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
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Antonin Dvorak
Slavonic Dance in G Minor, Op. 46, No. 8
Cellist Henrich Schiff and pianist Andre Previn
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Claudio Monteverdi
"A Lover's Tears at the Tomb of His Beloved"
The Brentano String Quartet
Katzin Concert Hall, Tempe, Arizona
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Alessandro Piccinini
Toccata
Rolf Lislevand, theorbo
NPR Studios, Washington, D.C.
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"The Piano Puzzler"
This week's contestant is Nancy Heel from Montezuma, Georgia.
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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
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Antonio Vivaldi and Gabriela Montero
Improvisations on Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons"
Pianist Gabriela Montero
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Richard Wagner
Overture to "Tannhauser"
The Cleveland Orchestra with conductor Robert Spano
Severance Hall, Cleveland
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William Simmes, John Ward, and Giovanni Coperario
Three English Fancies
The American Brass Quintet
Beaches Fine Arts Series, Jacksonville, Florida
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Gabriela Montero
Improvisation on a Danish Children's Song
Pianist Gabriela Montero
Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Maurice Ravel
Mother Goose Suite
The Buffalo Philharmonic with conductor JoAnn Falletta
Kleinhans Music Hall, Buffalo, New York