Caleb Young, conductor
Fort Wayne Philharmonic Chorus, Benjamin Rivera, director

Beethoven — Overture in C major, Op. 115, “Feast Day”
Beethoven — Elegiac Song
Beethoven — Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Canning — Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan
Ives — from New England Holidays, “Thanksgiving and Forefathers’ Day”, S. 5 No. 4
Copland — The Tender Land: Suite
Traditional — "We Gather Together" - Audience Sing Along

Songs of Thanksgiving fill the air, from Beethoven’s rarely heard miniature masterpieces for chorus to hauntingly beautiful American selections. A suite from Copland’s television opera ends appropriately with “The Promise of Living”, after which the audience joins the orchestra in singing "We Gather Together".