Every week Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a classical composer. We get a listener on the phone, and they try to name the hidden tune and the composer whose style Bruce is mimicking. On Wednesday's Performance Today, we have TWO listeners on the line... and they're celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary!
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 5 in C minor: Movement 3
Paul Lewis, piano
Beethoven #4 - Paul Lewis
Harmoni Mundi 901909
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
The Knights
University of Georgia, Hodgson Concert Hall, Athens, GA
The Piano Puzzler: This week's contestants are Peter and Mary-Bess Staffel from Bethany, WV
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major
Belcea Quartet: Corina Belcea, violin; Axel Schacher, violin; Krzysztof Chorzelski, viola; Antoine Lederlin, cello
Union College Concert Series, Union College - Memorial Chapel, Schenectady, NY
Hour 2
Claude Debussy: Arabesque No. 1
Simon Trpceski, piano
Debussy: Images; Arabesques; Children's Corner; Clair de lune; L'Isle joyeuse
EMI 272
Johann Sebastian Bach: Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034
Kiyomi Suga, flauto traverso; Bach Collegium Japan; Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
Spivey Hall, Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
George Gershwin: Blues, from 'An American in Paris'
Italian Saxophone Quartet
Beaches Fine Arts Jacksonville, St. Paul's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, FL
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30: Movements 2 & 3
Simon Trpceski, piano; Beethoven Academy Orchestra; Vasily Petrenko, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival, Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw, Poland
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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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