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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.

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A Preview of Upcoming Programs on CHC

Monday, June 29, 2026

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

Organ/Concerto Edition

Part 1: Félix-Alexandre Guilmant: Organ Sonata No. 5 in c minor, Op. 80; Sonata No. 6 in b minor, Op. 86; Grand Choeur in g minor; Was Gott thut

 Daniel Roth plays the Calvaille-Coll organ at St. Sulpice Church Paris

Part 2: Francis Poulenc: Organ Concerto in g minor

Philippe Lefervre playing the organ of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, Paris

Orchestre National de Lille conducted by Jean-Claude Casadesus

Part 3a: Marcel Dupre: Concerto in e minor for organ, Op. 31

Daniel Jay McKinley playing the 1942 Aeolian-Skinner Organ at the First Christian Church, Columbus, Indiana – Columbus Indiana Philharmonic conducted by David Bowen

Part 3b: Marcel Dupre: Cortege et Lintanie, Op. 19, No. for organ and flute, with Kathy Dell, flutist; Poeme Heroique, Op. 33 for organ with trumpets, trombones and field drum – Ingrid Rebstock, Marcus Goddard and Phil Bernstein, trumpets; Vincent Lane, Bradley Schrock and Angeleeta Sosnowski, trombones; and Jim Strain, field drum

Part 3c: Marcel Dupre: Symphony in g minor for organ and orchestra, Op. 25

Daniel Jay McKinley playing the 1942 Aeolian-Skinner Organ at the First Christian Church, Columbus, Indiana – Columbus Indiana Philharmonic conducted by David Bowen

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Choral Edition: Gloriæ Dei Cantores (Latin for “Singers to the Glory of God”) 40-voice choir

Part 1: Music of Johann Sebastian Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit (God’s time is the very best time), BWV 106, Actus tragicus; Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 550, played by organist David Chalmers on the great organ of Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Massachusetts; the solo bass cantata Der Friede Sei Mit Dir, BWV 158, Francis Hempel, bass soloist; Toccata, Adagio and Fugue BWV 564, SharonRose Pfeiffer, organist; and the motet Jesu Meine Fruede

Gloriæ Dei Cantores and the Gloriæ Dei Cantores Instrumental ensemble conducted by Elizabeth C. Patterson

Part 2: Choral music of Joseph Rheinberger: Three Motets, Op. 133; the Mass in F for male chorus and organ, Op. 190; Tribulationes from Five Hymns, Op. 140; The Mass in g minor for female choir and organ, Op. 187; and the Mass in E-flat, Op. 109

Gloriæ Dei Cantores conducted by Elizabeth C. Patterson

Part 3: American Composers: Howard Hanson: How excellent Thy Name; Randall Thompson: The Lord Is My Shepherd

Gloriæ Dei Cantores conducted by Elizabeth C. Patterson

 

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Orchestral Edition

Part 1: Anton Bruckner Symphony No. 9 in d minor

Chicago Symphony conducted by Riccardo Muti

Part 2: Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jesus Lopez-Cobos

Part 3: Johannes Brahms: Variations on a theme by Haydn

Sir John Barbirolli conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (1969 EMI)

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Wind Ensemble Edition

Part 1: Collection of historic concert band favorites: Umberto Giordano: Selections from Andrea Chénier; Emmanuel Chabier: España Rhapsodie; Haydn Wood: Tone Poem, Mannin Veen; Camille Saint-Saëns: Marche militaire francaise from Suite algérienne, Opus 60; Jaromír Weinberger: Polka and Fugue from Schwanda, the Bagpiper; Franz Liszt: Finale from the Symphonic Poem Mazeppa; Amilcare Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Triumphal March from Aida; Richard Wagner: “Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral” from Lohengrin; Sir William Walton’s Coronation March, “Crown Imperial”

The United States Marine Band conducted by Colonel Timothy W. Foley

Part 2: Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic suite from the 1954 film On The Waterfront

The US Marine Band conducted by Lt. Col. Jason K. Fettig

Part 3: Original works for concert band and recent transcriptions of concert favorites: Dmitri Shostakovich (trans. Patterson*): Festive Overture, Opus 96; H. Owen Reed’s three-movement La Fiesta Mexicana; music of Emmanuel Chabrier (trans. Patterson): Fete Polonaise” from Le Rois magré lui; and concluding with a transcription of Ottorino Respighi’s Feste Romane

The US Marine Band conducted by Col. Michael J. Coburn

 

Previous Programs on CHC

Monday, June 22, 2026

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

Concerti Edition

Part 1: Georg Muffat (1653-1704): Concerto Grosso No. 1 in D; No. 2 in g minor; No. 3 in A; and No. 5 in G

Ensemble 415 led by Chiara Bianci and Jesper Christensen

Part 2: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C for Sopranino Recorder RV 444; Concerto in F for Treble Recorder RV 442; Concerto in a minor for Sopranino Recorder RV 445; Concerto in c minor for Treble Recorder RV 441; and Concerto in C for Sopranino Recorder RV 443

