Poster Fred Child and Bruce Adolphe
Fred Child & Bruce Adolphe
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Puzzling!

Performance Today - October 2, 2024

So, what is a Piano Puzzler? 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. Plus, as part of our celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we'll hear music by Argentine composers Lalo Schifrin and Maximo Diego Pujol.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

John Playford: Newcastle/Splendid Schilling
Gao Hong, Pipa | Belladonna Baroque Quartet
Album: Hui: Folk Melodies From China And 17th Century Europe
Ten Thousand Lakes

Gao Hong: Celebration
Gao Hong, Pipa | Kenwood Symphony Orchestra, Carleton College Chinese Music Ensemble | Dennis Friesen-Carper, conductor
International Friendship Through the Performing Arts, Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul, MN

Piano Puzzler
Contestant: Brent Sverdloff calling from Rhinebeck, NY

Paulo Bellinati: Baiao de Gude
Newman & Oltman Guitar Duo | Joao Luiz, guitar | Celil Refik Kaya, guitar
The 35th Raritan River Music Festival, The Courtroom of the Historic Hunterdon County Courthouse, Flemington, NJ

Lalo Schifrin: Pampas
Pablo Aslan, bass | Alex Brown, piano | Hector Del Curto, bandoneon, Cho-Liang Lin, violin | David Shifrin, clarinet | Satoshi Takeishi, percussion
San Antonio Chamber Music Society, Trinity Baptist, Church San Antonio, TX

Maximo Diego Pujol: Suite magica
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp | Jason Vieaux, guitar
Album: Together
Azica 71297

Hour 2

Georg Philipp Telemann: Don Quixote Suite movement 1: Ouverture
Apollo's Fire | Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Album: Telemann: Don Quixote and other Suites & Concertos
Avie 2353

Traditional Jewish, arr. Jeannette Sorrell: Avinu Malkeinu
Jeffrey Strauss, baritone | Apollo's Fire | Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Album: Sephardic Journey: Wanderings of the Spanish Jews
Avie 2361

Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata For Two Violins in C Major, Op. 56
Nikki Chooi, violin | Timothy Chooi, violin
Hayden's Ferry Chamber Music Series, Tempe Center For The Arts, Tempe, AZ

Ernest Bloch: Piano Quintet No. 1: Movements 2-3
Wu Han, piano | Kristin Lee, violin | Stella Chen, violin | Paul Neubauer, viola | Sihao He, cello
Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival and Institute, Spieker Center for the Arts, Menlo Park, CA

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