"How did you arrive?"

"I came by coach."

"By coach? But there's no road! You don't mind spending the 10th Annual Halloween Edition of the Komodo Dragon Show in the Tapestry Room, do you? The previous guest was found dead in the morning, clutching a crucifix, two small puncture wounds in his neck. It turns out he had slept on his dentures, which had slipped out during the night."

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (1830)
Transcribed by Franz Liszt (1833)
Idil Biret - piano
Naxos, 8.550725
55:54

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

2. Richard Wagner: Eine Faust-Overtüre (1855; rec. Berlin 22 Sep. 1944)
Hermann Abendroth - conductor, Berlin Philharmonic
Hermann Abendroth: Unissued Broadcast Performances, 1939-1950 Disc 1
Music & Arts, CD 1065
13:08

3. "Never Bet the Devil Your Head" from The CBS Radio Workshop (broadcast CBS 28 July 1957)
Story by Edgar Allan Poe (1841)
Alan Botzer - adaptor
Jack Johnstone - director
Amerigo Moreno - music supervisor
John Dehner - Edgar Allan Poe
Hugh Douglas - Announcer
Eleanor Audley - Mother Dammit
Leone LeDoux - Baby Toby
Richard Beals - Young Toby
Daws Butler - Toby Dammit
Howard McNear - The Devil
25'
("A lesson to all riotous livers." Above, Eleanor Audley in wicked stepmother mode.)

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

4. Bernard Herrmann: The Devil & Daniel Webster (1941)
Bernard Herrmann - conductor, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Unicorn-Kanchana, UKCD 2065
19:57

5. Evolution Control Committee: Sperms Got Germs (1994)
Double The Phat & Still Tasteless
2:47
(Sent to me by a little birdie. The entire instrumental track is apparently ripped from bits of Sammy Davis jr. records.)

6. Franz Liszt: Totentanz (1865)
Arranged by Martin Kennedy & Lara St. John (2006)
Sarah Ioannides - conductor, Lara St. John - violin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Ancalagon, ANC 133
15:23

7. Bernard Herrmann: "The Tomb - Sandra" & "The Church - Court's Confession - Bryn Mawr" from Obsession (1975)
Bernard Herrmann - conductor, National Philharmonic Orchestra
Unicorn-Kanchana, UKCD 2065
17:26

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Roberto Gerhard: Pandora Suite (1944-45)
Edmon Colomer - conductor, Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya
Roberto Gerhard 5
Auvidis Montaigne, MO 782105
29:40

2. Philip Glass: Music in 5ths (1969)
Bang on a Can: Robert Black - bass, David Cossin - marimba, Lisa Moore - piano, Mark Stewart - guitar, Wendy Sutter - cello, Evan Ziporyn - clarinets
Canteloupe Music, CA21016
24:22

Set #2 - 9:00am - 11:00am

3. Robert Russell Bennett: Sights & Sounds (An Orchestral Entertainment) (1929)
William T. Stromberg - conductor, Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Naxos, 8.559004
23:55

4. George Enescu: Symphony No.3 (1916)
Gennady Rozhdestvensky - conductor, BBC Philharmonic, Leeds Festival Chorus
Chandos Records, CHAN 9633
54:42

5. István Anhalt: SparkskrapS (1988)
Alex Pauk - conductor, Esprit Orchestra
Iridescence
CBC Records, SMCD 5132
23:12

Music with a twang and a tilt.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Bernie Green: Steel Bones (rec. 7 May 1959)
Bernie Green & His Guitar Orchestra
The History of Space Age Pop Vol.2: Mallets in Wonderland
RCA, 07863 66646-2
3:23

2. Jerry Goldsmith: The Flim-Flam Man (1967)
Jerry Goldsmith - conductor
The Flim-Flam Man Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Film Score Monthly, Vol.2 No.9
33:19

