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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 the program (hour 1)
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 the program (hour 2)
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
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