Trisha Shetty (Editor)

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

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Released
  
2006 (2006)

Initial release
  
24 October 2006 (USA)

Screenplay
  
Peter Schickele

Producer
  
Peter Jacoby

Genre
  
Classical

Director
  
Buck Ross

Music director
  
Peter Schickele

Recorded
  
Houston, Texas, United States

P.D.Q. Bach in Houston We Have a Problem! (2006)
  
P. D. Q. Bach and Peter Schickele The Jekyll and Hyde Tour (2007)

Cast
  
Peter Schickele, Cybele Gouverneur, Jaryn Philleo

People also search for
  
The Crazy Quilt, Funnyman

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).

Contents

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 Walters, Manager of the Stage
  • Giff 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 C alto
  • 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

    1. "Desecration of the House" Overture
    2. Schleptet in E-flat major, S. 0

    3. Iphigenia in Brooklyn, S. 53,162

    4. "Unbegun" Symphony (Prof. Schickele)

    5. New Horizons in Music Appreciation

    6. Fuga Meshuga from The Musical Sacrifice, S. 50% off
    7. The Seasonings, S. 1½ tsp.


    DVD Bonus Selections
    1. "Unbegun" Symphony with Theme Identifications
    2. Odden und Enden

    3. KUHT interview with Peter Schickele
    4. Bio of Peter Schickele, P.D.Q. Bach and Peter Jacoby

    References

    P. D. Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem! Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA