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 Hosted by John Birge. Music and words brought together in a thoughtful reflection on the meaning of the holiday. Two best-selling writers join the table in 2011: Nora Ephron and Roy Blount, Jr. Classical music is the heart and soul of Giving Thanks, and this year's selections include classics from Bach, Copland, as well as the world premiere performance of Table Grace, Matthew Brown's choral setting of a grace by Garrison Keillor, sung by VocalEssence.
Sponsored by: Davidson College Friends of the Arts and Blossom Shop
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November 26, 2009
 HOUR I
Traditional (arr. Kremser): We Gather Together
Boston Pops/John Williams
Tchaikovsky: November from The Seasons
Moscow Chamber Orchestra/Constantine Orbelian
John Updike reads two November poems
Stephen Reynolds: Chanson d'Automne
Stephen Hough, piano
John Updike reads his poem "To a Skylark"
Traditional, arr. Peter Hope: The Lark in the Clear Air
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland
Haydn: Hunting Chorus from "The Seasons: Autumn"
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner
Bill Holm reads "The Island of Pheasants on the West Eighty"
Mozart: Laudate Dominum
Barbara Bonney, soprano, English Concert/Trevor Pinnock
Mozart: "Haffner" Serenade: Rondo
Pamela Frank, violin, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra/David Zinman
Pamela Frank's Thanksgiving Stuffing from Hell
Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 1: 3rd movement
Pamela Frank, violin; Claude Frank, piano
Kevin Kling reads Prayer from "The Dog Says How"
HOUR II
Don Ray: The Joys of Daily Living from "Homestead Dances"
Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra/Derek Gleeson
Carl Sandburg: Happiness -Read by Studs Terkel
Alan Menken: Lincoln
Studio Orchestra
Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863 -Read by Dan Olson.
Anne Frank: From "Diary of a Young Girl" -Read by Ellen Kushner
Leonard Bernstein: Simple Song from "Mass"
Roberta Alexander, soprano
Kevin Kling reads Grace from "Holiday Inn"
Marcel Grandjany: Automne
Anne-Marguerite Michaud, harp
From Kerouac's "The Dharma Bums," Chartres Cathedral story; Psalm 104 - Read by Charles Laughton
Traditional: We Gather Together (arr. Stephen Paulus)
Dale Warland Singers |
November 22, 2007
Special Guests:
humorist Calvin Trillin; Pulitzer Prize-winning Anna Quindlen; poet Bill Holm; Lynne Rossetto-Kasper, host of 'The Splendid Table'; Ellen Kushner, host of 'Sound and Spirit'
Selections:
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"
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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