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Weekend of August 11, 2012

The Piano Puzzler

Every week on our Piano Puzzler, composer Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a classical composer. We get one of our listeners on the phone to try to guess the tune and the composer Bruce is mimicking. Today's very special contestant is Alan Fletcher, president and CEO of the Aspen Music Festival and School in Colorado. Tune in to see if he managed to decipher this week's Piano Puzzler.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Samuel Barber
    Two-Step and Gallop, from Souvenirs, Op. 28
    The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Schenck, conductor
  • George Frideric Handel
    Water Music Suite No. 3 in G, HWV 350
    Le Concert Spirituel, Herve Niquet, director
    The BBC Proms, London, England
  • Henri Desmarets
    Suite from Circe
    Les 24 Violons du Roy, Roger Norrington, conductor
    The BBC Proms, London, England
  • The Piano Puzzler
    This week's special guest is Alan Fletcher, president and CEO of the Aspen Music Festival and School
  • Samuel Barber
    Adagio for Strings
    The BBC Symphony Orchestra, David Robertson, conductor
    The BBC Proms, London, England

hour 2

  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Overture to the Creatures of Prometheus
    The German Chamber Philharmonic, Daniel Harding, conductor
  • Tarquinio Merula
    Ballo detto Eccardo and.Ciaccona, from Canzoni ovvero Sonate Concertat
    Quicksilver
    Boston Early Music Festival, Boston
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Prelude No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 23
    Conrad Tao, piano
    Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
    Three movements from Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55 (Eroica)
    The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, conductor
    The BBC Proms, London, England
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