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
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonatina in c minor, WoO 43 No. 1
Lajos Mayer, mandolin; Imre Rohmann, piano
Beethoven Rarities
Hungaroton 12303
Charles Griffes: The White Peacock, Op. 7/1
San Francisco Symphony; Susanna Malkki, conductor
Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestant is Ray Lancaster from Columbia Hill, SC
Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet in E-Flat Major for Piano and Winds, Op. 16
Gilbert Kalish, piano; Stephen Taylor, oboe; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Kevin Rivard, horn
Music@Menlo, The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton, CA
Hour 2
Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat: Movement 33. Allegro
Wynton Marsalis, trumpet; English Chamber Orchestra; Raymond Leppard, conductor
Sony 61700
Felix Mendelssohn: Six Preludes and Fugues, Op. 35: Prelude and Fugue No. 1; Prelude and Fugue No. 5
Benjamin Grosvenor, piano
Rockport Music, Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 83 in G minor, Hob.I:83
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Leonidas Kavakos, conductor
Concert Hall, DR Concert House, Copenhagen, Denmark
Isaac Albeniz: Cataluna
Celil Refik Kaya, guitar
Round Top Festival Institute, Edith Bates Old Chapel, Round Top, TX
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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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