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What's New: Peter Schickele

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Actor Edmund Gwenn – Kris Kringle from Miracle on 34th Street – is supposed to have said on his deathbed, “Yes, dying is tough, but not as tough as comedy.”

We’ll hear from the master comedian and composer Peter Schickele on this episode of What’s New. Schickele was born in Ames Iowa on July 17th, 1935. He grew up in North Dakota, and studied music at Juilliard. Peter celebrated 50 years of PDQ Bach in December 2015 and in September 2016 the world premiere of PDQ Bach’s Concerto for VERY Grand Piano takes place.

Be sure to take a look behind the scenes of Peter Schickele with 50 years of photos here. Upcoming appearances can be found here.

 

Credit Andrew Gena
Peter Schickele and John Clare

What’s New is a production of WBAA Classical, a listener supported broadcast service of Purdue University.

John Nasukaluk Clare is comfortable behind a microphone, streaming video or playing violin. A former broadcaster for NPR, John has previously worked with Voice of America, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation and stations in Texas, Kansas, Nevada, California, and Pennsylvania. In 2005, Clare earned the Deems Taylor Award from ASCAP for radio broadcasting, citing his work on 20/20 Hearing. Having performed with famed tenors Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli, John has worked with the Mozart Festival Texas, Mid Texas Symphony, Nevada Chamber Symphony, Shreveport Symphony, Abilene Philharmonic and Wichita Symphony Orchestra.