- Source: 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).
Performers
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
Sources
P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem!