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Thanksgiving Day, 2009

November 2007

As you gather together for Thanksgiving, we've gathered together music and stories that capture the spirit of the holiday. After all, there's more to Thanksgiving than pilgrims and pumpkin pie. Like this year's special guests: humorist Calvin Trillin, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anna Quindlen, and poet Bill Holm. With Thanksgiving music and stories, it's Giving Thanks, a Celebration of Fall, Food, & Gratitude.


Listen to hour 1

Traditional (arr. Kremser): We Gather Together
Boston Pops/John Williams
Philips CD 454391

Howard Cable: Seasons’ Celebrations: Thanksgiving Day (Point Pelee Reverie)
Symphony Nova Scotia
CBC CD 5226

Anna Quindlen on family Thanksgiving gatherings

Jay Ungar & Molly Mason: Harvest Home Suite: Overture & Thanksgiving Hymn
Nashville Chamber Orchestra
EMI CD 56720

Calvin Trillin on spaghetti carbonara for Thanksgiving

Claudio Monteverdi: Mass of Thanksgiving (selections)
Taverner Consort
EMI CD 49876

Stephen Reynolds: Chanson d'automne
Stephen Hough, p
Hyperion CD 67267

Percy Grainger: Harvest Hymn
Martin Jones, p
Nimbus CD 5220

Poem: "Rich Dessert," by Shirley Ensrud [read by Ellen Kushner]

Copland: The Tender Land: The Promise of Living
Cincinnati Pops
Telarc CD 80117

Poem: "Lemon Pie" by Bill Holm

Steven Heitzeg: Farmhouse Memories & Tallgrass Prairie Waltz
Laura Sewell, vc; Tom Linker, p
Innova CD 533

Haydn: Give to God Our Thankful Songs
Psalmody
Hyperion 67150

Anna Quindlen reads from her book "A Short Guide to a Happy Life"

Listen to hour 2

Thierry Rougier: The Four Seasons: Autumn
Xuefei Yang, g
GSP 1028

Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody ("Simple Gifts")
Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
Delos CD 3163

Reading: "How to be Cheerful Though Starving" by M. F. K. Fischer [read by Lynne Rossetto Kasper]

Bernstein: Candide: Make our Garden Grow
Boston Pops
Sony 48224

Calvin Trillen reads "Spaghetti Carbonara Day" from his book "The Tummy Trilogy"

Moravian: Lovefeast of Thanksgiving (selections)
Boston Baroque
Telarc CD 80482

Anna Quindlen on the hardest Thanksgiving

Vladimir Martynov: Come In
Gidon Kremer, v
Kremerata Baltica
Nonesuch CD 79582

Reading: From Kerouac's "The Dharma Bums," Chartres Cathedral story; Psalm 104
Read by Charles Laughton
Capitol LP TBO 1650 (out-of-print)

Traditional (arr. Stephen Paulus)
We Gather Together
Dale Warland Singers
Gothic CD 49243