Playlist for KUCO's Concert Hall Classics with Curt Timmons

Concert Hall Classics

Concert Hall Classics, hosted by Curt Timmons, offers three hours of stunning music, presenting extended selections from the KUCO library and his personal collection. The program allows KUCO listeners to indulge in their favorite masterworks as well as discover more unusual offerings.

A Preview of Upcoming Programs on CHC

Monday, April 27, 2026

3-hour programs 11 am-2 PM & 9 PM-12 am Monday through Thursday

Baroque and Early Classical era concerti for oboe and oboe d’amore by Johann Sebastian Bach, Three ‘cello concerti of Joseph Haydn; Trumpet concerti by Hummel, Neruda, Bedrich Weber and Haydn

Part 1: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in A, BWV 1055 for oboe d’amore, strings and continuo; Concerto in g minor, BWV 1056 for oboe, strings and continuo; Concerto in d minor, BWV 1059, for oboe, strings and continuo; Concerto in D, BWV 1053, for oboe d’amore, strings, continuo; and Concerto in c minor, BWV 1060, for oboe, violin, strings and continuo

Christian Hommel; oboe and oboe d’amore; Lisa Stewart, violin in BWV 1060; Cologne Chamber Orchestra conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl

Part 2: Joseph Haydn: Concerto in D for ‘cello and orchestra, Hob. 7b No.2; Concerto No. 4 in D, Hob. 7b No. 4; and Concerto in C, Hob. 7b, No. 1

Maria Kliegel, ‘cellist; Cologne Chamber Orchestra conducted by Helmut Müller-Brühl

Part 3: Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Concerto in E for Trumpet and Orchestra; Johann Baptist Georg Neruda: Concerto in E-flat for trumpet and orchestra; Friedrich Dionys Weber: Variations in F for trumpet and orchestra; Joseph Haydn: Concerto in E-flat for trumpet and orchestra, Hob. 7e No. 1

Niklas Eklund, trumpet soloist; Swedish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Roy Goodman

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Orchestral and vocal music of German Baroque Georg Philipp Telemann: Selection of overtures from Der Tafel Musik: Comic opera Pimpinone

Part 1: Georg Philipp Telemann: Overture in e minor for two flutes, strings and continuo; the Overture in D for trumpet, strings and continuo; and the Overture for two oboes, strings and continuo

Instrumental soloists: Frans Vester and Joost Tromp, flutes; Ad Mater and Lilian Lagaay, oboes; Maurice André, trumpet; Jaap Schröder and Jacques Holtmann, violins; Joke Vermuelen, viola; Brian Pollard, bassoon; Anner Bylsma, ‘cello; Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord; led by Franz Brüggen

Part 2: Georg Philipp Telemann: Pimpinone: Die Ungleiche Heirat zwischen Vespetta und Pimpinone oder Das herrsch-süchtige Camer Mägden (The Unequal Marriage Between Vespetta and Pimpinone or The Domineering Chambermaid) – 1725 comic opera – Intermezzo 1

Part 3: Georg Philipp Telemann: Pimpinone – Intermezzi II and III

Uta Spreckelsen as Vespetta; Siegmund Nimsgern as Pimpinone; with Herbert Tachezi, harpsichord; Franz Josef Maier, violin; Alfred Sous, oboe; and Ensemble Florigeum Musicum directed by Hans Ludwig Hirsch

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Four great recordings of Sixths and one 60^th from my personal collection

Part 1a: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1050

Harry Newstone conducting The Hamburg Chamber Orchestra; Fritz Poth and Martin Ledig, violas; Hans Roder and Erwin Grtzbach, viola da gamba; Barna Berholty, ‘cello; the bass player’s name is unknown; and Karl Grebe, harpsichord (1959 SAGA LP transcription)

Part 1b: Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 60 in C major, Hoboken I/60 “Il distratto”

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Part 2a: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F “Pastorale” Op. 68

William Steinberg conducting The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (1965 Command Classics analog)

Part 2b: Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in b minor, Op. 74 “Pathetique”

Eugene Ormandy conducts The Philadelphia Orchestra (1968 RCA Victor analog)

Part 3: Bohuslav Martinů: Symphony No. 6 Fantaisies symphoniques

Berlin Symphony Orchestra conducted by Claus Peter Flor

Thursday, April 30, 2026

The Canadian Brass: Late analog and early digital recordings of music from the Renaissance to modern arrangements in three collections