3. Eldon Rathburn: The Rise & Fall of the Steam Railroad (1982)
Claude Garden - harmonica; William Kuinka - mandolin; Eric Weissberg & Billy Keith - banjos; Tony Romandini - guitar; Edith Boivin - piano; Michel Donato - double bass; Pierre Béluse, Robert Leroux & Jean-Guy Plante - percussion; Eldon Rathburn - synthesizer, jaw harp & steam calliope
Eldon Rathburn: Mostly Railroad Music
Crystal Records, CD520
16:28

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

4. Richard Strauss: Don Quixote (1897; rec. Berlin 1933)
Richard Strauss - conductor, Enrico Mainardi - cello solo, Berlin State Opera Orchestra
Richard Strauss Conducts Don Quixote
Dutton Laboratories, CDBP 9746
37:29

5. Danny Barker & Vernon Lee: Save the Bones for Henry Jones ('Cause Henry Don't Eat No Meat) (rec. Hollywood 20 Aug. 1947)
Johnny Mercer - vocal, Nat King Cole Trio
Johnny Mercer: The Capitol Collector's Series
Capitol, CDP 7 92125 2
3:02

6. Pino Minafra: Herr Fantozzi (rec. Rome 6-8 Mar. 2000)
Pino Minafra - megaphone, Italian Instabile Orchestra
Italian Instabile Orchestra: Litania Sibilante
Enja Records, ENJ-9405-2
9:10

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

7. Traditional: Sean Ryan's Polka/
Traditional: Whiskey before Breakfast (rec. 1990)
Arranged by Glenn Morgan
Glenn Morgan - hammered dulcimer, Jim Wells - guitar
Glenn Morgan: D Is for Dulcimer
Fishbite Recordings, 9001-2
3:59

8. Carlo Rustichelli: I quattro dell'Ave Maria (1968)
Franco di Gemini - harmonica, Bruno Nicolai - conductor
I quattro dell'Ave Maria Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Digitmovies, CDDM043
44'

9. Blind Blake: Dry Bone Shuffle (rec. Chicago 13-14 Apr. 1927)
Blind Blake - vocal & guitar, unknown - rattlebones
2:40

10. Blind Blake: Buck-Town Blues (rec. Chicago c. Mar. 1927)
Blind Blake - guitar, Dad Nelson - kazoo
2:53

Tracks 9-10
Blind Blake: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol.1 (1926-1927)
Document Records, DOCD-5024

Three hours of viola music, and that's no joke.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Nino Rota: Prova d'orchestra (1978)
Riccardo Muti - conductor, Filarmonica della Scala
Nino Rota: Film Music
Sony, SK 63359
10:02

2. Rebecca Clarke: Sonata for Viola & Piano (1918-19)
Paul Coletti - viola, Leslie Howard - piano
English Music for Viola
Hyperion Records, CDA66687
21:18

*3. J. S. Bach: Largo from Sonata 3 in C for Unaccompanied Violin (1720)
Arranged by Tracy Scott Silverman
Tracy Scott Silverman - viola & keyboards
4:44

†4. William Grant Still: Suite (1944)
Arranged by Karen Elaine Bakunin
Karen Elaine Bakunin - viola & conductor, Bruce Dukov - violin solo, Hollywood All-Star Orchestra
14:54

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

*5. Tracy Scott Silverman: Riff in 11/8 last movement from the Violin Concerto
Tracy Scott Silverman - violin, electric violin, MIDI violin, viola, keyboards & computers, Thea Suits - flute, Paul Hanson - bassoon, Michael Manring - fretless bass, David P. Doll - percussion
6:45

*6. Terry Riley & Tracy Scott Silverman: Darshan with Terry Riley
Tracy Scott Silverman - muted viola, Terry Riley - felt-muted piano
2:19

*7. Terry Riley & Tracy Scott Silverman: Moonshine in the Sun with Terry Riley
Tracy Scott Silverman - muted viola, Terry Riley - rubber-muted piano
5:25

*Tracks 3 & 5-7 (rec. 1999)
Tracy Scott Silverman: Trip to the Sun
Windham Hill, 01934-11496-2

