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Weekend of November 28, 2009

Piano Puzzler

Our weekly Piano Puzzler is on the way, as composer Bruce Adolphe takes up residence at the PT Piano. Bruce re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a classical composer. A Performance Today listener calls in, tries to name the hidden tune, and the composer whose style Bruce is mimicking.

Today's Playlist



hour 1

  • Antonin Dvorak
    Slavonic Dance in G Minor, Op. 46, No. 8
    Cellist Henrich Schiff and pianist Andre Previn
  • Claudio Monteverdi
    "A Lover's Tears at the Tomb of His Beloved"
    The Brentano String Quartet
    Katzin Concert Hall, Tempe, Arizona
  • Alessandro Piccinini
    Toccata
    Rolf Lislevand, theorbo
    NPR Studios, Washington, D.C.
  • "The Piano Puzzler"
    This week's contestant is Nancy Heel from Montezuma, Georgia.
  • Edward Elgar
    Cello Concerto in E Minor
    Cellist Natalie Clein with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Arild Remmereit
    National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland

hour 2

  • Antonio Vivaldi and Gabriela Montero
    Improvisations on Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons"
    Pianist Gabriela Montero
  • Richard Wagner
    Overture to "Tannhauser"
    The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Robert Spano
    Severance Hall, Cleveland
  • William Simmes, John Ward, and Giovanni Coperario
    Three English Fancies
    The American Brass Quintet
    Beaches Fine Arts Series, Jacksonville, Florida
  • Gabriela Montero
    Improvisation on a Danish Children's Song
    Pianist Gabriela Montero
    Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Maurice Ravel
    Mother Goose Suite
    The Buffalo Philharmonic with conductor JoAnn Falletta
    Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York
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