Introducing the Ophicleide 22 August 2014
John Elliot introduces a relatively rarely seen instrument, the Ophicleide, and talks about its role in Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.
"The name means a serpent, or snake, with keys. Which is exactly what it is."
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