Michael Schneider recorder player; Camarata Köln performing on period instruments

Part 3: Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto in e minor for recorder, transverse flute and strings; Concerto in c minor for violin, oboe and strings; Concerto in a minor for two recorders and strings; Concerto in b minor for transverse flute and string; Concerto in d for two oboe d’amore, ‘cello and strings; and Concerto in b-flat for oboe, violin, two transverse flutes and strings

Soloists accompanied by Camarata Köln performing on period instruments

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Choral Edition

Part 1a: Ralph Vaughan Williams:  Mass in g minor (1920-21)

Richard Hickox Singers; London Symphony Chorus conducted by Richard Hickox

Part 1b: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Six Choral Songs to be Sung in Time of War (1939)

Richard Hickox Singers; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Hickox

Part 1c: Ralph Vaughan Williams:  Serenade to Music (1938)

Soloists and the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult (1969 EMI analog)

Part 2: Italian composer Enrico Miaroma’s Light; British composer Alexander L’Estrange’s Oculi omnium; Czech composer Zdenek Lukáš’ Dies irae; Felix Mendelssohn’s Richte mich, Gott; German composer Wolfram Buchenberg’s Erbarme dich; British composer Herbert Howells: Requiem; American composer Jake Runestad’s Psalm 121; Spanish composer Tomás Luis De Victoria’s O vos omnes, written in 1585; the traditional tune The Dying Soldier as arranged by Mack Wilberg and Nigel Short; American composer Susan Labarr’s I Hear Thy Voice

Baylor A Cappella Choir conducted by Brian Schmidt

Part 3: Healy Willan: Miss brevis No. 13 in g minor; Missa brevis No. 2 in f minor; Missa brevis no. 5 in f-sharp minor; Now is the healing time decreed; Tenebrae of Maundy Thursday; The royal banners go forward; Tenebrae of Good Friday; Faithful Cross; Tenebrae of Holy Saturday; Missa brevis No. 7 in g minor; Missa brevis No. 8 in d minor

Gallery Choir and Ritual Choir of the Church of Church of Saint Mary Magdalene conducted by Robert Hunter Bell

 

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Orchestral Edition

Part 1a: Peter van Anrooy (1879-1954): Piet Hein Rhapsodie for Orchestra

Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kees Bakels

Part 1b: Cornelis Dopper (1870-1939): Ciaconna Gotica

Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kees Bakels

Part 1c: Cornelis Dopper: Symphony No. 7 “Zuider Zee”

Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kees Bakels

Part 2: Willem Pijper (1894-1947): Symphony No. 1 of 1917, subtitled “Pan,” with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Richard Dufallo in concert March 4, 1983; the Symphony No. 2 composed in 1921, with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Roelof van Driesen in concert September 4, 1986; and the Symphony No. 3 of 1926, with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Richard Dufallo, in concert October 23, 1981

Part 3a: Willem Pijper: Piano Concerto (1927)

Theo Bruins, pianist; Rotterdam Philharmonic conducted by Roelof van Driesen, recorded in concert on September 4, 1986

Violin Concerto (1939)

Gerard Hettima, violinist; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Lucas Vis, in concert April 12, 1984

Part 3b: Willem Pijper: Six Symphonic Epigrams (1928)

Simon Rattle conducts The Rotterdam Philharmonic

 

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Winds Edition

Part 1: Johann Friederich Fasch (1688-1758): Concerto in D for Flute, Oboe, Strings and continuo; Concerto in g minor for Oboe, Strings and Continuo; Concerto in G for Oboe, 2 Violins, Strings and Continuo; Concerto in e minor for Flute, Oboe, Strings and Continuo; Concerto in G for Oboe, Strings and Continuo; Concerto in c minor for 2 Oboes, Bassoon, Strings and Continuo

Hans-Peter Westermann and Piet Dhont, oboes; Karl Kaiser, flute; Michael McCraw, bassoon; Mary Utiger and Paula Kibildis, violins; Hajo Bäss, viola; Rainer Zipperling, ‘cello; Hans Koch, Violone (the predecessor to the modern double bass); and Harald Hoeren, harpsichord

Part 2: Antonin Dvořák (arr. Ulf-Guido Schäfer and Volker Grewel): Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 Nos. 2 and 8; Slavonic Dances Op. 72 No. 2 and 7; the String Quartet Op. 96 in F; 5 Bagatelles, Op. 47

Members of the Ma’alot Quintet

Part 3a: Darius Milhaud: Chamber Symphonies Nos. 1-6

Ensemble Villa Musica; vocalists Susanne Leitz, soprano; Ulricke Gmeiner, alto; Gerhart Nennemann, tenor; and Reiner Holthaus, bass who perform in Chamber Symphony No. 6

Part 3b: Darius Milhaud: The Dreams of Jacob, Op. 294

Members of Ensemble Villa Musica