P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem! is a live performance celebrating 40 years of P. D. Q. Bach. This performance features Professor Peter Schickele with Orchestra X conducted by Peter Jacoby. It includes never-before-recorded performances of "Trumpet Involuntary" movement of Iphigenia in Brooklyn, and also the rounds Odden und Enden (many of which have been previously unavailable on CD).
Performers
Professor Peter Schickele, conductor, wine bottle, windbreaker, slide windbreaker, singist and musicological master Orchestra X, Peter Jacoby, conductor (on-screen credit: "semiconductor") Okay Chorale, Tom Jaber, chorusmaster (on-screen credit: "seasoned conductor") William “Bill” Walters, Manager of the Stage Gifford Nielsen, color commentator Michèle Eaton, singist David Düsing, singist Gerrod Pagenkopf, bargain counter tenor Jessica Smith, off-coloratura soprano Cybele Gouverneur, mezzanine-soprano John Weinel, tenor profundo Sam Handley, basso blotto Shih-Ting Huang, violin, captain of the orchestra Jaryn Philleo, oboe, double reeds Melanie Lancon, flute, slide whistle Marat Rakhmatullaev, bassoon, tromboon Cesar Martinez Bourguet, cello, discontinuo Larry Hernandez, trumpet Matt Menger, horn, shower hose in D Jacob Sustaita, viola Phil Moody, kazoo primo Brian Shircliffe, kazoo secundo John Welton, continuo accordiano Lillian Copeland, Ben Kamins, double reeds Patty Moeling, slide whistle Cheerleaders from the Spirit of Houston Cougar Band, themselves
Program "Desecration of the House" Overture Schleptet in E major, S. 0 Molto Larghissimo — Allegro Boffo Menuetto con Brio ma Senza Trio Adagio Saccharino Yehudi Menuetto Presto Hey Nonny Nonnio Iphigenia in Brooklyn, S. 53,162 I. Trumpet Involuntary II. Aria: "When Hyperion" III. Recitative: "And Lo!" IV. Ground: "Dying" V. Recitative: "And in a vision" VI. Aria: "Running" "Unbegun" Symphony (Prof. Schickele) III. Minuet IV. Andante — Allegro New Horizons in Music Appreciation Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 5 in C minor (Beethoven) Fuga Meshuga from The Musical Sacrifice, S. 50% off The Seasonings, S. 1½ tsp. Chorus: "Tarragon of virtue is full" Recitative: "And there were in the same country" Duet: "Bide thy thyme" Fugue Recitative: "Then asked he" Chorale: "By the leeks of Babylon" Recitative: "Then she gave in" Aria: "Open sesame seeds" Recitative: "So saying" Duet: "Summer is a cumin seed" Soloists and chorus: "To curry favor, favor curry"
DVD Bonus Selections "Unbegun" Symphony with Theme Identifications Odden und Enden The Mule Three-Step Crab Dinner O Serpent Johann Sebastian Bach (Prof. Schickele) Please, Kind Sir, from The Art of the Ground Round KUHT interview with Peter Schickele Bio of Peter Schickele, P.D.Q. Bach and Peter Jacoby
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