Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities

Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities
Studio album by P. D. Q. Bach (Peter Schickele)
Released	1990
Label	Telarc
P. D. Q. Bach (Peter Schickele) chronology
1712 Overture and Other Musical Assaults (1989) Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities (1990) WTWP Classical Talkity-Talk Radio (1991)

Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities was released in 1990 by

• Professor Peter Schickele, conductor, bass[2]
• The Greater Hoople Area Off-Season Philharmonic, Newton Wayland, conductor
• The Okay Chorale
• Grandmaster Flab and the Hoople Funkharmonic
• Pamela South, soprano (Billie Jo Casta)
• Dana Krueger, mezzo-soprano (Madame Peep)
• Frank Kelley (tenor)
• Brice Andrus, horn

Track listing

• Introduction
• Oedipus Tex, opera/dramatic oratorio, S. 150
  • Prologue: "Tragedy"
  • Recitative: "Well"
  • Aria with chorus: "Howdy there"
  • Recitative: "And it wasn't long"
  • Duet with chorus: "My heart"
  • Recitative: "But"
  • Aria: "You murdered your father"
  • Recitative: "When Billie Jo heard"
  • Aria with chorus: "Goodbye"
  • Recitative: "When Oedipus heard"
  • Chorus and Finale
• Introduction
• Classical Rap, S. 1-2-3
• Introduction
• Knock, Knock, choral cantata, S. 4/1
  • Recitative and chorus: "Knock, knock"
  • Recitative and chorus: "How many psychiatrists"
  • Recitative and chorale: "What is the question?"
  • Recitative and chorus: "So this guy"
• Introduction
• Birthday Ode to "Big Daddy" Bach, S. 100

References