Schickele, Peter (PDQ Bach)
See also Schickele Mix
Last Edited: 16-Oct-2015 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recording quality is considered good unless otherwise indicated.
Date Episode Title Cast Parameters


Bach Portrait (Prof. Schickele)
 The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic,
Walter Bruno
 Telarc CD-80210 (1989) DDD
2 tracks
15:51, 21.9MB, S


Birthday Ode to “Big Daddy” Bach
for soloists, chorus and orchestra,
S. 100
 Pamela South (soprano), Dana Krueger (mezzo-
soprano), Frank Kelley (tenor), Professor Peter
Schickele (bass)
The Okay Chorale
The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic,
Newton Wayland		 Telarc CD-80239 (1990) DDD
2 tracks
9:12, 12.9MB, S


Cantata:  Iphigenia in Brooklyn,
S. 53162
  1. Aria
  2. Recitative
  3. Ground
  4. Recitative
  5. Aria
 Professor Peter Schickele, Wine Bottle
Chamber Orchestra under Jorge Mester
John Ferrante, bargain counter tenor
Leonid Hambro, Harpsichord
Seymour Platt, Trumpet Mouthpiece
 Vanguard VSD-719/20
(1970) LP
10:25, 14662, S


Capriccio La Pucelle de New Orleans
(The Maid of New Orleans), S. under 18
 I Virtuosi di Hoople
 Telarc CD-80210 (1989) DDD
2 tracks
6:34, 9.0MB, S


Classical Rap, S. 1-2-3
 Grandmaster Flab and the Hoople Funkharmonic,
Newton Wayland
 Telarc CD-80239 (1990) DDD
2 tracks
9:49, 13.7MB, S


Concerto for Horn and Hardart, S. 27
  1.  Allegro
  2.  Tema con variazione
  3.  Menuetto con Panna e
    Zucchero
Professor Peter Schickele, Hardart
Chamber Orchestra under Jorge Mester
Ralph Froelich, French Horn
 Vanguard VSD-719/20
(1970) LP
15:48, 22226, S


Fugue in C Minor, from the 'Toot' Suite
for Calliope Four Hands, S. 3.14
 Professor Peter Schickele, Robert Dennis Vanguard VSD-719/20
(1970) LP
2:48, 3964, S


Knock, Knock, choral cantata, S. 4/1
  1. Recitative and chorus:  “Knock,
    knock”
  2. Recitative and chorus:  “How
    many psychiatrists”
  3. Recitative and chorale:  “What is
    the question?”
  4. Recitative and chorus:  “So this
    guy”
The Okay Chorale
The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic,
Professor Peter Schickele
 Telarc CD-80239 (1990) DDD
5 tracks
15:00, 21.2MB, S


Minuet Militaire, S. 1A
 The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic,
Professor Peter Schickele		 Telarc CD-80210 (1989) DDD
2 tracks
5:01, 7.1MB, S


New Horizons in Music Appreciation --
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
Sportscast
 Professor Peter Schickele, Robert Dennis Vanguard VSD-719/20
(1970) LP
8:51, 12475, S


Oedipus Tex, dramatic oratorio for
soloists, chorus and orchestra, S. 15
 Pamela South (soprano), Dana Krueger (mezzo-
soprano), Frank Kelley (tenor), Brice Andrus
(horn), Professor Peter Schickele
The Okay Chorale
The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic,
Newton Wayland		 Telarc CD-80239 (1990) DDD
12 tracks
30:29, 43.5MB, S


Oratorio:  'The Seasonings', S. 1/2 tsp.
  1. Chorus: 'Tarragon of virtue is full'
  2. Recitative: 'And there were in the
    same country'
  3. Duet: 'Bide thy thyme'
  4. Recitative: 'Then asked he'
  5. Chorale: 'By the leeks of Babylon,
    There we sat down, yea, we wept'
  6. Recitative: 'Then she gave in'
  7. Aria: 'Open sesame seeds'
  8. Recitative: 'So saying'
  9. Duet: 'Summer is a cumin seed'
  10. Chorus with Soloists:  'To curry
    favor, favor curry'
Marlene Kleinman, Lorna Haywood, John
Ferrante, William Woolf
The Okay Chorale, John Nelson, director
The Royal P.D.Q. Bach Festival Orchestra,
Jorge Mester
 Vanguard VSD-719/20
(1970) LP
22:15, 31285, S


