Each week on our Piano Puzzler, composer Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a classical composer. We then get one of our listeners on the phone to try to guess the tune and the composer whose style Bruce is imitating. Play along with our Piano Puzzler, on Wednesday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C major, Op. 20, No. 2
Tetzlaff Quartet
Walter and Emilie Spivey Foundation and Clayton State University, Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Rebecca Butler from St. Simon's Island, GA
Alberic Magnard: Hymne a la justice
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Louis Langree, conductor
Springer Auditorium, Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH
Hour 2
Manuel de Falla: Fantasia Baetica
Angela Hewitt, piano
Spivey Hall, Spivey Hall, Morrow, GA
Michael Daugherty: Trail of Tears
Amy Porter, flute; Billings Symphony Orchestra; Anne Harrigan, conductor
Alberta Bair Theater, Billings, MT
Eugene Ysaye: Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin in E major, Op. 27, No. 6
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Aspen Music Festival and School, Harris Concert Hall
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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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