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On this weekend's Performance Today, Bruce Adolphe will join us for this week's Piano Puzzler. Plus, he'll stick around to talk about a new series of pieces he's written; his personal reactions to Frederic Chopin, called Chopin Dreams.

After Thanksgiving, there's often a big clean-up that has to take place. So on Friday's Performance Today, we'll help out with a special piece by Malcolm Arnold; his Grand Grand Overture for Vacuum Cleaners, Floor Polisher, and Concert Band.

On Thursday's Performance Today, Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of The Splendid Table, joins us for a musical and culinary Thanksgiving. She and Fred talk about the powerful memories that come from great food and music, and share things the things for which they feel especially grateful.

On Wednesday's Performance Today, Bruce Adolphe will join us for this week's Piano Puzzler. Plus, he'll stick around to talk about a new series of pieces he's written; his personal reactions to Frederic Chopin, called Chopin Dreams.

Frederic Chopin died in 1849, but what if he had been born in 1949? That question was the inspiration for Bruce Adolphe's new suite, 'Chopin Dreams.'

Composer Richard Strauss knew all about the French horn; his father Franz was among the great horn players of the day. And when Richard Strauss was 18 years old, he wrote a horn concerto for his father. On Tuesday's Performance Today, we'll hear Philip Myers perform this piece in concert with the New York Philharmonic.

Ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro recently stopped by the Performance Today studio to play a few songs and chat with PT Senior Producer Suzanne Schaffer.

A look at the The Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project at the Grand Canyon Music Festival.

Fred Child and Performance Today visited the Aspen Music Festival and School in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.