireland !!! 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@amirulpipe]

the air is called "Bean Dubh An Gleanna"..Tune made famous by Seamus Eniss..

[@FatherDinny]

you’re a god !

[@wadefite]

Was June Tabor performing on this day. I seem to remember a vide with the same backdrop and similar crowd.

[@VanMoonrunner]

Thank you!

[@kevinforde2555]

OMG , absolutely brilliant

[@BradMaestas]

The first piece (the air) is called "Cailín na Gruaige Báine."

[@khalidmehmood004]

AWESOME AND AN AMAZING. BRAVO WITH * * * * * *

[@antoniobaptista9331]

Com instrumentos simples fazem béla música.

[@billyarseface]

Fair play to you Mr Berin. Great work indeed. A proud Irish man.

[@georgelelandturner]

Did anyone else cringe when the guy took her tin whistle in his hand. You don't touch a musicians axe.

[@gerardkinsella6034]

The queen of tin whistle 🇮🇪💪

[@bobpegritz555]

Love ya, Mary.

[@paddyearly]

Brilliant tin whistle playing✅🇮🇪

[@Dayepipes]

Good octave tuning requires the bore tapering to become narrower at the bottom than at the top. If the Generation is a straight tube, you can find a way to make a long, very slightly tapered stick, or find a tapered grass, and insert it into the bore with the very thin end above the top hole, and the thicker end at the bottom. Perhaps 1mm to 3-4 mm diameter at the bottom. Uilleann pipes have used this method for centuries to adjust their octave tuning to different reeds.

[@lorenzotomaselli4043]

mary sei mitica

[@ethandagamer255]

Nice and to find that the name of cologne is pronoused (kel-n)

[@Pia93]

Actually it is [kœln] hehe😁👍

[@tomeasterday]

My Irish whistle goddess

[@Patxikudelatxams]

Ou comment enthousiasmer 5 000 personnes avec un bout de ferraille... A la bonne heure Mary!!!

[@trickieloop]

The Best !

[@johnkeppel1313]

Is the air not Se fath mo Bhuartha?

[@eaglewolfff]

John Keppel No.

[@Dayepipes]

1/2 to 1 mm diameter at the top, 3-4 mm at the bottom. Hold in place using sticky tape.

[@yvopythagoric]

Remarquable !

[@kylesi2173]

anyone know the name of this song?

[@manlizou6863]

how can we get a good tune Tin generation whistle??? Will all whistles in a bad and noisy tune when you blow it at the very beginning?

[@Ubu987]

You may have to buy a few before you find one that suits you, but it is mainly down to embouchure, breath control, and placing the fingers accurately but lightly over the holes.

[@SuchanDEJP]

@@Ubu987 Learn to play and every Generation sounds great

[@Ubu987]

@@SuchanDEJP Generation whistles have very good quality control, and they sound great in general. Even so, you may have a favorite in your collection that you keep returning to. They can be modified to improve their sound, and there are videos illustrating how to do so, from making them tunable, to filling the cavity under the fipple with blu-tack to give them a more stable, flute-like tone.

[@mickwall1286]

Well, nearly...

[@cotillion1687]

You know it's the 90s when everyones clothes look like they're hobos

[@Ubu987]

In the 80s, you would not see the clothes because of a cloud of rigidly-permed big hair with highlights, which is just as well because spandex does not look well on most people.

[@marcelooliveira814]

Mary Baggins*

[@gabrielkeown4620]

The tin whistle Princess

[@mickwall1286]

So..... in Germany we clap in time.....

[@tgon93]

gandalf at 1:52

[@ahryan8557]

Glory to God in heaven above...for His name is Jesus...the Messiah.

[@tomgreene1843]

Mary ... a great whistler on a cheap whistle ..