On this weekend's Performance Today, play along with our Piano Puzzler; see if you can name the hidden tune and the composer whose style Bruce Adolphe is imitating. Plus, highlights from the 2014 Grand Teton Music Festival in Teton Village, Wyoming.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Johann Strauss Jr.: Carnevals Spektakel Quadrille Op. 152 (Carnival's HubbCarnevals Spektakel Quadrille Op. 152 (Carnival's Hubbub Quadrille)ub Quadrille)
Czech-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra; Johannes Wildner, conductor
Marco Polo 223222
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27: 2. Alegro molto; 4. Allegro vivace
Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra; Ling Tung, conductor
Walk Festival Hall, Teton Village, WY
(recording label not available) catalog number: 111
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Mary E. from Richmond, VA
Johann Strauss Jr.: Kaiserwalzer, Op. 437
Carol Wincenc, flute; Jose Franch-Ballester, clarinet; Gloria Chien, piano; Ian Swensen, violin; Erin Keefe, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Dane Johansen, cello
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, CA
Hour 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata in D major, K576: 3. Allegretto
Alfred Brendel, piano
Philips
Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D, BWV 972: 1. Allegro
Caleb Hudson, trumpet; Stephanie Wu, piano
Ramsey Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Steven Rouse: The Avatar: 1. Nativity
Caleb Hudson, trumpet; Stephanie Wu, piano
Ramsey Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
Caleb Hudson, trumpet; Stephanie Wu, piano
Ramsey Concert Hall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370
Elizabeth Koch Tiscione, oboe; Jay Christy, violin; Yang-Yoon Kim, viola; Charae Krueger, cello
Grand Teton Music Festival, Walk Festival Hall, Jackson Hole, WY
Maurice Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales: Movements 1, 3-8
Los Angeles Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, CA
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