Performers

Disk 1:

[1]  In the Vanguard Vault, Part 1

Peter Schickele Presents An Evening with P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742)?

[2]  Introduction

Concerto for Horn and Hardart, S. 27 (P.D.Q. Bach)

[3]       Allegro

[4]       Tema con variazione

[5]       Menuetto con Panna e Zucchero

[6]  Introduction

Cantata:  Iphigenia in Brooklyn, S. 53162 (P.D.Q. Bach)

[7]        Aria

[8]        Recitative

[9]        Ground

[10]       Recitative

[11]       Aria

[12]  Introduction

[13]        Allegro 

[14]        Adagio

Sinfonia Concertante,  S. 98.6 (P.D.Q. Bach)

[17]        Sehr Unruhig mit schmalz

[18]        Andante senza moto

[19]        Presto mit schleppend

An Hysteric Return:  P.D.Q. Bach at Carnegie Hall

[20]  Introduction

Oratorio — “The Seasonings”, S. 1 1/2 tsp.  (P.D.Q. Bach)

[21]        Chorus: “Tarragon of virtue is full”

[22]        Recitative:  “And there were in the same country”

[23]        Duet:  “Bide thy thyme”

[24]        Fugue

[25]        Recitative:  “Then asked he”

[26]        Chorale:  “By the leeks of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept”

[27]        Recitative:  “Then she gave in”

[28]        Aria:  “Open sesame seeds”

[29]        Recitative:  “So saying”

[30]        Duet:  “Summer is a cumin seed”

[31]        Chorus with Soloists:  “To curry favor, favor curry”

Disk 2:

[1]  Introduction

[2]        III.  Minuet 

[3]        IV.  Andante --Allegro

[4]  Introduction

Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle and Balloons, S. 66  (P.D.Q. Bach)

[5]        Allegro moulto

[6]        Romanze II (Adagio Sireno)

[7]        Minaret and Trio

[8]        Romanze I (Chi Largo)

[9]        Presto Changio

Report from Hoople:  P.D.Q. Bach on the Air

[10]  Signature theme *
         Intro

[11]  Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments, S. 9999999999 (P.D.Q. Bach)
        Tag

[12]  Station break

[13]  Commercial:  “Do you Suffer?” *

[14]  Intro

[15]  New Horizons in Music Appreciation:  Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony Sportscast

[16]  Time
      Weather
      News

[17]  Intro

[18]  Traumarai for Unaccompanied Piano (P.D.Q. Bach)

[19]  Station Break
       Tag
       Signature Theme

[20]  Signature Theme
         Intro

Schleptet in E flat Major (P.D.Q. Bach)

[21]       Larghissimo — Allegro Boffo

[22]       Menuetto con Brio ma senza Trio

[23]       Adagio Saccharino

[24]       Yehudi Menuetto

[25]       Presto Hey Nonny Nonnio

[26]  Tag
         Station Break

[27]  What’s My Melodic Line?

[28]  Time
         News
         Intro

[29]  Fugue in C Minor, from the “Toot” Suite for Calliope Four Hands, S. 212^o (P.D.Q. Bach)

[30]  Tag
         Station Break

[31]  What’s Happening in Home Economics (Beethoven’s Revenge)

[32]  Commercial:  “If You Have Never” *

[33]  Sign-off
       Signature Theme

Disk 3:

[1]  Introduction

Half-Act Opera, The Stoned Guest, Part One  (P.D.Q. Bach)

[2]        Overture

[3]        Aria:  “Let's fact it — I’m lost”

[4]        Recitative:  “Boy!”

[5]        Aria:  “Now is the season”

[6]        Recitative:  “Gesundheit!”

[7]        Duet:  “Woe”

[8]        Recitative:  “Hark!”

[9]        Aria:  “Look at me”

[10]       Recitative:  “That’s the end”

[11]       Trio:  “I'm sure I’d be”

[13]  Plot Synopsis

Half-Act Opera, The Stoned Guest, Completion  (P.D.Q. Bach)

[14]        Recitative:  “I hate to interrupt”

[15]        Quartet:  “Don Octave”

[16]        Finale:  “O saviour”

[17]  Announcement

Two Madrigals from The Triumphs of Thusnelda  (P.D.Q. Bach)

[18]        “The Queen to me a royal pain doth give”

[19]        “My bonnie lass she smelleth”

Disk 4:

[1]   Spoken introduction

Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice, An opera in one unnatural act,  S. 2ⁿ-1 (P.D.Q. Bach)

[2]        Overture

[3]        Aria:  “I am a quaint old innkeeper”

[4]        Aria:  “Like a lonely pilgrim”

[5]        Aria:  “My name is Hansel Hunter”

[6]        Aria:  “I'm the village idiot”

[7]        Aria:  “Et expecto”

[8]        Aria:  “There’s something about a monk”

[9]        Duet:  “Do you love me?”

[10]       Interlude:  Medical examination

[11]       Aria:  “I hope you’ll take this friendly advice”

[12]       Aria:  “Teddy Nice is my name”

[13]       Duet:  “Jump not to conclusions”

[14]       Finale:  “Just tell me what your name is”

[16]  Spoken introduction 

“Erotica” Variations, for banned instruments and piano, S. 36EE (P.D.Q. Bach)

[17]        Theme:  Windbreaker

[18]        Variation I:  Balloons

[19]        Variation II:  Slide Whistle

[20]        Variation III:  Slide Windbreaker

[21]        Variation IV:  Lasso D'Amore

[22]        Variation V:  Foghorn, Bell, Kazoo, Gargle

[23]  Spoken introduction

The Art of the Ground Round, for three baritones and discontinuo, S. 1.19/lb (P.D.Q. Bach)

[24]        Loving is as easy

[25]        Please, kind sir

[26]        Jane, my Jane

[27]        Golly golly oh

[28]        Nelly is a nice girl

[29]        Encore

New Tracks

[30]  In the Vanguard Vault, Part 2

[31]  The “Sanka” Cantata (P.D.Q. Bach)

Audio Samples

Listen to The Dreaded P.D.Q. Bach Collection:  The Hearer’s Digest Condensed Version.  This Condensed Version gives you the intangible essence of the original recording in one small, easy-to-swallow capsule summary. The hyper folks at Hearer’s Digest have created this sample by slicing, dicing, and splicing, until it somewhat resembles excerpts of the original recording that are “severely truncated, but shorter.”

This Hearer’s Digest Condensed Version is made of excerpts from the following:  In the Vanguard Vault, Part 1—Spoken introduction to Concerto for Horn and Hardart—first aria from Iphigenia in Brooklyn—“Presto mit schleppend” from Sinfonia Concertante—“Bide thy thyme” and “To curry favor, favor curry” from “The Seasonings”—IV.  Andante–Allegro from “Unbegun” Symphony—New Horizons in Music Appreciation—Intro to Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments—“Do you Suffer?”—Traumarai for Unaccompanied Piano—“The Queen to me a royal pain doth give” from Two Madrigals from The Triumphs of Thusnelda—“Gesundheit!” and “Don Octave” from The Stoned Guest—“Et expecto” and “Do you love me?” from Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice—Spoken Introduction—Loving is as easy from The Art of the Ground Round—In the Vanguard Vault, Part 2—The “Sanka” Cantata.

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