Tuba evening and tuba music galore, March 25, 1975

Recorded during a live performance at Oakland Recital Hall, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 25, 1975, program no. 208 of the Department of Music's 1974-1975 season.Various soloists and ensembles.The Handel piece originally for flute and continuo; the Dubensky piece originally for 3 trombones and tuba with orchestra; the Reicha piece originally for 3 horns; Beethoven symphony originally for orchestra; the Jacob piece originally with band; Deep river, a spiritual; the Bach piece originally for unspecified keyboard instrument.Reel 1: Sonata in G minor, op. 1, no. 1 / George Frideric Handel (Robert Whaley, tuba ; Madeline Williamson, piano) -- (8:25) Lyric suite for euphonium and piano (1971) / Donald White (David Matchette, euphonium ; Cary Belcher, piano) -- (15:55) Concerto grosso (1950) / Arcady Dubensky (Jack Adams, Michael Patrick, David Matchette, euphoniums) -- (22:00) Three studies for solo tuba. Song ; Make like a Wallenda, man! ; Blues / David Reck (Andrew Hagenbuch, tuba)Reel 2: Quartet for tubas (1969) / Frank Lynn Payne (Kalamazoo Tuba Quartet) -- (10:37) Music for four tubas (1974) / John Stevens (Kalamazoo Tuba Quartet) -- (22:55) Midnight variations for tuba and electronically prepared tape (1971) / Walter Ross (J. Lesley Varner, tuba) -- (31:39) Three trios, op. 82 / Anton Reicha (J. Lesley Varner, Michael Shannon, Robert Whaley, tubas)Reel 3: Symphony no. 5 in C minor / Ludwig van Beethoven ; arranged by Lewis (J. Lesley Varner, Michael Shannon, Robert Whaley, tubas) -- (4:02) Fastasia for euphonium and band (1973) / Gordon Jacob (Jack Adams, euphonium ; Cary Belcher, piano) -- (14:32) Wonderland duets (1971). Duchess lullaby ; (15:14) Mock turtle song ; (17:25) Alice's poem ; (18:57) Jabberwocky / Raymond Luedeke ; poems by Lewis Carroll (Andrew Hagenbuch, Thomas Wells, tubas ; Linda Schwartz, narrator) -- (22:09) Deep river / arranged by Ozzie Westley (members of the University Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble) -- (25:14) Contrapunctus I from The art of the fugue / Johann Sebastian Bach ; arranged by Morris (members of the University Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble) -- (30:29) Basic psych / arranged by Jim Self (University Tuba Ensemble ; Dan Agne, bass guitar ; James Stanley, percussion