Speaking of simple gifts, my donation page for the 2025 pledge drive is now live:
https://www.canadahelps.org/me/6rJ2JqpP
Slight correction. I had to delete I Bought Me A Cat due to time constraints. Sorry.
| Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphony in A Major, Wq. 182/4, H660 The Academy of Ancient Music; Christopher Hogwood, director - C.P.E. Bach: 8 Symphonies. 3 Quartets. The Academy Of Ancient Music/Hogwood - Editions de l’Oiseau-Lyre Double Decker |
| I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Largo ed innocentemente III. Allegro Assai |
| Johann Sebastian Bach: Musicalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: Ricercare a 3 Herbert Tachezi, harpsichord - Bach: Eine Musicalisches Opfer. Concentus Musicus Wien. Harnoncourt - TELDEC Harnoncourt Edition |
| collected by Aaron Copland: Old American Songs (selections) Vancouver Chamber Choir; Linda Lee Thomas, piano; Jon Washburn, director - SImple Gifts. Vancouver Chamber Choir. Jon Washburn - CBC Records/Les Disques 
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| Zions walls (arr. by Glenn Koponen)
Simple gifts (arr. by Irving Fine) Ching-a-ring chaw (arr. by Irving Fine) Long time ago (arr. by Irving Fine) The little horses (arr. by Raymond Wilding-White) At the River (arr. by Raymond Wilding-White) |
| Engelbert Humperdinck: Dornröschen (orchestral excerpts) Bamberger Symphoniker; Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor - Humperdinck: Märschenmusiken. Bamberger Symphoniker. Rickenbacker - Virgin Classics |
| Vorspiel
Ballade Irrfahrten Dornenschloß Festklänge |
| Gabriel Fauré & André Messager: Messe des Pêcheurs de Villerville La Chapelle Royale de Saint-Louis; Ensemble Musique Oblique; Philippe Herreweghe, director - Fauré: Requiem op. 48 Philippe Herreweghe - Harmonia Mundi hmGold |
| I. Kyrie (Messager)
II. Gloria (Fauré) III. Sanctus (Fauré) IV. O Salutaris (Messager) V. Agnus Dei (Fauré |
| Igor Stravinsky: Pastorale (1907/transcribed 1933) Samuel Dushkin, violin; Louis Gromer, oboe; George Durand, cor anglais; André Vacellier, clarinet; Gabriel Grandmaison, bassoon; Igor Stravinsky, conductor - Composers In Person. Stravinsky - EMI Classics |
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Nice music for an autumn day, David. Happy Thanksgiving !
11:30 AM, October 13th, 2025