10 episodes

Every week on Performance Today™, Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a classical composer. We get one of our listeners on the phone, and our caller listens to Bruce play his Piano Puzzler™. They then try to do two things: name the hidden tune, and name the composer whose style Bruce is mimicking. From American Public Media.

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    • 4.8 • 472 Ratings

Every week on Performance Today™, Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a classical composer. We get one of our listeners on the phone, and our caller listens to Bruce play his Piano Puzzler™. They then try to do two things: name the hidden tune, and name the composer whose style Bruce is mimicking. From American Public Media.

    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/22/2024

    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/22/2024

    Contestant: Margaret Chan calling from Carmel, New York

    • 14 min
    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/15/2024

    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/15/2024

    Contestants: Scott Leaman and his AP Music Theory Class, Tallahassee, Florida

    • 15 min
    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/8/2024

    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/8/2024

    Contestant: Austin Hooper calling from Waco, Texas

    • 9 min
    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/1/2024

    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 5/1/2024

    Contestant: Jim Weeg calling from Cedar Falls, Iowa

    • 12 min
    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/24/2024

    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/24/2024

    Contestant: Jay Nygaard calling from St. George, Utah

    • 10 min
    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/17/2024

    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/17/2024

    Contestant: Sana Sarfraz calling from Agoura Hills, California.

    • 6 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
472 Ratings

472 Ratings

tara starlong ,

Sweet podcast

I like the piano music
It was cool

Zvbxrpl799 ,

Update?

I love this podcast and the talented Bruce and would love to see him branch out with a wider range of some newer pieces that folks under 40 might know. The same handful of American Songbook pieces frequently surface - makes it easier to guess but would love to see what Bruce could do with something from the 21st c!

Tomatthinking ,

Every show is great!

Creativity and super-vibes.

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