Beatles Concerto for Viola-Eduardo Angulo (Mexican composer)

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Eduardo Angulo was born in Puebla, Mexico in 1954, he began his musical studies at 7 years old with professor Vladimir Vulfman in the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico, furthermore, he studied in the Hague Conservatory in the Netherlands, where he studied a postgraduate degree in violin and composition, and he played in the orchestra and in a string quartet, actually, maestro Angulo is dedicated to composition.

His catalog includes works for orchestra, concerts for soloist instruments, chamber music, and choral music, which have been played by the Radio Orchestra from Colonia (Germany), Spanish Radio and Television Orchestra, Panama National Symphonic, Indiana University Orchestra (USA), and the main orchestras in Mexico. His works have been edited in Mexico and Germany.

Maestro Angulo has written some works where viola has a principal character, like this Beatles Concerto that we are listening to, with the composer playing the soloist part. The concert was premiered in 2011, into the celebrations for his 50 years in music, it is written in three movements and has fifteen themes of The Beatles; it is a way to combine popular music with symphony music. The sound of the viola with the orchestra is incredible, for example in the song 'Yesterday'.

The music of this composer always has melodies that remember us the Mexican music, in YouTube, we can find some videos like The Mexican Suit, Rascapango, and Paseos for Guitar and String trio.

Thanks for reading, see you next Monday.

Luis Chab

https://www.eduardoangulo.com/

https://www.historiadelasinfonia.es/naciones/la-sinfonia-en-mexico/angulo/