Listen to hour 1
Traditional
Hymn of Thanksgiving (“We Gather Together”)
Boston Pops
John Williams
Philips CD 454391
Handel
Dank sei Dir, Herr ("Thanks be to Thee")
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp
CBS LP 38910
Traditional (arr. Dale Warland)
Simple Gifts
Dale Warland Singers
Gothic CD 49243
Rita Dove on poetry and gratitude
Copland
Variations on Simple Gifts
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Delos CD 3163
Handel
Laudate pueri Dominum [“Praise ye the Lord”] (selection)
English Baroque Soloists
Monteverdi Choir
Sylvia McNair, soprano
Philips CD 434920
Ted Kooser reads "Flow Blue China" & "Applesauce"
Mark Isham
A River Runs Through It
studio orchestra
Milan CD 35631
Rita Dove reads "Testimonial"
John Tavener
Akathist of Thanksgiving (selection)
Westminster Abbey Choir
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Martin Neary
Sony CD 64446
Rita Dove remembers Thanksgiving
Beethoven
String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132: Heiliger Dankgesang [Holy Song of Thanks]
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Robert Spano
Concert recording
Ted Kooser reads from "Winter Morning Walks" |
Listen to hour 2
Schumann
Scenes from Childhood (selections)
Wilhelm Kempff, piano
Deutsche Grammophon CD 435045
Rita Dove reads "Maple Valley Branch Library, 1967"
Ted Kooser reads "Memory"
Steve Heitzeg
Farmhouse Memories; Tallgrass Prairie Waltz
Laura Sewell, cello; Tom Linker, piano; Peter Ostrouchko, mandolin
Innova CD 533
Rita Dove remembers a Thanksgiving homecoming
Copland
Letter from Home
London Symphony
Aaron Copland
Sony CD 46559
Pat Metheny (arr. Mark Small)
Letter from Home
Mark Small & Robert Torres, guitars
Channel Productions CD 3301
Rita Dove reads "For Sophie, Who’ll Be in the First Grade in the Year 2000"
Bill Evans
Waltz for Debby
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Decca CD 455512
Charles Laughton reads from Kerouac’s “The Dharma Bums,”
Chartres Cathedral story; Psalm 104
Traditional (arr. Stephen Paulus)
We Gather Together
Dale Warland Singers
Gothic CD 49243 |
