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 • 465 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 4/17/2024

    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/17/2024

    Contestant: Sana Sarfraz calling from Agoura Hills, California.

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

    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/10/2024

    Contestant: Betty Oram calling from Brooklyn, New York

    • 12 min
    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/3/2024

    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/3/2024

    Contestants: Stephanie Anne & Susan Landers of Albuquerque, New Mexico

    • 13 min
    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/27/2024

    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/27/2024

    Contestants: Laura Pawuk and Rick Adler calling from Ypsilanti, Michigan

    • 14 min
    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/20/2024

    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/20/2024

    Contestant: Cynthia Sibitzky calling from Haslett, Texas

    • 11 min
    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/13/2024

    Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/13/2024

    Contestant: Tejas Srinivasan calling from Middlebury, Vermont

    • 9 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
465 Ratings

465 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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