Part 1: Anthony Holborne: Galliard and The Honeysuckle; Orlando Gibbons: The Silver Swan; Anthony Holborne: Heigh Ho Holiday; John Willbye: Oft I Have Vowed; Thomas Morley: My Bonny Lass; John Bull: Coranto Alarm; William Byrd: Fortune; Thomas Morley: Doe You Not Know; Richard Dering: Pavan; William Byrd: Lord Willoughby’s March; John Holmes: Thus Bonny-Boots; William Byrd: Jig; John Willbye: The Lady Oriana; Robert Johnson: The Satyr’s Dance; William Byrd: Pavan of Five Parts and Callino Casturame; Thomas Weelkes: O Care, Thou Wilt Dispatch Me; Anthony Holborne; Lullaby; and William Byrd: Fitzwilliam Suite

Personnel of The Canadian Brass are: Trumpet – Frederic Mills, Ronald Romm; French Horn – David Ohanian; Trombone – Eugene Watts; and Tuba – Charles Daellenbach

Part 2: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in d minor; Jean-Joseph Moret: Rondeau; Joahnn Pachelbel: Canon; Jeremiah Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary; Adriano Banchieri: Echo Fantasia; Bach: Little Fugue, Sheep May Safely Graze and Gigue Fugue: Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon primi toni and Canzon septime toni; Henry Purcell: Suite in Six Movements; Gabrieli: Canzon 14; Heinrich Biber: Sonata a 7; Bach: Air on the G String; and George Frederic Handel: Suite from Water Music

The Canadian Brass; The English Chamber Orchestra Brass Ensemble conducted by Donald Fraser performing the Clarke; Banchieri, Gabrieli and Biber works

Part 3: The Canadian Brass Rag; The Cathedral; A Royal Firework; Golliwog’s Cakewalk; Days Before Yesterday; El Sueño; First Gymnopedie; The Joust; Entertainer Rag; Ragtime Waltz; The Favorite Rag; Sycamore Rag; Euphonic Sound Rag; Rosebud March; and Figleaf Rag

The Canadian Brass

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, April 20, 2026

3-hour programs 11 am-2 PM & 9 PM-12 am Monday through Thursday

Organ masses of François Couperin; Organ music of German-Dutch composer Gerard Bunk and Dutch composer Hendrik Andriessen; Concert of Dutch Royal organs found in the Dutch Royal House Archives

Part 1: François Couperin: Organ Mass No. 1 for the use of the Parishes; Organ Mass No. 2 for use of the Convents

Anthony Newman plays the Fisk organ at Downtown Presbyterian Church in Rochester, New York

Part 2a: Gerard Bunk: Legend, Op. 29

Pieter van Dijk playing the Walcker organ at the Martinikerk in Doesburg, Netherlands

Part 2b: Hendrik Andriessen: Selections from Intermezzi for Organ, Nos. 13, 16, 19, 21, 24

Albert de Klerk playing the Cavaille-Coll organ at St. Augustine Church, Amsterdam

Part 3: Marius Brandts Buys: Variations on Wilhelmus van Nassouwe, played on the Immanuelchurch, Jakarta, Indonesia; Concerto in B-flat by Johan Andrea Colizzi; Johannes Albertus Groneman Trio Sonata in e minor; Giullaume Kühner Sophien Walzer; and the Marche funebrae of Deuard Gregior, played on the Gothic House organ in The Hague; Leopold Kozeluch Sonata La Chasse played on the organ at Beekbergen, Netherlands; Allegro in F and Nadndante and Vovace in G from Joannes de Grutter’s Carillonbook played on the Het Loo Palace organ in Alpendoorn; Jacob Bijster Variations on a Dutch tune; Johann August Just Allgro from Concerto in D; and Christiaan Frederick Hendriks Variations on the old Wilhelmus, played on the Schternach organ now located in Luxemburg

In all performances the organs are played by Gert Oost

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Te Deum of Hector Berlioz from a live concert recorded in 1996: Sacred choral music of Maurice Duruflé; Rarely heard choral music of Alan Hovanhess

Part 1: Hector Berlioz: Te Deum, Op. 22

Voices of Ascension Chorus and Orchestra; Young Singers of Pennsylvania, John Aler, tenor soloist, Mark Kruczek, organist – conducted by Dennis Keene

Part 2: Maurice Duruflé,: Requiem, Op. 9; Messe Cum Jubilo, Op. 11; Notre Père

Patricia Spence, soprano, and François Le Roux, baritone (soloists in the Requiem and Mass)

Voices of Ascension Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Dennis Keene

Part 3: Alan Hovhaness: Magnificat, Op. 157; Psalm 23 (cantata derived in 1960 from his Symphony No. 12, Op. 188); Selection of shorter choral works: A Rose Tree Blossoms, Op. 246, No. 4; Jesus, Lover of My Soul, Op. 53b;Jesus Christ is Risen Today, Op. 100; The Lord’s Prayer, Op. 35; Peace Be Multiplied; O for a shout of Sacred Joy, Op. 161; Out of the Depths, Op. 142; O God, Our Help in Ages Past, Op. 137

The Choirs and Orchestra of St. John’s Cathedral, Denver, Colorado; organist Eric Plutz; conducted by Donald Pearson

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Orchestral suite the opera Les Paladins of Jean-Philippe Rameau; Mozart’s Symphonies Nos. 38 and 39 conducted by Karl B Böhm; Bruckner’s Romantic symphony conducted by Herbert von Karajan

Part 1: Jean-Philippe Rameau; Orchestral suite the opera Les Paladins

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment on period instruments conducted by Gustav Leonhardt

Part 2: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D, K504, “Prague”; Symphony No. 39 in E-flat K543

Karl Böhm conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Part 3: Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 (1880 Hass edition)

Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Concerts presented by The United States Heritage of America Air Force Band, The United States Navy Band, and The United States Marine Band

Part 1: John Stafford Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner, arr. L.H. Lang); Carolyn Bremer: Early Light; Dudley Buck: Festival Overture on the American National Air, arr. T. Watts and V. Osborne; E.E. Bagley: National Emblem; John Zdechlik: Celebrations; Louis Panella: American Red Cross; CW Parker: American Legion March ; Samuel Barber: Commando March; Jack Lawrence: Heave Ho! My Lads, Heave Ho!; Peter DeRose: The Song of the Seabees ; Julie Giroux: Fort McHenry Suite; Eric Ewazen: A Hymn for the Lost and the Living ; William Steffe: The Battle Hymn of the Republic, arr. Sammy Nestico, narrated by Colonel Jay Walsh; Armed Forces Salute arr. by Robert Cray; John Philip Sousa: The Stars and Stripes Forever

The United States Heritage of America Air Force Band conducted by Major Larry H. Lang

Part 2: James Curnow: Rejouissance (Fantasia On “Ein Feste Burg”); Henry Filmore: Rolling Thunder; Bryan Kidd: Concert Moods for Trumpet, with solo trumpet Chief Musician Robert Birch; Darius Milhaud: Suite Francaise; Cliftion Williams: Pastorale; Urban F. Carvalho: Song and Dance with alto soloist Dale Underwood; Edwin Franko Goldman: The Chimes of Liberty; Hugo Alfven: Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19; Philip Sparke: Jubilee Overture

The United States Navy Band conducted by Commander Philip Howard Field

Part 3: William Schuman: American Hymn; Dmitri Shostakovich, October, Op. 131

The United States Marine Band conducted by Colonel Jason K. Fettig

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, April 13, 2026

3-hour programs 11 am-2 PM & 9 PM-12 am Monday through Thursday

Organ music of Leo Sowerby, Symphony for Organ and Orchestra of Aaron Copland; Historic recording of Francis Poulenc’s Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani with Charles Munch conducting; “Ein Feste Burg” with the Chicago Gargoyle Brass and Organ Ensemble

Part 1: Leo Sowerby: Fantasy for Flute Stops; Requiescat in pace: Symphony in G for Organ

Catherine Crozier plays the Aeolian-Skinner Organ at Saint John’s Chapel of the Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts (1987 digital)

Part 2a: Aaron Copland: Symphony for Organ and Orchestra

Wayne Marshall plays the CB Fisk Opus 100 organ in the Meyerson Symphony Center Hall – Dallas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton (1997 digital)

Part 2b: Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Organ Strings and Timpani

Berj Zamchochian plays the Boston Symphony Hall organ: Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Munch (1960 analog)

