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Thankful music

On Thursday's Performance Today, Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of The Splendid Table, joins us for a musical and culinary Thanksgiving. She and Fred talk about the powerful memories that come from great food and music, and share things the things for which they feel especially grateful.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Gioacchino Rossini: William Tell: Overture: Finale
Orchestra of La Scala, Milan; Riccardo Chailly, conductor
The Greatest Classical Show On Earth
London/Decca 460250

Paul Simon: The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feeling Groovy)
Simon and Garfunkel
Simon and Garfunkel Collected Works
Columbia 45322

Giacomo Puccini: O mi babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi
Angela Gheorghiu, soprano; London Symphony Orchestra; Antonio Pappano, conductor
The Opera Album
EMI 67830

Charles Dumont: Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
Edith Piaf
Edith Piaf: The voice of the sparrow; the very best of Edith Piaf
Capitol Records 96632

Charles Gounod: Concert Waltz from Faust
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; David Zinman, conductor
Delibes/Coppelia/Chopin/Gounod - Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
Philips 438763

Giacomo Puccini: O soave fanciulla from La Boheme
Renata Tebaldi, soprano; Carlo Bergonzi, tenor; Orchestra of the Academy of St. Cecilia, Rome; Tullio Serafin, conductor
La Boheme
London Decca 411868

Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
Academy of Ancient Music; Richard Egarr, director and harpsichord
J.S. Bach Orchestral Suites
AAM 3

Hour 2

Jake Shimabukuro: Interlude 1
Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele
Travels
Hitchhike Records 0099923526223

Jake Shimabukuro: Departure Suite, Pt. II & III
Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele
Travels
Hitchhike Records 0099923526223

Jean Francaix: Wind Quartet
Faculty Chamber Ensemble: Nadine Asin, flute; Frank Rosenwein, oboe; JJ Koh, clarinet; Per Hannevold, bassoon
Aspen Music Festival and School, Benedict Music Tent, Aspen, CO

Jake Shimabukuro: Ichigo Ichie
Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, APM, St. Paul, MN

Traditional (arr. Jake Shimabukuro): Kawika
Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele
Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, APM, St. Paul, MN

Jens Kruger: Appalachian Concerto: 1. Morning at Deep Gap; E Pluribus Unum; Wild Horses
Kruger Brothers; Kontras Quartet
Song of the Mountains (PBS), Lincoln Theatre, Marion, VA

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