title: Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities
text: # Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities
  
  Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities was released in 1990 by Telarc Records. The album contains works by Peter Schickele under his alter-ego of P. D. Q. Bach and won a 1990 Grammy Award for 'Best Comedy Performance'.
  
  ## Performers
  
  * Professor Peter Schickele, conductor, bass
  * 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
  