Douglas Yeo plays the serpent - video 1

This video shows Douglas Yeo, bass trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, playing the serpent. He is playing a French church serpent by C. Baudouin, c. 1812 (Paris, one key). The music is the chant, “Praefatio de Ascensione Domini: from Missale Romanun, Ex Decreto Sacrosancti Concelii Tridentini (MCMXXXV). This video is excerpted from his DVD, “Approaching the Serpent: An Historical and Pedagogical Overview.“ For more information about this DVD, visit Martin Aigner, videography and editing.