On Thanksgiving, host Andrea Blain and classical music fans from all around the country take time to give thanks and celebrate one of life's most meaningful gifts: music. It's Every Good Thing — an hour of stories and music to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Playlist
Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man: Benedictus – Daniel Hope, violin; German Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Simon Halsey.
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846 – Gustav Leonhardt, harpsichord
Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid (Love’s Sorrow) – Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Johann Strauss Jr.: By the Beautiful Blue Danube – Vienna Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Antonio Gomezanda: Lagos: Interior – Alan Marks, piano; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Jorge Velazco, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 15 (Pastoral) – Jonathan Biss, piano
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8 – Minnesota Orchestra; Osmo Vänskä, conductor
Aaron Copland: Simple Gifts – Zuill Bailey, cello
Jay Ungar: Thanksgiving Watlz – Jay Ungar, fiddle; Molly Mason, guitar
Hector Berlioz: Corsair: Overture – Boston Symphony Orchestra; Charles Munch, conductor
Gioachino Rossini, arr. Spike Jones: William Tell Overture – Spike Jones and His City Slickers
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto – Leif Ove Andsnes, piano; Berlin Philharmonic; Mariss Jansons, conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 – New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition – Vienna Philharmonic; Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man: Benedictus – Daniel Hope, violin; German Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Simon Halsey.
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