P. D. Q. Bach and Peter Schickele: The Jekyll and Hyde Tour

P.D.Q. Bach & Peter Schickele: The Jekyll & Hyde Tour was released in 2007 by Telarc Records. The album contains works by Peter Schickele, sometimes as his alter-ego P.D.Q. Bach, including a collection of vocal works and a string quartet. It is a live recording of the "Jekyll & Hyde" Tour.

P.D.Q. Bach & Peter Schickele: The Jekyll & Hyde Tour
Live album by
Released2007
RecordedJune 16, 2007
GenreClassical
Comedy
Length77:00
LabelTelarc
Peter Schickele chronology
The Ill-Conceived P. D. Q. Bach Anthology
(1998)
P.D.Q. Bach & Peter Schickele: The Jekyll & Hyde Tour
(2007)

Performers edit

  • Professor Peter Schickele, piano, bass
  • Michèle Eaton, off-coloratura soprano
  • David Düsing, tenor profundo
  • The Armadillo String Quartet
    • Barry Socher, violin
    • Connie Kupka, violin
    • Ray Tischer, viola
    • Armen Ksajikian, cello

Track listing edit

  • Long Live The King, S. 1789 (P.D.Q. Bach) (1:58)
  • Introduction (6:30)
  • Four Next-To-Last Songs, S. Ώ – 1 (P.D.Q. Bach)
    • Das kleines Birdie (2:53)
    • Der Cowboykönig (3:09)
    • Gretchen am Spincycle (1:13)
    • Es was ein dark und shtormy Night (5:10)
  • Introduction (5:37)
  • String Quartet in F Major “The Moose”, S. Y2K (P.D.Q. Bach)
    • Allegro ma non troposphere (11:09)
    • Largo alla Fargo (6:10)
    • Menuetto no sweato (3:41)
    • Grave e molto deepo; Allegro con brie
  • Two Rounds (Peter Schickele)
    • Hedi McKinley (1:00)
    • Introduction (1:20)
    • D'Indy's Turkey (0:46)
  • Introduction (1:10)
  • Two P.D.Q. Bach Rounds
    • The Mule (1:02)
    • Introduction (0:13)
    • O Serpent (1:28)
  • Two Songs (Peter Schickele)
    • If Love is Real (2:50)
    • Introduction (1:42)
    • Cyndi (2:40)
  • Introduction (1:15)
  • Songs from Shakespeare (Peter Schickele)
    • Macbeth's Soliloquy (1:15)
    • Hamlet's Soliloquy (1:02)
    • The Three Witches from "Macbeth" (0:42)
    • Juliet's Soliloquy (0:55)
    • Funeral Oration from "Julius Caesar" (1:32)
  • Introduction (0:13)
  • Listen Here, Tyrannosaurus Rex (Peter Schickele) (1:55)

Technical Information edit

P.D.Q. Bach — The Jekyll & Hyde Tour was recorded live at Gordon Center in Owings Mills, Maryland, June 16, 2007

Sources edit