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He's Back

Bruce Adolphe and the Piano Puzzler have been on a summer vacation for the last couple of weeks, leading to more than a few cases of Puzzler withdrawal in the PT community. Luckily, they're back in today's show. Play along with Fred and Bruce; see if you can guess the hidden tune and the mystery composer in this week's Piano Puzzler.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Francis Poulenc: First movement from Sonata for Flute and Piano
Emmanuel Pahud, flute, Eric Le Sage, piano

Brad Richter: Straelener Wald (Straelener Forest)
Brad Richter, guitar
Sears Recital Hall, Dayton, Ohio

Robert Schumann: Friendly Landscape, from Waldscenen (Woodland Scenes), Op. 82
Dejan Lazic, piano
The BBC Proms, London, England

Frank Bridge: Idyll No. 2, from Three Idylls for String Quartet
The Aronowitz Ensemble
The BBC Proms, London, England

The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Lane Cheney from San Antonio, Texas

Jacques Ibert: Flute Concerto
Emmanuel Pahud, flute, the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Mario Venzago, conductor
Metropole Hall, Lausanne, Switzerland

Antonio Vivaldi: Il Gardellino, from Concerto in D, Op. 10, No. 3
Emmanuel Pahud, flute, Jonathan Manson, cello, Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord
Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, France

Hour 2

Bela Bartok: Excerpts from For Children, Hungarian Folk Tunes, Volume 1
Paul Galbraith, guitar

Thomas Robinson: Twenty Ways upon the Bells, for Harp and Lute
Arianna Savall, harp, Rolf Lislevand, lute
Schwetzingen Festival, Schwetzingen, Germany

Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas

Johannes Brahms: Wie Melodien Zieht Es Mir, from Five Lieder, Op. 105, No. 1
Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello, Noreen Polera, piano
Ramsey Concert Hall, Athens, Georgia

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