That was Yo-Yo Ma soloing with the Amsterdam baroque orchestra led by Tom Cotton On originally a concerto for an instrument called Viola Dunmore a literally a viola of love and it is similar to a viola in many ways but a play here on the brooch of the by Yo-Yo Ma concerto by Antonio Vivaldi. It's on to American music now for Thanksgiving and we begin with Leonard Bernstein who wrote a number of pieces called anniversaries these might be thought of as Thanksgiving pieces as they if Thanks for the friendship of various friends of Leonard Bernstein this is written for Sandy Gale horn and Andrew Cooper stock plays it. Mary. Mary. A conductor was just shell stuck with the Polish Radio Orchestra and that was music of American composer Robert Ward for Thanksgiving the festive Oh damn. This is another American work but it's by a check composer it's a very famous composition by turning to for shock was living in America in the early 890 s. Directing the American Conservatory of Music in New York City but during the summer holidays he'd go to Spillville Iowa small Czech community there and wrote some great music including this piece the American Cortef string quartet number 12 an f. It's recorded by the Emerson Quartet. The. For the for the it. Or are. You. You. Integrating the in memory of the wife of Serge close of its key a close friend of Leonard Bernstein as one of his anniversaries for various friends in the past was Andrew Cooper stock. As an alley Public Radio n.p.r. For central California Kavi p.r. Fresno a p r x they concealed an online at a v.b. Are not order. Happy Thanksgiving and glad that you're able to tune in I have some strongly Thanksgiving inspired music before we get to Felix Mendelssohn the minor Violin Concerto and to begin we have a couple of pieces from a disc called Travel in home American spirituals from 772870 I think both these titles are perfect for Thanksgiving The 1st is called the pilgrims from 868 and the 2nd is called Harvest him by composer Jeremy Ingles States Moran 18 o 5 in a performance here by the Boston coverup. The . Earth.