Every week, composer Bruce Adolphe joins us for a musical game: the Piano Puzzler. Bruce re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a great composer, and we get one of our listeners on the phone who tries to guess the hidden tune and the composer whose style Bruce is imitating. Play along with the Piano Puzzler on today’s show.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
William Grant Still: Radiant Pinnacle
Althea Waites, piano
Album: Black Diamonds: Althea Waites Plays Music by African-American Composers
Cambria 1097
William Grant Still: From the Delta: Suite
Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony | Patricia Hoy, conductor
Album: Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony
SELF PROD 157
Piano Puzzler
Contestant: Claire Nalven calling from Waltham, MA
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 in C major
Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra | Michelle Rofrano, conductor
Spoleto Festival USA, Dock Street Theater, Charleston SC
Hour 2
Antonin Dvorak: Polonaise from Rusalka
Minnesota Orchestra | Eiji Oue, conductor
Album: Exotic Dances from the Opera
Reference Recordings RR-71CD
Asako Hirabayashi: Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Kathryn Greenbank, oboe | Charles Ullery, bassoon | Asako Hirabayashi, piano
Bauman Fine Arts Series, Parkway United Church of Christ, Minneapolis, MN
George Gershwin, arr. Cappuccio: Blues from An American in Paris
The Italian Saxophone Quartet
The Friends of Chamber Music, A&M United Methodist Church, College Station, TX
Antonin Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, From the New World: Movements 2-4
Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra | Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO
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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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