Unexpected Instruments | Wagner Tuba

[@christophbader3713]

I absolutely fell in love with these instrument, when I finally heard it live. Adagio of Bruckners 8th Symphony. The sound of the hole orchestra just deepens so much. Very difficult to describe. And in the adagio of the 9th Symphony is a section, when normal horns come after the Wagner ones. Something archaically haunting followed by something absolutely beautiful. I am not much of a vertical listener - but these instruments just make such a different!

[@bolemirnoc604]

The instrument Janacek uses in Sinfonietta is actually Bassflügelhorn, common in the Bohemian brass music, played by trombonists (as in Mahler 7), not Wagner tubas.

[@nick_dayungog]

Ha nerd!

[@nick_dayungog]

Jk

[@ilovemydog6847]

Such a wonderful introduction to such a beautiful instrument. Thank you so much 😊💖🎶

[@tubagabrii]

Wonderful! I love the Wagner tuba in Bruckner 7.

[@patmcintire9875]

fun fact.....it was also the horns used on Mason Williams 1968 "Classical Gas"

[@ericanderson3534]

I will buy my Wagner Tuben set today to preserve this marvelous invention by Wagner.

[@NigelRamses]

What kind did you get?

[@thomastyrrell49]

It’s funny how it’s a “tuba” but not at all in the tuba range, at least what I think of when I hear tuba

[@Fafner1956]

Wagner tubas are in B and F. The Wagertuba in F is in the same range as the F-Tuba!

[@TheStickCollector]

Nice

[@bobboscarato1313]

Eerie horn sounds!

[@Qermaq]

why does the female hornist at the end use a different grip?

[@eugeniocollinassi.1548]

There's no prescribed grip for these, some hold them like a steering wheel (your hands on 9:15 of a clock), some hold them with the right hand near the bell

[@kyprijan]

Это не тот Вагнер!