Every week on our Piano Puzzler, composer Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a classical composer. Play along on Wednesday's Performance Today to see if you can guess the tune and the composer whose style Bruce is mimicking.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Claude Debussy: Dances for Harp and String Orchestra: 2. Danse Profane
Vera Badings, harp; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Bernard Haitink, conductor
Debussy: Orchestral Music
Philips 438 742
Georg Philipp Telemann: Burlesque de Quichotte: Movements 1-7
Tempesta di Mare; Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone, artistic directors
Philadelphia, PA
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is David Hempling from San Francisco, CA
Claude Debussy: Jeux (Poème dansé) Très lent (Very slow) - Scherzando
New York Philharmonic; Alan Gilbert, conductor
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY
Hour 2
Arthur Sullivan: Suite from The Tempest, Op. 1: 10. Dance of Nymphs and Reapers
BBC Philharmonic; Richard Hickox, conductor
Sullivan Symphony in E Major
Chandos 9859
Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G, BWV 1048
Capella Gabetta; Andres Gabetta, conductor
Schwetzingen Festival, Rococo Theatre, Schewetzingen, Germany
Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in C Major, Hob. XV: 27
Gloria Chien, piano; Kristin Lee, violin; David Finckel, cello
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, Menlo Park CA
Maurice Ravel: La Valse
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Nicholas Collon, conductor
BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, England
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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.
Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.
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