Bruce Adolphe joins us every week with a musical game; our Piano Puzzler. On this weekend's PT, play along to see if you can guess the hidden tune and the composer whose style Bruce is imitating.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Quartet No. 5 in E-flat major for Strings, K. 195
Jupiter String Quartet
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Emilio Gandara from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Anthony DiLorenzo: Jabberwocky
Alastair Willis, conductor; River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX
Hour 2
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 2 In D Minor, BWV 1008: 4. Sarabande; 7. Gigue
Alison Balsom, trumpet
Bach: Works for Trumpet
EMI 58047
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No. 8 in F, K. 168
Casals Quartet
Oriol Martorell Hall, L'auditori, Barcelona, Spain
Camille Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Sol Gabetta, cello; German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin; Andrey Boreyko, conductor
Kissinger Sommer, Max Littmann Hall, Kissingen, Germany
Pablo Casals: Els Cants dels Ocells
Sol Gabetta, cello; German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin; Andrey Boreyko, conductor
Kissinger Sommer, Max Littmann Hall, Kissingen, Germany
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