Every week on our Piano Puzzler, composer Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a great composer. Then, one of our listeners calls in and tries to guess two things: the tune, and the composer whose style Bruce is mimicking. Play along with our weekly musical game, on Wednesday's Performance Today.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (arr. Jorge Calandrelli): Dansa Brasileira
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano
Obrigado Brazi - Yo-Yo Ma
Sony 89935
Jacob do Bandolim (arr. Jorge Calandrelli): Doce De Coco
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Paquito D'Rivera, clarinet; Romero Lubambo, guitar Album:
Obrigado Brazil - Yo-Yo Ma
Sony 89935
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestants are Bill Wise and Toni Kazic from Columbia, MO
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Hour 2
Leonard Bernstein: Three Dance Episodes, from On the Town
SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden and Freiburg; Tito Munoz, conductor
Heidelberg Spring Festival, Congress House, Stadthalle, Heidelberg, Germany
Aram Khachaturian: Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
Tommaso Lonquich, clarinet; Ani Kavafian, violin; Michael Brown, piano
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Late Night Rose, Rose Studio, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Franz Liszt: Liebestraume
Fabio Martino, piano
The Gilmore Rising Stars Series, Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo, MI
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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.
Performance Today® features live concert recordings that can’t be heard anywhere else, highlights from new album releases, and in-studio performances and interviews. Performance Today® is based at the APM studios in St. Paul, Minnesota, but is frequently on the road, with special programs broadcast from festivals and public radio stations around the country. Also, each Wednesday, composer Bruce Adolphe joins host Fred Child for a classical musical game and listener favorite: the Piano Puzzler.
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