This is my father Alan Lumsden on the serpent, who died in 2020. We have the instrument hanging on the wall at my mum's house still. Thank you so much for these videos, they have made my mum cry.
Dear Ben, thank you so much for commenting. Your father was the unsung hero behind many great early music performances and really shines on these 'Ancestral Voices' programmes.
Looks like I’m chiming in a year too late. Just wanted to say that your dad was a brilliant musician! I still treasure the records he played on with Munrow.
I last saw that when it was first broadcast in the mid '70s. (It had to be before 1976.) Hearing David's voice brought back memories of when I mitched from school so as to listen to aThe Pied Piper. Poor David!
Is it possible to find the full series for viewing? David Munrow’s early music program was once fully available on UA-cam in my teenage years around 2012, and it deeply affected me in my love of Early Music. I wasn’t aware of this program and I desperately wish to see it.
Berlioz used a serpent in his original orchestration for la symphonie fantastique (I think in the last mvt) in 1830 so it’s not as anachronistic as it seems
This is my father Alan Lumsden on the serpent, who died in 2020. We have the instrument hanging on the wall at my mum's house still. Thank you so much for these videos, they have made my mum cry.
Dear Ben, thank you so much for commenting. Your father was the unsung hero behind many great early music performances and really shines on these 'Ancestral Voices' programmes.
Your father is awesome
Must be very hard for your mum to watch.
So sorry for your loss..
Such wonderful performance❤❤❤❤❤
Looks like I’m chiming in a year too late. Just wanted to say that your dad was a brilliant musician! I still treasure the records he played on with Munrow.
Such beautiful music. I'm seeing this in 2024. Thanks for posting.
I didn't know David Munrow could also play the piano... thanks for these videos.
I last saw that when it was first broadcast in the mid '70s. (It had to be before 1976.) Hearing David's voice brought back memories of when I mitched from school so as to listen to aThe Pied Piper. Poor David!
I wonder what the Serpent flight case looks like!
That serpent is the perfect Monty Python sound 😊
Jolly good show!
Is it possible to find the full series for viewing? David Munrow’s early music program was once fully available on UA-cam in my teenage years around 2012, and it deeply affected me in my love of Early Music. I wasn’t aware of this program and I desperately wish to see it.
Wagner still used that instrument in his opera Rienzi
EMC, best group EVER
That was in the 1970's, I know because of the bell bottoms!!!!!!!!!! 🤣😂
We're dating ourselves.
It sounds like a cross between Trumpet/ French horn. As a flautist, I’m interested in the fingering chart- interesting instrument.
What a beautiful instrument so much than the terrible tuba!
You're nuts
I didn't know it was possible for an investment to have an English accent?
The piano accompaniment is badly anachronistic, couldn't they use a harpsichord?
Maybe the piano was all they had to work with...
Berlioz used a serpent in his original orchestration for la symphonie fantastique (I think in the last mvt) in 1830 so it’s not as anachronistic as it seems