Happy Thanksgiving!
11/22/12 9:00AM By Walter Parker
Music for Thanksgiving, including Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony and Morton Gould's Spirituals for Strings.
Playlist
9:01am
We Gather Together
| Composer | Trad. American |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Various instrumentalists |
| CD/Album | The Steeple on the Common 2 |
| Record co./Cat # | North Star Records 17 |
9:06am
Mensa Sonora, Part 3 in a
| Composer | Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Musica Antiqua Koln |
| Conductor | Reinhardt Goebel |
| CD/Album | Biber: Mensa Sonora, Sonata Representativa |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 423701 |
9:16am
Mensa Sonora, Part 5 in E
| Composer | Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Musica Antiqua Koln |
| Conductor | Reinhardt Goebel |
| CD/Album | Biber: Mensa Sonora, Sonata Representativa |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 423701 |
9:24am
Agnus Dei ("Lamb of God")
| Composer | Samuel Barber |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Handel & Haydn Society |
| Conductor | Grant Llewellyn |
| CD/Album | Peace |
| Record co./Cat # | Avie 39 |
| Note | (Barber's choral arrangement of the Adagio from the String Quartet, Op. 11) |
9:33am
Idomeneo: Final Ballet, K 366
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Musicians of the Louvre |
| Conductor | Marc Minkowski |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40-41 |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon B0006506 |
9:47am
Eclogue for Piano & String Orchestra, Op. 10
| Composer | Gerald Finzi |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | New Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Conductor | Vernon Handley |
| Soloists | Peter Katin, piano |
| CD/Album | Gerald Finzi: Nocturne, Severn Rhapsody, Eclogue... |
| Record co./Cat # | Lyrita 239 |
10:01am
The Old Church
| Composer | Stephen Paulus |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Dale Warland Singers |
| Conductor | Dale Warland |
| CD/Album | Harvest Home |
| Record co./Cat # | Gothic 49243 |
10:04am
The Road Home
| Composer | Traditional |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Dale Warland Singers |
| Conductor | Dale Warland |
| Soloists | Marie Spar Dymit, soprano |
| CD/Album | Harvest Home |
| Record co./Cat # | Gothic 49243 |
| Note | (fr. the hymntune "The Lone Wild Bird") |
10:09am
Symphony #6 "Pastoral" in F, Op. 68
| Composer | Ludwig van Beethoven |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig |
| Conductor | Riccardo Chailly |
| CD/Album | Beethoven: Symphonies 5 & 6 |
| Record co./Cat # | Decca 4783495 |
10:50am
Old American Songs: selections
| Composer | Aaron Copland |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Utah Symphony Orchestra and Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
| Conductor | Michael Tilson Thomas |
| CD/Album | Copland: Old American Songs |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 42140 |
11:01am
String Quintet "American" in Eb, Op. 97
| Composer | Antonin Dvorak |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Talich String Quartet |
| Soloists | Jan Zigmund, viola |
| CD/Album | Dvorak / Quatuor Americain" - Quintette Op. 97" |
| Record co./Cat # | Calliope 9331 |
11:35am
Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
| Composer | Gabriel Faure |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Accentus & French National Orchestra |
| Conductor | Laurence Equilbey |
| CD/Album | Faure Requiem |
| Record co./Cat # | Naive 5137 |
11:42am
Cantata #146: Wir mussin durch viel Trubsal, BWV 146 ("We must pass through great sadness that we God's kingdom may enter")
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Empire Brass |
| Soloists | Douglas Major, organ |
| CD/Album | Empire Brass: A Bach Festival for Brass & Organ |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 31544 |
11:48am
Cantata #208: Sheep May Safely Grass, BWV 208
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Empire Brass |
| Soloists | Douglas Major, organ |
| CD/Album | Empire Brass: A Bach Festival for Brass & Organ |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 31544 |
11:53am
Cantata #147: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Empire Brass |
| Soloists | Douglas Major, organ |
| CD/Album | Empire Brass: A Bach Festival for Brass & Organ |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 31544 |
12:05pm
Spirituals for Strings
| Composer | Morton Gould |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | London Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Kenneth Klein |
| CD/Album | Morton Gould: A Tribute |
| Record co./Cat # | Albany 202 |
12:28pm
Harp Concerto in Bb, Op. 4/6
| Composer | George Frideric Handel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | The English Concert |
| Conductor | Trevor Pinnock |
| Soloists | Ursula Holliger, harp |
| CD/Album | Handel: Organ Concertos Op. 4 |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 413465 |
12:43pm
Divertimento for Orchestra
| Composer | Leonard Bernstein |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Minnesota Orchestra |
| Conductor | Eiji Oue |
| CD/Album | Bernstein: Candide Suite etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | Reference RR87CD |
11:57am
Three-Part Invention #10
| Composer | Johann Sebastian Bach |
|---|---|
| Soloists | Bela Fleck, banjo ; Chris Thile, mandolin ; Edgar Meyer, double bass |
| CD/Album | Bela Fleck - Perpetual Motion |
| Record co./Cat # | Sony 89610 |
