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HOUR I
 Listen (8:54s)
Traditional: Hymn of Thanksgiving ("We Gather Together")
—Boston Pops/John Williams
Philips 454391
J. S. Bach: Cantata No. 192, Chorus: Nun danket alle Gott ("Now Thank We All Our God")
—Bach-Collegium Stuttgart/Helmut Rilling
Hanssler 92057
Listen (11:53s)
Reading: Billy Collins reads "Aimless Love"
Rick Sowash: Harvest Hymn & Harvest Dance: Homage to Willa Cather
—Terry King, cello; John Jensen, piano
Rick Sowash Publishing
Reading: from "O Pioneers!" by Willa Cather (read by Kate Moos)
Listen (11:05s)
Percy Grainger: Walking Tune
—Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Chandos 9819
Reading: Donald Hall reads "The Ox-Cart Man"
Sibelius: The Tempest: Harvesters
—Hungarian State Symphonny/Jussi Jalas
DG 469376
Ilmari Hannikainen: Harvest Dance Suite: Prelude
—Finnish Radio Symphony/Petri Sakari
YLE 9703
Listen (3:49s)
Selections from a Moravian "Lovefeast for Thanksgiving":
Johann Geisler: Die Frucht des Geistes ist Liebe (The Fruit of the spirit is love)
—Boston Baroque
Telarc 80482
Anonymous: Komm danket dem Helden (Come thank the Lord with jubliant tongue)
—Boston Baroque
Telarc 80482
Listen (8:58s)
Reading: Naomi Shihab Nye reads "Daily"
Richard Strauss: Sonatina No. 2, "The Happy Workshop": 2nd mvt
—Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
DG 445849
Listen (6:34s)
Mozart: Laudate Dominum ("Praise God")
—Barbara Bonney, soprano; English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
Decca 468818
Listen (7:41s)
Reading: Naomi Shihab Nye reads "Muchos Gracias por Todo"
Leonard Bernstein: Candide: Make our Garden Grow
—Boston Pops & Tanglewood Festival Choir/John Williams
Sony 48224
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HOUR II
Listen (5:27s)
J. S . Bach: Cantata No. 29 Sinfonia "Wir danken dir"
—Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy
Sony 38915
Listen (3:55s)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: March of the Kitchen Utensils
—Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar
EMI 47812
Listen (8:14s)
Reading: Billy Collins reads "As If to Demonstrate an Eclipse"
Joseph Curiale: The Multiples Of One
—Ensemble
Black Box 1050
Listen (4:16s)
Handel: Dank sei Dir, Herr ("Thanks be to You, Lord")
—Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp
CBS LP 38910
Listen (13:12s)
Reading: Naomi Shihab Nye reads "Arabic Coffee"
Beethoven: Symphony No. 6, Pastoral: "Shepherd's Hymn and Thankful Feelings after the Storm"
—Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Sir Georg Solti
London 430400
Listen (23:39s)
Reading: Charles Laughton reads from Kerouac's "The Dharma Bums,"
Chartres Cathedral story; Psalm 104
Traditional (arranged by Stephen Paulus): We Gather Together
—Dale Warland Singers
concert recording
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