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).

P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem!
Live album by Peter Schickele
Released	2006 (2006)
Recorded	Houston, Texas, United States
Genre	Classical
Peter Schickele chronology
The Ill-Conceived P. D. Q. Bach Anthology (1998) P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem! (2006) P. D. Q. Bach and Peter Schickele: The Jekyll and Hyde Tour (2007)

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 “Bill” Walters, Manager of the Stage
• Gifford 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 D
• Jacob Sustaita, viola
• 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♭ major, S. 0
   • Molto Larghissimo — Allegro Boffo
   • Menuetto con Brio ma Senza Trio
   • Adagio Saccharino
   • Yehudi Menuetto
   • Presto Hey Nonny Nonnio
3. 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"
4. "Unbegun" Symphony (Prof. Schickele)
   • III. Minuet
   • IV. Andante — Allegro
5. New Horizons in Music Appreciation
   • Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 5 in C minor (Beethoven)
6. Fuga Meshuga from The Musical Sacrifice, S. 50% off
   
7. 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

1. "Unbegun" Symphony with Theme Identifications
   
2. 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
3. KUHT interview with Peter Schickele
   
4. Bio of Peter Schickele, P.D.Q. Bach and Peter Jacoby

Sources

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