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'Every Good Thing'

'Every Good Thing'

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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