8. Morris, Maneri, Lightcap & Cleaver: Matter of Fact (rec. NYC 6 Nov. 1999)
Joe Morris Quartet: Joe Morris - guitar, Mat Maneri - viola, Chris Lightcap - bass, Gerald Cleaver - drums
Joe Morris Quartet at the Old Office
Knitting Factory Records, KFR-272
20:26

‡9. Ismail Wadada Leo Smith: Hetep: Serenity: Tranquility - 2 (1996)
Karen Elaine Bakunin - viola
10:08

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

10. Georg Philipp Telemann: Viola Concerto in G (c. 1715)
Ladislav Kyselak - viola, Richard Edlinger - conductor, Capella Istropolitana
Naxos, 8.550156
14:04

11. J. S. Bach: Suite No.3 in C for Unaccompanied Cello (1722)
Rivka Golani - viola
Bach/Golani
CBC Records, MVCD 1141-3
22:12

‡12. Karen Elaine Bakunin: Scodiattura
Karen Elaine Bakunin - viola
3:14

‡Tracks 9 & 12 (rec. Feb. 2003)
Karen Elaine Bakunin: Viola Works
Viola Concerts, n.n.

†13. Jester Hairston: Soliloquy for Solo Viola & String Orchestra
Arranged by Karen Elaine Bakunin (2000)
Karen Elaine Bakunin - viola & conductor, Hollywood All-Star Orchestra
8:43

†Tracks 4 & 13 (rec. Nov.-Dec. 2003)
Karen Elaine Bakunin: Summerland
Viola Concerts, n.n.

14. Johannes Brahms: Zwei Gesänge op.91 (1884)
Marie-Nicole Lemieux - contralto, Michael McMahon - piano, Nicolò Eugelmi - viola
Brahms Lieder
Analekta, AN 2 9906
11:38

Wear your fruit hat.

Set #1 - 8:00am - 9:00am

1. Banda do Carnaval: Live from Rio (rec. 1967-81)
Philips, 826 871-2
39:49

*2. Albertino Pimentel: Mimasinha (rec. 1904)
Banda da Casa Edison
4:00

*3. Zequinha de Abreu: Saudoso amor (rec. 25 Sep. 1934)
Orquestra Victor Brasileira
3:26

*4. Zequinha de Abreu: Beijos divinais (rec. 22 Nov. 1934)
Orquestra Victor Brasileira
3:20

†5. Valdemar de Oliveira: Adeus oh! terra onde nasci (rec. April 1928)
Vicente Celestino - tenor, Orquestra Rio Artists
3:16

Set #2 - 9:00am - 10:00am

†6. Levino Ferreira: Diabinho de saia (rec. Feb. 1938)
Orquestra Diabos do Céu
2:40

†7. Nelson Ferreira: Maroca só que puxá (rec. Feb. 1930)
Simão Nacional Orquestra
2:44

†8. Alfredo Gama: Saudades (rec. June 1928)
Francisco Alves & Rogério Guimarães - guitar
2:56

*9. Ernesto Nazareth: Nenê (rec. Sep. 1947)
Carioca e sua Orquestra
2:28

*10. Severino Araujo: Molengo (rec. June 1946)
Severino Araujo e sua Orquestra
2:47

*Tracks 2-4 & 9-10
Brazilian Big Bands: Dancing Days 1904-1954
Frémaux & Associés, FA 5122

†Tracks 5-8
Musique du Nordeste Vol.2: 1928-1946
Buda Musique, 82969-2

11. Harry Freedman: Suite from the Ballet Oiseaux exotiques (1984)
Uri Mayer - conductor, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
CBC Records, SMCD5059
38:20

Set #3 - 10:00am - 11:00am

12. Heitor Villa-Lobos: Floresta do Amazonas (1959)
Text by Dora Vasconcelos
Bidú Sayão - soprano, Heitor Villa-Lobos - conductor, Symphony of the Air & Chorus
Inspiration: Brazil
EMI Classics, 7243 5 65880 2 8
47:13