Introducing the Serpent

Subscribe: Join as a channel member! Support our channel and get access to exclusive content of full performances on historically authentic instruments: Andrew Kershaw shows us a rare and endangered instrument, seldom found in orchestras of today; the serpent - an unusual looking beast, distant relative of the tuba, which composers such as Wagner, Mendelssohn and Berlioz wrote for. Hear the serpent live at our concerts of Mendelssohn: 0:00 Introduction 0:12 History 0:26 Construction 0:50 Why it is a brass instrument 0:59 The six fingerholes 1:31 Composers who wrote for it 1:55 Keys added and development of Ophicleide 2:14 Capriol Suite, Peter Warlock ___ Website: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: Website: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: