Menu

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.

Photo of radio host Curt Timmons

A Preview of Upcoming Programs on CHC

Monday, August 3, 2026

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

 Organ Edition

Part 1: Passacaglia and Fugue in c minor, BWV 582, the Pastorale in F, BWV 590, The Prelude-Fantasia and Fugue in g minor, BWV 542, known as the Great, the Prelude and Fugue in a minor, BWV 543, the Prelude and Fugue in b minor, BWV 544, Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 545

E. Power Biggs playing the Flenthrop organ at the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University (1964 and 1971 analog)

Part 2: Clavier-Übung III (German Organ Mass)

Carl B. Staplin playing the Dobson Op. 61 organ at Faith Lutheran Church, Des Moines, Iowa; Faith Lutheran Church Chancel Choir conducted by Eric Dale Knapp

Part 3: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, BWV 564; Partita on Sei gegrüset, Jesu gütig

Jonathan Biggers, organist, on the 1992 Fritts organ at Arizona State University

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Choral Edition

Part 1: Georg Philipp Telemann: “Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu” (The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus), Telemann-Werke Verzeichnis 6

Soloists; Rheinische Kantorei; Das Kleine Konzert performing on period instruments conducted by Herman Max

Part 2: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Die Auferstehung und Himmelfahrt Jesu (The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus)

Soloists; La Petite Bande on period instruments, led by Sigiswald Kujken

Part 3: Johann Sebastian Bach: Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch (Truly, truly I say to you), BWV 86; Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen (Until now you have asked for nothing in My name), BWV 87

The Bach Ensemble conducted by Helmut Rilling

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Orchestral Edition

Part 1: Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 1 in c minor “Bells of Zlonice”

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vaclav Neumann (1972 analog)

Part 2: Zdenek Fibich: Symphony No. 3

Brno State Philharmonic conducted by Jiri Belholavek (1981 digital)

Part 3: Bedrich Smetana: Ma Vlast

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jaroslav Krombohlk

 

Thursday, August 6, 2026

Wind Ensemble Edition

Part 1: Rejouissance (Fantasia On “Ein Feste Burg”) by James Curnow, Rolling Thunder by Henry Filmore, Concert Moods for Trumpet by Chief Musician Bryan Kidd, with soloist Chief Musician Robert Birch; Suite Francais by Darius Milhaud; Wedding Dance from “Hasseneh” by Jacques Press; Pastorale by Clifton Wiliams; Song and Dance by Urban F. Carvalho, with Dale Underwood, alto sax soloist; The Chimes of Liberty by Edwin Franco Goldman; Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19 by Hugo Alfven; Philip Sparkes’ Jubilee Overture

The US Navy Concert Band conducted by Commander Philip Howard Field.

Part 2: Marche Hongroise of Hector Berlioz; Sir William Walton’s Crown Imperial; March from Symphonic Metamorphosis by Paul Hindemith; Die Meistersinger by Richard Wagner; Mars from The Planets by Gustav Holst; Cakewalk Suite by Hershey Kay; The Purple Carnival by Harry J. Alford; The Sinfonians by Clifton Williams; Valdres by Johanes Hannsen; St. Julien by A.W.Hughes; Hot Trombone by Harry J. Alford; St. Louis Blues by W.C. Handley

USAF Tactical Air Command Band, Langley Air Force Base, conducted by Major Lowell E. Graham

Part 3: Aaron Copland: An Outdoor Overture; Paul Creston: Celebration Overture

The United States Air Force Band conducted by Lt. Col. Lowell E. Graham