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P.D.Q. Bach/Peter Schickele. P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem. DVD. Directed by Alan Foster. With Peter Schickele, OrchestraX, Peter Jacoby. Silver Spring, MD: Acorn Media, 2006. AMP-8 849. $19.99.
Caveat lector: This reviewer's name, unbeknownst to her, appears in the credits of this video. She will make every attempt possible to review this DVD in an objective manner despite her connection with it (She assisted in organizing a small group of singers to perform at Mr. Schickele's interview with KUHT, which does not appear in the DVD, and attended the dress rehearsal as well as the concert documented in this video). Should readers desire other points of view on this DVD, this reviewer encourages them to consult Charles Ward's concert review ("A Tardy 'P.D.Q. Bach' Has Great Comedic Timing," Houston Chronicle, 12 December 2005, 3 [STAR]), Bonnie Jo Dopp's video review (Review of P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem!, by Alan Foster, Library Journal 131, no. 18 [1 November 2006]: 117), as well as other amateur reviews posted on commercial Web sites like Amazon.com.
Peter Schickele has been performing his P.D.Q. Bach concerts for over forty years, yet there are few of these events documented on film. For instance, there is a Swarthmore College performance entitled J. S. Bach and Son Featuring a Newly...
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