The Preachers of Crimetheus Ballet in
One Selfless Act, S. 988
  1. Prologue (Bottomless Sorrow;
    Topless Gaiety)
  2. The Lamentations of Jerry Maja
  3. Finale:  Special Deliverance
 Professor Peter Schickele, devious instruments
The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic,
Walter Bruno
 Telarc CD-80210 (1989) DDD
4 tracks
14:23, 20.1MB, S


Prelude to Einstein on the Fritz,
S. e=mt2
 Professor Peter Schickele, piano
The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic,
Walter Bruno
 Telarc CD-80210 (1989) DDD
2 tracks
8:20, 11.6MB, S


Quodlibet for Small Orchestra (Prof.
Schickele)
  1. Allegro
  2. Adagio
  3. Allegro
 Chamber Orchestra under Jorge Mester
 Vanguard VSD-79195
(1965) LP
9:58, 14111, S


Schleptet in E flat Major
Larghissimo—Allegro Boffo
  1. Menuetto con Brio ma senza Trio
  2. Adagio Saccharino
  3. Yehudi Menuetto
  4. Presto Hey Nonny Nonnio
 I Virtuosi di Hoople, Professor Peter Schickele Vanguard VSD-719/20
(1970) LP
8:34, 12064, S


1712 Overture, S. 1712
 The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic,
Professor Peter Schickele
 Telarc CD-80210 (1989) DDD
2 tracks
13:13, 18.3MB, S


Sinfonia Concertante, S. 98.6
  1. Sehr Unruhig mit schmalz
  2. Andante senza moto
  3. Presto mit schleppend
 Professor Peter Schickele, Ocarina
Chamber Orchestra under Jorge Mester
Maurice Eisenstadt, Bagpipes
Robert Lewis, Left-handed Sewer Flute
Stanley Buetens, Lute
Stephen Lickman, Double-reed Slide Music Stand
Peter Zolotareff, Balalaika
 Vanguard VSD-79195
(1965) LP
14:54, 21048, S


The Stoned Guest
Introduction
Half-Act Opera:  The Stoned Guest,
Part One
  Overture
  Aria:  “Let’s fact it—I’m lost”
  Recitative:  “Boy!”
  Aria:  “Now is the season”
  Recitative:  “Gesundheit!”
  Duet:  “Woe”
  Recitative:  “Hark!”
  Aria:  “Look at me”
  Recitative:  “That’s the end”
  Trio:  “I’m sure I’d be”

Intermission Feature: Opera Whiz
Plot Synopsis
Half-Act Opera:  The Stoned Guest,
Completion
  Recitative:  “I hate to interrupt”
  Quartet:  “Don Octave”
  Finale:  “O saviour”
  Announcement		 Under the supervision of Professor Peter Schickele
The Orchestra of the University of Southern North
Dakota at Hoople Heavy Opera Company under
the direction of John Nelson, Marlene Kleinman,
Lorna Haywood, John Ferrante, Will Jordan, Bill
Macy


 Vanguard VSD-6536
(1970) LP
25:13, 25402, S
16:21, 22984, S


Two Madrigals from The Triumphs
of Thusnelda
  1. “The Queen to me a royal pain
    doth give”
  2. “My bonnie lass she smelleth”
 Amateur Musica Antiqua of Hoople Vanguard VSD-6536
(1970) LP
7:03, 9917, S


'Unbegun' Symphony (Schickele)
  1. Andante—Allegro
 The Royal P.D.Q. Bach Festival Orchestra,
Jorge Mester
 Vanguard VSD-719/20
(1970) LP
7:08, 10045, S


What’s My Melodic Line?
 I Virtuosi di Hoople, Professor Peter Schickele Vanguard VSD-719/20
(1970) LP
5:04, 7150, S
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