Part 3: James Curnow: Rejouissance-Fantasia on “Ein Feste Burg” composed in 1987 for wind ensemble and arranged for brass and organ in 2011; Heinrich Schütz: Three Becker Psalms, Op. 5 arranged for brass qurtet; Johann Sebastian Bach: “Nun komm der heiden heiland,” BWV 659; Three Lutheran Chorales BWV 680, 687, and 651; Otto Nicolai: Church Festival Overture on “Ein Feste Burg,” Op. 31, originally for orchestra and arranged for brass and organ; Felix Mendelssohn: Organ Sonata No. 6 in d, Op. 65; an arrangement of the last movement of Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, the Reformation symphony Op. 107

Jared Stellmacher and Mark Sudeith, organists, with the 2006 Rogers Op. 1038 organ at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in the Curnow, Heinrich Schütz Bach “Nun Komm…”, and Mendelssohn Sonata; The 2001 Schantz Organ Op. 2300 at the Church of the Gesu, Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the 1982 Casavant Op. 3544 in the First United Church of Oak Park, Illinois in the remaining works – Chicago Gargoyle Brass Ensemble conducted by Stephen Squires

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebstian by Claude Debussy; Ballet music to Daphnis et Chloe & One act opera L’infant et les sortilege by Maurice Ravel

Part 1: Claude Debussy: Le Martyre de saint Sébastien (The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian)

Suzanne Danco, soprano; Nancy Waugh and Marie-Lise de Montmollin, mezzo sopranos; Union Chorale de la Tour-de Peilz – L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Amsermet (1954 analog stereo)

Part 2: Maurice Ravel: L’enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties (The Child and the Spells: A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts)

Soloists, and the Choir and Orchestra of French Television and Radio conducted by Lorin Maazel (1961 analog)

Part 3: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, symphonie chorégraphique

Choral ensemble Spirito; Orchestre National de Lyon conducted by Leonard Slatkin

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Leonard Bernstein and the NYPO – Early & Late 1960s Columbia Masterworks recordings of Symphonic Standards

Part 1a: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Marriage of Figaro overture (1968 analog); Symphony No. 39 in E-flat, K. 543 (1961 analog)

Part 1b Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C, K551 (1968 analog)

Part 2: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14 (1963 analog)

Part 3: Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in c minor, Op. 68 (1960 analog)

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Early analog recordings of The Canadian Brass; The Artistry of trumpeters Gerard Schwarz and Niklas Eklund; The Millar Brass Ensemble

Part 1: Eldon Rathburn: Canadian Brass Rag; JS Bach (adapted): The Cathedral; GF Handel: A Royal Firework; Claude Debussy: Golliwog’s Cakewalk; Larry Crosley: Days Before Yesterday; Don Gillis: El Sueño; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1; Don Gillis: The Joust; Scott Joplin: The Entertainer Rag; Ragtime Waltz; The Favorite Rag; Sycamore Rag; Euphonic Sounds Rag; Rosebud March; Figleaf Rag and Easy Winners Rag; TK Filmore: ‘Lasses Trombone and Slim Trombone; Amazing Grace (arr.) Bourbon Street Medley: Just a Closer Walk with Thee-Tin Roof Blues-Muskrat Ramble

The Canadian Brass (taken from the 1970s analog CBC albums “Canadian Brass Plays Rags” and “Unexplored Territory”)

Part 2a: Johann Ernst Altenberg: Concerto in D (7 trumpets); Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C (2 trumpets); Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Sonata in C (8 trumpets); Giuseppe Torelli: Sonata a cinqe No. 1 in G (Trumpet in A); Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in D (Piccolo trumpet in A)

New York Trumpet Ensemble, Gerard Schwarz, solo trumpeter; and The Y Chamber Symphony of New York conducted by Gerard Schwarz (1979 digital)

Part 2b: George Frederick Handel: Overture to Atalanta

Niklas Eklund, solo trumpet; Drottingholm Baroque Ensemble

Part 3: Sergei Prokofief: March, Op. 99; March from Love of Three Oranges; Tylaman Susato: Six Dances from La Danserie; Edvard Grieg: Funeral March; Jean Joseph Mouret: Rondeau; Thomas Morley: Now Is the Month of Maying; Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata pian’ e forte; Canzona septimi toni, No. 2; Pavel Chesnokov: Salvation Is Created; Benjamin Britten; Russian Funeral; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite de Danses (arr. by Jean Thilde)

The Millar Brass Ensemble (1995 digital)