Double bassist Aaron Olguin is classically trained, but he also loves rock and roll. Olguin says that when a double bass concerto by Andres Martin premiered in 2012, it shook the double bass world. On today's show, hear Aaron Olguin play a classical concerto with undercurrents of rock: the Double Bass Concerto No. 1 by Andres Martin.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Edward Joseph Collins: Canons
Anna Polonsky, piano
Music of Edward Collins, Vol. X
Troy 1230
Aaron Copland: El Salon Mexico
Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra; Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
Franz Schubert: Piano Trio in E-flat Major, D. 929: Movements 1 & 2
Robert Levin, piano; Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin; Peter Wiley, cello
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Paquito D'Rivera: Danzon for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano
Anna Polonsky, piano; David Shifrin, clarinet; Peter Wiley, cello
Classic Chamber Concerts, Sugden Theatre, Naples, FL
Hour 2
Max Reger: from Four Tone-Poems after Arnold Bocklin, Op. 128: Movement 4 Bacchanale
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Max Reger: Pictures at a Gallery
Beau Fleuve 4562
Felix Mendelssohn: Octet in E-flat Major, Op. 20: Movements 2-4
David Chan, Philip Setzer, Cho-Liang Lin, Yu-Chien Tseng, violins; Scott Lee, Ming-Yu Hsu, violas; Dmitri Atapine, Yun-Ya Lo, cellos
Taipei Music Academy & Festival (TMAF), National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Andres Martin: Double Bass Concerto No. 1: Movement 3 Allegro Obsessivo
Aaron Olguin, Double Bass; Sphinx Symphony Orchestra; Roderick Cox, conductor
Sphinx Organization, Max M. & Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, MI
Peter Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations for Violoncello and Orchestra, Op. 33
Mark Kosower, cello; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
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