On Wednesday's Performance Today, Bruce Adolphe has this week's Piano Puzzler. Play along with our musical game; see if you can name the hidden tune and the composer whose style Bruce is imitating. And we'll drop in on a concert in Dallas, for music by Richard Wagner.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Astor Piazzolla: Ave Maria
Maya Beiser, cello, Anthony de Mare, piano
Oblivion - Piazzolla, Nin: Cello Works
Koch 7442
Johann Sebastian Bach: Bourree in G minor from English Suite No. 2
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; Alastair Willis, conductor
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston, TX
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
The Church of St. John The Divine, Houston, TX
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Keith Weber from Houston, TX
Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 78
Anthony Marwood, violin; Aleksandar Madzar, piano
Wigmore Hall, London, England
William Boyce: Symphony in A major, Op. 2, No. 2, "Birthday"
Tempesta di Mare
Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill; Philadelphia, PA
Hour 2
Darius Milhaud: String Quartet No. 12: 1. modere, anime, modere
Parisii Quartet
Naive 4930
Maurice Ravel: Introduction et Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet, and String Quartet
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp; Alexa Still, flute; Richard Hawkins, clarinet; Jupiter Quartet
Oberlin Artist Recital Series presented by the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Finney Chapel, Oberlin, OH
Richard Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas, TX
Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche, Op. 165c, suite for saxophone and orchestra
Simon Diricq, alto saxophone; Liege Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; John Neschling, conductor
Philharmonic Hall, Liege, Belgium
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