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).

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
 * 3) *Molto Larghissimo — Allegro Boffo
 * 4) *Menuetto con Brio ma Senza Trio
 * 5) *Adagio Saccharino
 * 6) *Yehudi Menuetto
 * 7) *Presto Hey Nonny Nonnio
 * 8) Iphigenia in Brooklyn, S. 53,162
 * 9) *I. Trumpet Involuntary
 * 10) *II. Aria: "When Hyperion"
 * 11) *III. Recitative: "And Lo!"
 * 12) *IV. Ground: "Dying"
 * 13) *V. Recitative: "And in a vision"
 * 14) *VI. Aria: "Running"
 * 15) "Unbegun" Symphony (Prof. Schickele)
 * 16) *III. Minuet
 * 17) *IV. Andante — Allegro
 * 18) New Horizons in Music Appreciation
 * 19) *Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 5 in C minor (Beethoven)
 * 20) Fuga Meshuga from The Musical Sacrifice, S. 50% off
 * 21) The Seasonings, S. 1½ tsp.
 * 22) *Chorus: "Tarragon of virtue is full"
 * 23) *Recitative: "And there were in the same country"
 * 24) *Duet: "Bide thy thyme"
 * 25) *Fugue
 * 26) *Recitative: "Then asked he"
 * 27) *Chorale: "By the leeks of Babylon"
 * 28) *Recitative: "Then she gave in"
 * 29) *Aria: "Open sesame seeds"
 * 30) *Recitative: "So saying"
 * 31) *Duet: "Summer is a cumin seed"
 * 32) *Soloists and chorus: "To curry favor, favor curry"

DVD Bonus Selections
 * 1) "Unbegun" Symphony with Theme Identifications
 * 2) Odden und Enden
 * 3) *The Mule
 * 4) *Three-Step Crab Dinner
 * 5) *O Serpent
 * 6) *Johann Sebastian Bach (Prof. Schickele)
 * 7) *Please, Kind Sir, from The Art of the Ground Round
 * 8) KUHT interview with Peter Schickele
 * 9) Bio of Peter Schickele, P.D.Q. Bach and Peter Jacoby