Forty years ago, Professor Peter Schickele “discovered” the music of fictional composer P.D.Q. Bach. Recorded in 2005 at Rice University in Houston, this concert is nonstop musical mayhem.
Forty years ago, Professor Peter Schickele “discovered” the music of fictional composer P.D.Q. Bach. Recorded in 2005 at Rice University in Houston, featuring Orchestra X, the Okay Chorale, an off-coloratura soprano, and a basso blotto, this concert is nonstop musical mayhem. Selections include The Unbegun Symphony, The Seasonings, and the cantata Iphigenia in Brooklyn. CC; 102 min. of screwball parodies on 1 DVD.