PDQ Bach's real self, Peter Schickele, with one of his serious (well, sort of) compositions and very enjoyable it is too. He's worked on orchestral arrangements for Joan Baez and composed the music for cult SF movie, Silent Running, as well as teaching. Pentangle is very idiosyncratic Americana, beautifully performed here. It's totally unlike anything else I've heard apart from, maybe, Henry Cowell, Moondog, bits of Copland or, possibly, Harry Partch. But even those comparisons are stretching things a bit (the latter, after all, having created his own unique instruments). Noonsong (8:36-16:53), which, I think, includes Albrecht singing through the French Horn, is really quite lovely. Unusual but very welcome upload. Many thanks indeed!
How delightful to FINALLY have this entire work on UA-cam! (I first heard it in the 1980's when KQED's Sedge Thomson used to play interesting things on his morning show....)
I do find it startling you posted this the day i decided to see if there was more than the fifth movement on UA-cam.... I wanted something to answer correspondence by....
Beautiful, thanks for posting this elegant little suite
Schickele is a national treasure. First heard PDQ Bach late one night on KFAC in 1966. Studied with Phil Glass at Juilliard. They majored in LUNCH.
PDQ Bach's real self, Peter Schickele, with one of his serious (well, sort of) compositions and very enjoyable it is too. He's worked on orchestral arrangements for Joan Baez and composed the music for cult SF movie, Silent Running, as well as teaching. Pentangle is very idiosyncratic Americana, beautifully performed here. It's totally unlike anything else I've heard apart from, maybe, Henry Cowell, Moondog, bits of Copland or, possibly, Harry Partch. But even those comparisons are stretching things a bit (the latter, after all, having created his own unique instruments). Noonsong (8:36-16:53), which, I think, includes Albrecht singing through the French Horn, is really quite lovely. Unusual but very welcome upload. Many thanks indeed!
How delightful to FINALLY have this entire work on UA-cam!
(I first heard it in the 1980's when KQED's Sedge Thomson used to play interesting things on his morning show....)
Farewell, PDQ, who died in January 2024........
I can't help but think he'd been watching Bollywood films when wrote the second movement.
Bollywood was listening to HIM!!! xDxDxD
I do find it startling you posted this the day i decided to see if there was more than the fifth movement on UA-cam.... I wanted something to answer correspondence by....