Ten years ago this week, we introduced a brand new feature on our show. And the Piano Puzzler has been a huge hit with listeners ever since. Here's how it works. Every week, 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 imitating. Play along and see if you can solve this week's Piano Puzzler.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Second movement from Septet in E-flat for Winds and Strings, Op. 20
Eduard Brunner, clarinet, Marie-Luise Neunecker, horn, Stefan Schweigert, bassoon, Thomas Zehetmair, violin, James Vanvalkenburg, viola, Cheryl House, cello, Alois Posch, bass
Kevin Puts: Excerpts from Silent Night
Troy Cook, baritone, William Burden, tenor, Karin Wolverton, soprano, the Minnesota Opera Orchestra, Michael Christie, conductor
Ordway Center, St. Paul
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Bob Boguslaw from West Friendship, Maryland
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F, Op. 93
The San Francisco Symphony, Osmo Vanska, conductor
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
Hour 2
Samuel Barber: Horizon
The San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Donald Barra, conductor
Franz Liszt: Reminiscences of Lucia di Lammermoor, S. 397
Marc-Andre Hamelin, piano
92nd Street Y, New York City
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Excerpts from Don Giovanni, K. 527 (Arranged for Wind Octet)
The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Francois Leleux, conductor
Berwaldhallen, Stockholm, Sweden
PT Young Artist-in-Residence: Mayumi Kanagawa, violin
Samuel Barber: Two movements from Violin Concerto, Op. 14
Mayumi Kanagawa, violin, Hsin-I Huang, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
Bruce Adolphe: Schubert's Trout in the Style of Francis Poulenc
Bruce Adolphe, piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul
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