Songs of Thanks and Praise - This hour, we're sampling music of Thanksgiving in early America. From Spanish settlers in Florida to Moravians in North Carolina to the father of American Choral music, join us for Songs of Thanks and Praise. Plus, our featured release showcases music brought to the new world by the passengers on the Mayflower.
Saint Cecilia was the patroness of music and musicians. Her Feast Day is celebrated on November 22nd, and many composers wrote music in her honor. John Blow composed his ode Begin the Song! in 1684 and George Frideric Handel wrote his SONG FOR SAINT CECILIA'S DAY IN 1739.
Iconic recordings of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's ninth music director, Daniel Barenboim, conducting Wagner's Prelude to Lohengrin, Strauss's Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, and Bruckner's Symphony No. 8.
It's a program inspired by the natural world. Hear bird calls and the rolling of thunder in Beethoven's Pastorale Symphony. Manfred Honeck conducts Hannah Eisendle's "Heliosis" ย from the Greek word for sun, and Imam Habib's "Jeder Baum spricht" - a meditation on climate change. Francesco Piemontesi plays Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 2.