Every Good Thing

This Thanksgiving, host Elena See and classical music fans from around the country take time to give thanks and celebrate one of life's most meaningful gifts: music. Audiences will hear listeners from across the U.S. share stories about their favorite classical music pieces.

Playlist

• Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man: Benedictus — Daniel Hope, violin; German Chamber Orchestra

• Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man — Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

• Eric Whitacre: Alleluia — Eric Whitacre Singers

• Eric Whitacre: Sainte-Chapelle — Tallis Scholars

• I Thank You God for this Most Amazing Day — Eric Whitacre Singers

• Johann Pachelbel: Canon — Claire Jones, harp; Studio Orchestra

• Mark O'Connor: Butterfly's Day Out — Mark O'Connor, violin

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Voi che sapete" from the Marriage of Figaro — Magdalena Kozena, mezzo-soprano; Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment

• Johannes Brahms: Adagio from Symphony No. 2 — Staatskapelle Berlin

• Eric Whitacre: This Marriage — Polyphony; Stephen Layton, conductor

• Claude Debussy: Claire de Lune — Simon Trpceski, piano

• Claude Debussy: Claire de Lune — Boston Pops Orchestra

• Traditional: Shenandoah — Modern Mandolin Quartet

• Traditional: Shenandoah — Lara Downes, piano

• Jay Ungar: Thanksgiving Waltz — Jay Ungar, fiddle

• Gregori Allegri: Miserere — Tallis Scholars

• Ludovico Einaudi: I Giorni — Daniel Hope, violin; German Chamber Orchestra

• Ludwig van Beethoven: "Pleasant, cheerful feelings aroused on approaching the countryside" from Symphony No. 6 — Minnesota Orchestra

• George Frederic Handel: Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah — Boston Baroque

• Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man — Benedictus Daniel Hope, violin; German Chamber Orchestra