Listen to hour 1
Traditional
Traditional (arr. Kremser): We Gather Together
Boston Pops
John Williams
Philips CD 454391
Vivaldi
The Four Seasons: Autumn (3rd mvt)
Simon Standage, v
English Concert
Trevor Pinnock
Archiv CD 400045
Reading: “The Wild Geese” by Wendell Berry
Read by Ellen Kushner
Bernstein
A Simple Song
Boston Pops
John Williams
Philips CD 416360
Reading:
Anne Lamott
From “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith”
Read by Anne Lamott
Denny Zeitlin
Hymn
Denny Zeitlin, piano
Living Music CD 0011
Reading:
e. e. cummings
i thank You God for most this amazing day
Read by Bill Moyers
Erik Whitacre
“i thank You God for most this amazing day”
Polyphony
Hyperion CD 67543
Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29, “Wir danken Dir” (We thank Thee)
Concentus Musicus Vienna
Nickolaus Harnoncourt
Teldec CD 35034
Reading:
Albert Schweitzer
From “Memoirs of Childhood and Youth” and “Thoughts for Our Times”
Read by Bill Morelock
Bach: Chorus from Cantata No. 17, “Wer Dank opfert” (He who offers thanks)
Bach Collegium Stuttgart
Helmut Rilling
Hanssler CD 92005
Reading:
Gary Snyder
From “Practice of the Wild”
Read by Gary Snyder
Lou Harrison: Pastorales
Brooklyn Philharmonic
Dennis Russell Davies
Musicmaster CD 67089
Mozart
Laudate Dominum
Joshua Bell, v
Orchestra of St Luke’s
Michael Stern
Sony CD 97779 |
Listen to hour 2
Mendelssohn
Song without Words, Op. 19 No. 1
Andras Schiff, p
London CD 421119
William Byrd
Haec Dies (This is the Day)
Clare College Choir
Gamut CD 540
Reading:
Anne Lamott
From “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith”
Read by Anne Lamott
Copland
Down a Country Lane
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Hugh Wolff
Teldec CD 77310
Siegfried Ochs (attrib. Handel)
Dank sei Dir, Herr (Thanks be to Thee)
Philharmonia Virtuosi
Richard Kapp
CBS LP 38910
Handel: German Aria No. 6 “Meine Seele hort im Sehen” (My soul hears in seeing)
Emma Kirkby, s
London Baroque
EMI CD 47400
Reading:
Gary Snyder
“Song of the Taste”
Read by Gary Snyder
Joseph Curiale
The Multiples of One
Ensemble
Orchard Road CD 7155
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 |
