Every week on our Piano Puzzler, composer Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a classical composer. Play along on Wednesday's Performance Today to see if you can guess the tune and the composer whose style Bruce is mimicking.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Igor Stravinsky: Scherzo a la russe
Russian National Orchestra; Mikhail Pletnevm, conductor
Stravinsky: Symphony in E-flat, Op. 1/Firebird Suite/Scherzo a la russe
DG 453434
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in B Flat Major for Violin, Cello, and Strings RV 537
Ani Kavafian, solo violin; David Finckel, solo cello; Sophie Arbuckle, violin; Miho Saegusa, violin
Music@Menlo, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA
Music@Menlo Live 1. Italy
Music@Menlo 20041
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Rainer Klauss from Madison, AL
Igor Stravinsky: The Fairy's Kiss, ballet suite
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; Nikolai Alexeev, conductor
Estonia Concert Hall, Tallin, Estonia
Hour 2
Alan Hovhaness: Spirit of Trees, Sonata for Harp and Guitar: 2. Canon; 4. Moderato
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp; David Leisner, guitar
Music of Alan Hovhaness
Telarc 80530
Sergei Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25, "Classical"
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Xian Zhang, conductor
BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Alan Hovhaness: Duet for Violin and Cello, Op. 409
Angela Fuller Heyde, violin; Jennifer Humphreys, cello; Grand Teton Music Festival Chamber Musicians
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Teton Village, WY
Aaron Copland: Concerto for Clarinet, Strings, Harp and Piano
Martin Frost, clarinet; Norwegian Chamber Orchestra; Per Kristian Skalstad, leader
Ojai Music Festival, Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
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