This Special December 2005 performance of PDQ's greatest hits celebrates 40 years of this uniquely appealing act.
Master classical parodist Peter Schickele performs with Houston's Orchestra X under the direction of Peter Jacoby to bring alive PDQ Bach's greatest hits. Featuring The Schleptet in Eb major, Iphigenia in Brooklyn, "Unbegun" Symphony, Fuga Meshuga, New Horizons in Music Appreciation (Beethoven's 5th) and the oratorio, The Seasonings.—Lawrence Kraman