Today we'll meet the newest PT Artists in Residence, the nine men of the vocal ensemble Cantus. They'll be involved with the show over the course of the musical season. Today, we'll hear Cantus in a special Thanksgiving Day perfchat. They perform a number of songs, including Jean Sibelius'"Finlandia," the Shaker tune "Simple Gifts," and Bobby McFerrin's setting of the 23rd Psalm. Plus, a string quartet by a man who had a profound impact on American music, Antonin Dvorak.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Antonio Vivaldi: First movement from Autumn, from the Four Seasons, Op. 8, RV 293
Marion Verbruggen, recorder, the Flanders Recorder Quartet
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
The RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Barry Douglas, conductor
National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland
Thanksgiving Perfchat with Cantus: Perfchat
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia
Cantus
First Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Traditional Lakota (Arranged by Judith Herrington and Gail Woodside): Lakota Wiyanki
Cantus
Traditional (Arranged by Stephen Caracciolo): Simple Gifts
Cantus
First Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Bobby McFerrin: The 23rd Psalm (Dedicated to my Mother)
The 23rd Psalm (Dedicated to my Mother)
First Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Dave Matthews: Gravedigger
Cantus
First Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Ysaye Barnwell: Wanting Memories
Cantus
First Lutheran Church, Columbia Heights, Minnesota
Time for Three: Samuel
Time for Three
Aspen Music Festival, Aspen, Colorado
Leonard Bernstein: Selections from West Side Story
The Knights, Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Stillwater Music Festival, Stillwater, Minnesota
Hour 2
Jim Cockey: Ithaca, from To the Wandering Hero of Distant Lands
The Langroise Trio
Stephen Foster: Hard Times Come Again No More
Chanticleer
Ordway Center, St. Paul
Percy Grainger: Colonial Song
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
Asger Lund Christiansen: The Wagtail and the Cuckoo, from Garden Party, Op. 37
Michala Petri, recorder, Lars Hannibal, guitar
Minnesota Beethoven Festival, Winona, Minnesota
Antonin Dvorak: String Quartet in F, Op. 96 (American)
The Jupiter String Quartet
Skaneateles Music Festival, Skaneateles, New York
George Frederick Root: The Shining Shore
The San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Ragnar Bohlin, director
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
Traditional: Good Night Ladies
The San Francisco Symphony Chorus, Ragnar Bohlin, director
Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco
Charles Ives: Variations on America
The Boston Pops, Arthur Fiedler, conductor
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