Report from Hoople: P. D. Q. Bach on the Air
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Report from Hoople: P. D. Q. Bach on the Air was released on Vanguard Records
in 1967. It is set up as a radio broadcast of the music of P. D. Q. Bach
with Professor Peter Schickele
as the DJ.
ON THE AIR
From Radio Station WOOF at the University of
Southern North Dakota at Hoople
PROFESSOR PETER SCHICKELE
brings you the chamber music of P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742)?
with John Ferrante, countertenor
and I VIRTUOSI DI HOOPLE
(Peter Schickele, conductor)
on this week's installment of
REPORT FROM HOOPLE
00:00 Signature Theme*
00:16 Intro
01:34 Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments
04:52 Tag
05:00 Station Break
05:18 Commercial: "Do You Suffer?"
Track 2 (11:53)
08:10 New Horizons in Music Appreciation: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (with Robert Dennis)
16:58 Time
17:23 Weather
18:17 News
Track 3 (5:04)
20:00 Intro
20:44 Traumarai for Unaccompanied Piano
24:11 Station Break
24:26 Tag
24:44 Signature Theme
00:00 Signature Theme
00:40 Intro
01:09 Schleptet in E flat Major
Larghissimo - Allegro Boffo;
Menuetto con Brio ma senza Trio;
Adagio Saccarino;
Yehudi Menuetto;
Presto Hey Nonny Nonnio
08:55 Tag
09:22 Station Break
Track 5 (7:22)
09:26 What's My Melodic Line?
14:30 Time
15:03 News
Track 6 (7:53)
16:45 Intro
17:26 Fugue in C Minor (from the Toot Suite for calliope, four hands)
20:11 Tag
20:42 Station Break
20:46 What's Happening in Home Economics (Beethoven's Revenge, containing a small selection from the middle of the first movement of Symphony No. 3 "Eroica")
21:34 Commercial: "If You Have Never"
22:40 Sign-off
23:34 Signature Theme
Vanguard Records
Vanguard Records is a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. It started as a classical label, but is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by a number of pivotal folk and blues artists from the 1960s; the Bach Guild was a subsidiary...
in 1967. It is set up as a radio broadcast of the music of P. D. Q. Bach
P. D. Q. Bach
P. D. Q. Bach is a fictitious composer invented by musical satirist "Professor" Peter Schickele. In a gag that Schickele has developed over a five-decade-long career, he performs "discovered" works of this forgotten member of the Bach family...
with Professor Peter Schickele
Peter Schickele
Johann Peter Schickele is an American composer, musical educator, and parodist. He is best known for his comedy music albums featuring his music that he presents as music written by the fictional composer P. D. Q...
as the DJ.
Performers
- Professor Peter Schickele, conductor, announcer, worm (that's an instrument)
- I Virtuosi di Hoople
- John Ferrante, bargain counter tenor
- Robert Dennis, announcer
From the CD Jacket
P.D.Q. BACHON THE AIR
From Radio Station WOOF at the University of
Southern North Dakota at Hoople
PROFESSOR PETER SCHICKELE
brings you the chamber music of P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742)?
with John Ferrante, countertenor
and I VIRTUOSI DI HOOPLE
(Peter Schickele, conductor)
on this week's installment of
REPORT FROM HOOPLE
Bright and Early Show
Track 1 (8:12)00:00 Signature Theme*
00:16 Intro
01:34 Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments
04:52 Tag
05:00 Station Break
05:18 Commercial: "Do You Suffer?"
Track 2 (11:53)
08:10 New Horizons in Music Appreciation: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (with Robert Dennis)
16:58 Time
17:23 Weather
18:17 News
Track 3 (5:04)
20:00 Intro
20:44 Traumarai for Unaccompanied Piano
24:11 Station Break
24:26 Tag
24:44 Signature Theme
Dull and Late Show
Track 4 (9:27)00:00 Signature Theme
00:40 Intro
01:09 Schleptet in E flat Major
Larghissimo - Allegro Boffo;
Menuetto con Brio ma senza Trio;
Adagio Saccarino;
Yehudi Menuetto;
Presto Hey Nonny Nonnio
08:55 Tag
09:22 Station Break
Track 5 (7:22)
09:26 What's My Melodic Line?
14:30 Time
15:03 News
Track 6 (7:53)
16:45 Intro
17:26 Fugue in C Minor (from the Toot Suite for calliope, four hands)
20:11 Tag
20:42 Station Break
20:46 What's Happening in Home Economics (Beethoven's Revenge, containing a small selection from the middle of the first movement of Symphony No. 3 "Eroica")
21:34 Commercial: "If You Have Never"
22:40 Sign-off
23:34 Signature Theme
- *from Divers Ayres On Sundrie Notions