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April 29, 2015: Piano Puzzler with a twist

Every week, composer Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a great composer; we then get one of our listeners on the phone who tries to name the composer and the hidden tune. This week, however, our Piano Puzzler has a twist. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we'll have two callers on the line -- a lovely couple from New York City.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etude No. 7, "Eroica"
Nelson Goerner, piano
Liszt: Etudes d'execution transcendante
Cascavelle 3029

Johann Strauss, Jr.: Kuss-Walzer, Op. 400
Vienna Philharmonic; Franz Welser-Most, conductor
Goldener Saal des Wiener Musikverein, Vienna, Austria

The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestants are Dick & Serena LaVine from New York, NY

Jozef Krogulski: Piano Octet in D minor, Op.6
Nelson Goerner, Lena Neudauer, Erzhan Kulibaev, Katarzyna Budnik-Galazka, Artur Rozmyslowicz, Marcin Zdunik, Rafal Kwiatkowski, Slawomir Rozloch, Jan Krzeszowiec, Radoslaw Soroka, Leszek Wachnik, Toma
Chopin and his Europe International Music Festival, Witold Lugoslawki Polish Radio Concert Studio, Warsaw, Poland

Hour 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Time for Three
Time For Three
Universal 20744

Maurice Durufle: Prelude, Recitative and Variations, Op. 3
Susan Rotholz, flute; Toby Appel, viola; John Novacek, piano
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben: 1. Der Held (The Hero); 5. Des Helden Friedenswerke (The Hero's Works of Peace); 6. Des Helden Weltflucht und Vollendung (The Hero's Retirement from this World and Consummation)
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Semyon Bychkov, conductor
Berlin Music Festival, Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany

Ranaan Meyer: Wyoming 307/Forget About It
Time for Three: Zachary DePue, violin; Nicolas Kendall, violin; Ranaan Meyer, double bass
Music from Angel Fire, Ilfeld Auditorium, Las Vegas, NM

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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.

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