Hear performances featuring the legendary tuba player Roger Bobo, from his time as a teenage camper at Interlochen's National Music Camp to his quarter of a century with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Music heard in this episode
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Tuba Concerto; Orien Dalley/University Orchestra with Roger Bobo (August 1956)
Paul Hindemith, Sonata for Bass Tuba and Piano; Roger Bobo and Ralph Grierson
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony no. 4, first movement; Zubin Mehta/Los Angeles Philharmonic
Verne Reynolds, Signals; Thomas Stevens with Roger Bobo and friends
Dmitri Shostakovich, Adagio from the Limpid Stream; Roger Bobo and Marie Condamin.
The archival recordings heard on this program are available thanks in part to The Association for Recorded Sound Collections' Classical Music Preservation Grant, generous support from our listeners, and the Hamer D. and Phyllis C. Shafer Foundation.
Amanda Sewell is the host and executive producer of the program.
Michael Culler provided audio engineering support.
