So, what is a Piano Puzzler, you might ask? Well, it's a familiar tune that Bruce Adolphe has re-written in the style of a classical composer. See if you can name the hidden tune and the composer whose style Bruce is imitating. Join us for this week’s Piano Puzzler on this episode of Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Joaquin Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez Movement 3: Allegro gentile
Milos Karadaglic, guitar | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Album: Milos: Aranjuez
DG
Lili Boulanger: D'un soir triste
Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Yannick Nezet-Seguin, conductor
Lucerne Festival, Concert Hall KKL, Lucerne, Switzerland
Piano Puzzler
Contestant: Cayce Wilkinson calling from Council Bluffs, Iowa
Zoltan Kodaly: Serenade for two violins and viola, Op. 12
Justin Bruns, violin | Jun Ching Lin, violin | Cathy Lynn, viola
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Pre-Concert Chamber Music Series, Symphony Hall, Atlanta, GA
Hour 2
Antonin Dvorak: Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155: III. Scherzo (Furiant). Molto vivace
Wu Han, piano | Arnaud Sussmann, violin | Yeri Roh, violin | Tien-Hsin Cindy Wu, viola | Sterling Elliott, cello
Album: Music@Menlo Live, Gather, Vol. 2
Music@Menlo
Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Roderick Cox, conductor
CHRTS, Victory Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40, movement 4
Sterling Elliott, cello | Wynona Wang, piano
Tippet Rise Art Center, The Olivier Music Barn, Fishtail, MT
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 10 No. 2
Jonathan Biss, piano
Album: Jonathan Biss: Beethoven Piano Sonatas Vol. 4
Onyx
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