Peter Schickele Celebration

Celebrate the great American composer and humorist Peter Schickele (aka P.D.Q. Bach) on his 85th birthday! Our program will include his acclaimed Spring Forward clarinet quintet, commissioned and premiered by CMNW in 2014, plus selections of his serious (and silly) music.

Premieres July 16 @ 7 pm PT
Available through July 17 @ 11:59 pm PT

Program

Click on any piece of music below to learn more about it.

PETER SCHICKELE Spring Forward (2014)

 

PETER SCHICKELE Serenade for Three (1992)

David Shifrin, clarinet
Daniel Phillips, violin
Yevgeny Yontov, piano
Peter Schickele, voice

Originally performed Friday, July 17, 2015 | 5:30 pm at Portland Center Stage

PETER SCHICKELE Cabaret Songs (various)

Peter Schickele, voice and piano

Originally performed Friday, July 17, 2015 | 5:30 pm at Portland Center Stage

P. D. Q. BACH Schleptet in E-flat Major, S. 0 (1967)

Peter Schickele, conductor
Tara Helen O’Connor, flute
Timothy Gocklin, oboe
Julie Feves, bassoon
John Cox, horn
Theodore Arm, violin
Daniel Phillips, viola
Hamilton Cheifetz, cello

Originally performed Friday, July 17, 2015 | 5:30 pm at Portland Center Stage

P. D. Q. BACH “Safe” Sextet, S. R33-l45-r[pass it once]78

Peter Schickele, conductor
Tara Helen O’Connor, piccolo
Timothy Gocklin, english horn
Andrew Koeppe, bass clarinet
Julie Feves, contrabassoon
Yevgeny Yontov, celeste
Heidi Lehwalder, harp

Originally performed Friday, July 17, 2015 | 5:30 pm at Portland Center Stage

« Back