Portrait of P. D. Q. Bach

Performers

The New York Pick-Up Ensemble, Professor Peter Schickele, conductor

John Ferrante, bargain counter tenor

Harris Poor, basso bloto

Ranson Wilson and Diva Goodfriend-Koven, tape recorders, hand flutes, corrugahorn, nose flutes

Early Anderson, trombonus interruptus

Duh Brooklyn Boys Chorus, James McCarthy, director

John Solum, flute

Leonard Arner, oboe

Lorin Glickman, bassoon

Theodore Weis, trumpet

William G. Brown, French horn

Neal Di Biase, trombone

Track listing

1. Introduction (1:50)

Missa Hilarious, S. N₂O (P.D.Q. Bach) 2. Yriekay (4:53) 3. Gloria (3:02) 4. Credo (3:47) 5. Sanctus (3:49) 6. Angus Dei (3:49)

7. Introduction (:28)
8. Eine Kleine Nichtmusik (Prof. Schickele) (11:45)

Allegro

Romanze

Menuetto

Rondo (Allegro)

9. Introduction (1:28)
10. Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments, S. 9999999999 (P.D.Q. Bach) (2:14)
11. Introduction (1:02)
12. A Consort of Choral Christmas Carols, S. 359 (P.D.Q. Bach) (6:29)

"Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John"

"O Little Town of Hackensack"

"Good King Kong Looked Out"

Eine Kleine Nichtmusik

Eine Kleine Nichtmusik ("A Little Not Music"), consists of Mozart's work Eine kleine Nachtmusik played in its entirety, along with snippets of dozens of famous tunes heard in counterpoint throughout the piece, taken from both American folk music and the classical repertoire.