In 19, when Sets 1 and 2 of the Old American Songs were new, Warfield and Copland had recorded the original piano versions. I love the stereo recording of the orchestral version that Copland conducted with William Warfield in 1962. Old American Songs, Sets 1 (1950) and 2 (1952)įor a perhaps more conventionally euphonious Thanksgiving, here are the two Copland-arranged Copland's Old American Songs I intended to present originally, in Copland's orchestral-accompanied version (as we saw and heard Marilyn Horne and James Levine perform them at the start of this post). Decca, recorded September 1994 Ĭhicago Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, cond. Baltimore Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, David Zinman, cond. With prayer and psalm they worshipped Thee. In adjusting the date to the Gregorian calendar, the anniversary was erroneously established on December 22 instead of December 21.įorefathers' Day is a well known and well celebrated holiday in Plymouth. It was introduced in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1769.
It is a commemoration of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on December 21, 1620. Maybe next year I'll be feeling ambitious enough to dub the performances by Leonard Bernstein and Donald Johanos, which I only have on LP.įorefathers' Day, by the way, according to Wikipedia, is a holiday celebrated in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on December 22. In the interest of sheer laziness, I'm recycling the two performances of Ives's Thanksgiving and Forefathers' Day that I have on CD, which we've already heard.
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