Every week, composer Bruce Adolphe joins PT host Fred Child with a Piano Puzzler. Bruce re-writes a familiar tune in the style of classical composer. A PT listener calls in and tries to guess two things: the name of the composer whose style Bruce is imitating, and the name of the hidden tune. Bruce Adolphe has a brand new puzzler this week, play along and see if you can name the composer and the tune. And our most unusual concert highlight of the year (so far!): Thomas Bloch plays his glass harmonica in a limestone cave in northeast Spain. Bloch plays an eerie 2-minute version of "Crystal Silence" by Chick Corea.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Benjamin Godard: Waltz from Suite de Trois Morceaux, Op. 116
Marina Piccinini, flute, Anne Epperson, piano
Chick Corea: Crystal Silence, for Glass Harmonica
Thomas Bloch, glass harmonica
Coves del Salnitre, Montserrat, Spain
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Barbara Gaden from Richmond, Virginia
Igor Stravinsky: Adoration of the Earth from The Rite of Spring
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in B Minor, BWV 1030
Marina Piccinini, flute, the Brasil Guitar Duo
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Hour 2
Louis Spohr: Scherzo from Double Quartet No. 1 in D Minor
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Bela Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances
The Richter Uzur Duo
Enid Arts and Humanities Council, Enid, Oklahoma
Louis Spohr: Violin Concerto No. 8 in A Minor, Op. 47
Yi Yang, violin, the Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Eri Klas, conductor
Radio Concert Hall, Oslo, Norway
Peter Tchaikovsky: Two movements from Suite No. 3 in G, Op. 55
The Russian National Orchestra, Andrey Boreyko, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson, conductor
The BBC Proms, London, England
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American Public Media’s Performance Today® is America’s most popular classical music radio program and a winner of the 2014 Gabriel Award for artistic achievement. The show is broadcast on hundreds of public radio stations across the country, including at 1 p.m. central weekdays on Minnesota Public Radio. More information about our stations can be found at APM Distribution.
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