Every week on our Piano Puzzler, composer Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a great composer. Then, one of our listeners calls in and tries to guess two things: the tune, and the composer whose style Bruce is mimicking. Play along with our weekly musical game, on Wednesday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Marcel Tournier: Suite for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello, and Harp, Op. 34
Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Bridget Kibbey, harp; Kristin Lee, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Dmitri Atapine, cello
Music@Menlo, Menlo School, Atherton, CA
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Alan Fletcher from Aspen, CO
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 20 in D, K. 133
Boston Symphony Orchestra; James Levine, conductor
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Hour 2
Alan Hovhaness: Lake of Van Sonata
Sahan Arzruni, piano
Other Minds Alan Hovhaness Centennial Celebration, First Congregational Church of Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Alan Hovhaness: "Star Dawn," Maestoso sostenuto from Symphony No. 53, Op. 377
United States Marine Band; Major Jason K. Fettig, conductor
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, VA
Ernst von Dohnanyi: Piano Quintet No. 2 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26
Daniel Phillips and Benny Kim, violins; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Eric Kim, cello; Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, St. Francis Auditorium, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, 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.
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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