Tune in today for a special occasion: we're celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Piano Puzzler! Bruce Adolphe joins Fred Child in the studio to discuss the evolution of our weekly musical game over the past two decades, AND Bruce also has some special "treats" to share with us.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Claude Debussy, arr. Hubert Mouton: Reverie
Minnesota Orchestra | Eiji Oue, conductor
Album: Reveries/ Eiji Oue and the Minnesota Orchestra
Reference 99
Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Symphony No. 1 in G Major, Op. 11, No. 1
Minnesota Orchestra | Osmo Vanska, conductor
Minnesota Orchestra, Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis, MN
Piano Puzzler 20th Anniversary: Memories and Music
Fred Child, host | Bruce Adolphe, host & piano
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Aaron Copland: Quiet City
Robert Walters, English horn | Kevin Cobb, trumpet | Colorado College Summer Music Festival Orchestra | Scott Yoo, conductor
Colorado College Summer Music Festival, Packard Hall, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Hour 2
Robert Schumann: Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet & Piano: Movement 3 Rasch und mit Feuer
Todd Levy, clarinet | Elena Abend, piano
Album: Brahms and Schumann
Avie 2098
Franz Schubert: Cello Quintet In C Major, D. 596: Movement 4 Allegretto
Clive Greensmith, cello | The Miro Quartet
Chamber Music Society Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Howard Hanson: Serenade for Flute, Harp, and String Orchestra
Eva Ding, flute | Jacqueline Kerrod, harp | Windham Festival Chamber Orchestra | Robert Manno, conductor
Catskill Mountain Foundation, Doctorow Center for the Arts, Hunter, NY
Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Stephen Prutsman, piano | Alexi Kenney, violin | Ayane Kozasa, viola | Paul Wiancko, cello
Spoleto Festival USA Bank of America Chamber Music Series, Dock Street Theater, Charleston, SC
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