He’ll be Bach.

P.D.Q. Bach, that is.

Humorist Peter Schickele will perform at 1 p.m. Dec. 6 in Dudley Recital Hall, discussing the work of his fictitious classical composer with tongue firmly in cheek.

The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited. The interview will be broadcast at a later date on the Internet at http://mediaweb.tss.uh.edu/live/live.qtl. It will also be broadcast later in the week on KUHF’s “The Front Row.”

Schickele has composed a body of orchestral work under the P.D.Q. Bach pseudonym and concocted a comedic biography on this bumbling musician. Kazoos, human snores and other out of the ordinary instruments are common within P.D.Q. Bach arrangements, which have been welcomed on stages around the country and on several recordings including “An Evening with P.D.Q. Bach: 1807 – 1742?” and
“A Hysteric Return: P.D.Q. Bach at Carnegie Hall.”

“This is a great chance to explore what makes a brilliant promoter and musician tick in an increasingly hostile classical music world,” said Peter Jacoby, music director of the Moores Opera Center and artistic director of Orchestra X.

Schickele also will join Jacoby and Orchestra X for the concert “P.D.Q. Bach in Houston: We Have a Problem” at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 in Rice University’s Stude Hall. For more information, call 713-636-2871or visit http://www.orchx.org/.

Mike Emery
memery@central.uh.edu