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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.

Curt Timmons

A Preview of Upcoming Programs on CHC

Monday, January 19, 2026

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

Organ concerti of Czech Classical composer Frantisek Brixi; Transcriptions of concerti from Vivaldi’s 12-part L’estro armonico by JS Bach; Recital of famous organ encores with French organist Marie-Claire Alain

Part 1: Frantisek Brixi: Two Organ Concerti in in C major; Organ Concerto in D major

Jan Hora playing the organ in the House of Prayer of the Union of Brethren in Prague; Prague Chamber Orchestra conducted by Frantisek Vajnar

Part 2: Johann Sebastian Bach: Vivaldi’s 12-part L’estro armonico string concerti transcribed into concerti for organ:Op. 3 No. 10 in B minor, BWV 596, Concerto Op. 3 in C major, and Op. 3 No. 8 in A minor, BWV 593

Jean Gillou plays the great Kleuker-Steinmeyer organ of the Tonhalle, Zürich

Part 3: Johann Sebastian Bach: Choral BWV 645 “Wachet Auf, Ruft Uns Die Stimme”; Concerto BWV 593 In A Minor After Vivaldi (Allegro); Choral BWV 615 “In Dir Ist Freude”; Choral BWV 639 “Ich Ruf’ Zu Dir, Herr Jesus Christ”; Choral BWV 734 “Nun Freut Euch, Lieben Christen G’ Mein”; Concerto BWV 596 In D Minor After Vivaldi – Largo E Spiccato; and Fugue BWV 578 In G Minor; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata K288 In D Major – Allegro; Louis-Claude Daquin: Noël No. 10 In G Major; Louis-Nicolas Clérambault: Suite No. 2 In G Minor; Claude Balbastre: Noël In D Major; César Franck: Pastorale in E major; Eugène Gigout: Toccata In B Minor; Johannes Brahms: Choral Prelude No. 10 Op. 122 “Herzlich Tut Mich Verlangen”; Louis Vierne: 3rd Suite Op. 54, Impromptu; Albert Alain: Scherzo; Jehan Alain: Choral Dorien and Litanies

Marie-Claire Alain playing two organs the 1964 Kern organ at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame of the White Mantles in Paris, and the Cavaillé-Coll organ at the the Cathedral of St-Antoine of the 300, Paris

                

                

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Music of French Baroque composer Jean-Baptiste Lully: Grand motet Miserere (1663); tragic opera Phaëton (1693)

Part 1: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Miserere

Isabelle Desrochers and Dominique Favat, sopranos; Richard Dugay, alto; Hervé Lamy, tenor; and Peter Harvey, bass-baritone; Le Concert Spirituel conducted by Hervé Niquet

Part 2: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Phaëton (Act 1 & beg. Of Act 2)

Part 3: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Phaëton (Concluding Act 2; Act 3-4-5)

Howard Crook as Phaëton; Rachel Vakar as Clymène; Jennifer Smith as Théone; Veronique Gens as Libye; and Gérard Thereul and Epaphus; Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius and Les Musiciens Du Louvre conducted by Marc Minkowski

                

                

Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Czech Classical composer Johann Baptist Vanhal: Two sets of his symphonies framing his choral Missa Solemnis

Part 1: Jan Baptist Vanhal: Symphonies in A major, in g minor and in D major

Prague Chamber Orchestra conducted by Oldrich Vlcek

Part 2: Jan Baptist Vanhal: Missa Solemnis in C

Soloists, Tower Voices of New Zealand; James Tibbles, organist; Aradia Ensemble conducted by Uwe Grodd

Part 3: Jan Baptist Vanhal: Four symphonies: d minor, A major, g minor and F major

Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Thomas Kalb

                

                

Thursday, January 22, 2026

The art of the Baroque trumpet with Niklas Eklund; Horn concerti of Classical era composer Jan Vaclav Stich-Punto; Bassoon concerti of Classical composer Franz Danzi

Part 1: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C, RV 537 for two trumpets, strings and continuo; Vivaldi: Combatta un gentil cor from the opera “Tito Manlio”; Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata in D for trumpet, two violins and continuo; Marc’Antonio Ziani: Trombe d’Ausonia from the opera “La Flora” for soprano, trumpet and continuo; Giuseppe Torelli; Concerto in D for trumpet, strings and continou; Tomaso Albinoni: Vien con nuovo orribil Guerra from the opera “La Staira” for soprano, two trumpets, two oboes, strings and continuo; Torelli: Sonata in D for trumpet, strings and continuo; Baldassare Galuppi: All tromba dell Fama for soprano, trumpet, strings and continuo; Alessandro Stradella: Sinfonia avanti il Barcheggio for trumpet, two violins and continuo; Vivaldi: Agitata da due venti from the opera “Griselda” RV718 for soprano, strings and continuo; and Petrinio Franceschini: Sonata in D for two trumpets, strings and continuo

Niklas Eklund, solo Baroque trumpet; Maria Keohane, soprano; Jeffery Segal, Baroque trumpet; Wasa Baroque Ensemble led by Gabriel Bania and Edward H. Tarr

Part 2: Jan Vaclav Stich-Punto: Concerto No. 5 in F; Concerto No. 7 in E-flat; and Concerto No. 10 in F

Vladimira Klaska-Bouchlova, French horn; Prague Chamber Orchestra conducted by Frantisek Vajnar

Part 3: Franz Danzi: Four Bassoon Concerti

Albrecht Holder, bassoonist; Neubranderbuger Philharmonie conducted by Nicholas Pasquet