Every week on our Piano Puzzler, composer Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a classical composer. We get one of our listeners on the phone to try to guess the tune, and the composer Bruce is mimicking. Is it "Stand by Your Man" in the style of Tchaikovsky? Or maybe "Do Re Mi" in the style of Schoenberg? Play along, see if you can guess the tune and the composer in this week's Piano Puzzler.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Sergei Prokofiev: March from the Love for Three Oranges
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
George Gershwin: Promenade (Walking the Dog)
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Benjamin Britten: Hunt the Squirrel, from Suite on English Folk Tunes, Op. 90
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Paul Goodwin, conductor
Ordway Center, St. Paul
Benjamin Britten: Procession and Balulalow from a Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28
The Manitou Singers, Sigrid Johnson, director
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, Northfield, Minnesota
Arvo Part: Da Pacem
Vox Clamantis, Jaan-Eik Tulve, director
International Sacred Music Festival, Fribourg, Switzerland
Arvo Part: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
The North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, conductor
Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Michael Bennett from Fayetteville, Arkansas
Johan Wagenaar: Cyrano de Bergerac Overture
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Hour 2
Ottorino Respighi: Serenata
Oscar Piastrelloni, cello, the Orchestra Sinfonica Di Sassari, Roberto Tigani, conductor
Giovanni Gabrieli: Excerpts from Sacrae Symphoniae for Brass
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, conductor
Spring for Music Festival, New York City
Peter Tchaikovsky (Arranged by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn): Dance of the Mirlitons, from the Nutcracker
The Quebec Symphony Orchestra, Airat Ichmouratov, conductor
Grand Theatre, Quebec City, Quebec
Peter Tchaikovsky: Dance of the Mirlitons, from the Nutcracker
The Philharmonia Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Frank Ticheli: There Will Be Rest
Seraphic Fire, Patrick Dupre Quigley, director
Ottorino Respighi: Roman Festivals
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Thomas Ades, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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