November 2000
Giving Thanks combines traditional fare with unexpected delights. For Thanksgiving 2000, we've invited some wonderful new guests to the program, including Studs Terkel, Tom Bodett, Lynne Rossetto-Kasper, Donald Hall, Bill Holm, and Ellen Kushner.
In addition to Garrison Keillor and Bill Moyers, a rare recording of Charles Laughton returns to Giving Thanks. His spellbinding story connects his personal discovery of Chartres Cathedral with an excerpt from Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums and the 104th Psalm. It's a moving and powerful tale, giving thanks for the discovery that art connects us all to the creative spirit, offering a beautiful focus for the program and the day.
Show Playlist & Audio
(All audio is RealAudio; How
to Listen)
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First Hour
Traditional
Hymn of Thanksgiving
Boston Pops
John Williams
Philips 454391
J. S. Bach
Cantata No. 192, Chorus: Nun danket alle Gott
Bach Ensemble
Helmut Rilling
Hanssler 92057
Listen
to the show introduction and Bach
Reading: Bill Moyers reads "i thank You God for most this amazing
day" by e.e. cummings
Alec Wilder
The Star Wish
Roland Hanna, piano
Gitanes/Emarcy 558539
Listen
to Moyers and Wilder
Copland
Down a Country Lane
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff
Teldec 77310
Reading: Studs Terkel reads "Joy," "Let Love
Go On," and "Happiness" by Carl Sandburg
Beethoven
Symphony No. 6, Pastoral: "Shepherd's Hymn and Thankful Feelings
after the Storm"
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti
London 430400
Listen
to Terkel and Beethoven
Reading: Ellen Kushner reads from Diary of a Young Girl,
by Anne Frank
Bernstein
Mass: Simple Song
Roberta Alexander, soprano
Tan Crone, piano
Etcetera 1037
Reading: Bill Holm reads his poem "Lemon Pie"
Denny Zeitlin
Hymn
Zeitlin, piano
Living Music 0011
Listen
to Holm and Zeitlin
Reading: Poet Donald Hall reads from his book "Seasons at Eagle
Pond."
Copland
Our Town: The Story of Our Town
London Symphony Orchestra
Copland
Sony 46559
Listen
to Hall and Copland
Reading: Tom Bodett reads his story "Norman's Thanksgiving" (music by Johnny B.)
Listen
to Bodett
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Second Hour
J. S. Bach
Cantata No. 84, Aria: Ich esse mit Freuden mein weniges Brot
Kathleen Battle, soprano
Itzhak Perlman, violin
Orchestra of St. Luke's
John Nelson
Deutsche Grammophon 429737
Traditional
Let Us Break Bread Together
Uptown String Quartet
Philips 838358
Listen
to Bach and the Uptown String Quartet
Reading: Gary Barton reads from Flight to Arras by Antoine
de St. Exupery:
Traditional
Let us Break Bread Together
Simon Estes, bass
Howard Roberts Chorale
Philips 412631
Reading: Garrison Keillor reads Those Winter Sundays
by Robert Hayden
Copland
The Tender Land: The Promise of Living
Cincinnati Pops
Erich Kunzel
Telarc 80117
Listen
to Keillor and Copland
Copland
Old American Songs: Simple Gifts
William Warfield, baritone
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Copland
Sony 42430
Reading: Lynne Rossetto-Kasper reads from How to be Cheerful
Though Starving, by M.F.K. Fischer
Bernstein
Candide: Make our Garden Grow
Boston Pops
John Williams
Sony 48224
Listen
to Copland, Kasper, and Bernstein
Reading: Charles Laughton tells his Chartres Cathedral story,
reads from The Dharma Bums, by Jack Kerouac, and Psalm
104
Capitol LP TBO 1650 (out-of-print)
Handel
Dank sei Dir, Herr
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp
CBS LP 38910 (out-of-print)
Listen
to Laughton and Handel
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