P. D. Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem!

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).

P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem!
Live album by
Released2006 (2006)
RecordedHouston, Texas, United States
GenreClassical
Peter Schickele chronology
The Ill-Conceived P. D. Q. Bach Anthology
(1998)
P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem!
(2006)
P. D. Q. Bach and Peter Schickele: The Jekyll and Hyde Tour
(2007)

Performers

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  • 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

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  1. "Desecration of the House" Overture
  2. Schleptet in E major, S. 0
    • Molto Larghissimo — Allegro Boffo
    • Menuetto con Brio ma Senza Trio
    • Adagio Saccharino
    • Yehudi Menuetto
    • Presto Hey Nonny Nonnio
  3. 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"
  4. "Unbegun" Symphony (Prof. Schickele)
    • III. Minuet
    • IV. Andante — Allegro
  5. New Horizons in Music Appreciation
    • Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 5 in C minor (Beethoven)
  6. Fuga Meshuga from The Musical Sacrifice, S. 50% off
  7. 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

  1. "Unbegun" Symphony with Theme Identifications
  2. 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
  3. KUHT interview with Peter Schickele
  4. Bio of Peter Schickele, P.D.Q. Bach and Peter Jacoby

Sources

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