Thank you to all the listeners who helped create today's program. The most requested composer was Johann Sebastian Bach.
1. George Frederick Handel, Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Julius Rudel
2. Traditional Gospel, Just a closer walk with thee, Bob Snyder and David B. Hooten
3. Giacomo Puccini, Nessun Dorma from Tosca, Luciano Pavarotti, London Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta
4. Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, E. Power Biggs
5. Rogers and Hammerstein, Excerpts from the Sound of Music, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Recording
6. Felix Mendelssohn, String Symphony No. 8, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
7. Pietro Mascagni, Regina Coeli “The Easter Hymn” from Cavalleria Rusticana, Kiri Te Kanawa, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony, Julius Rudel
8. Irving Berlin, God Bless America, Robert Shaw Choral, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw
9. Henry Francis Lyte, Praise my Soul the King of Heaven, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
10. Irving Berlin, Happy Easter from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Easter Parade, Fred Astaire, MGM Studio Chorus
11. Stephen Adams, The Holy City, Jessye Norman, Christopher Bowers-Broadbent
12. Lowell Mason, When I survey the wondrous cross, St. Olaf Choir, Anton Armstrong
13. Gabriel Faure, Pie Jesu from Requiem, Kathleen Battle
14. G.F. Handel, Worthy is the Lamb, Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
15. Hector Villa Lobos, Bachianas Brasaileres No. 5, Netania Davrath and Carl Stern
16. Percy Grainger, Irish tune from Country Derry, Michigan State University Alumni Band Association, Ken Bloomquist
17. John Williams, The Imperial March, Skywalker Symphony Orchestra, John Williams
18. Ludwig van Beethoven, Violin Concert in D major, Hilary Hahn, David Zinman, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
19. Traditional Spiritual/arr. John Work, Rockin Jerusalem, Curtis Gulledge, Western Michigan University Chorale, Craig Arnold
20. J.S. Bach Chorale from Easter Cantata, London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski
21. Alberto Ginastera, Varianciones Concertantes, City of Granada Orchesetra, Josep Pons
22. Zez Confrey, Wise Cracker Suite, Eteri Andjaparidze
23. Traditional Hebrew Folk Song and Pete Seeger, Dayenu/It Could be a Wonderful World, Pete Seeger
24. Georges Enescu, Romanian Rhapsody No.1, Empire Brass
25. Charles Wesley, Christ the Lord as Risen Today, The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter
26. Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina, The strife is o’er, the battle is won, William Neal
27. John Lanchbery, Tales of Beatrix Potter, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, John Lanchbery
28. John Lennon, Imagine, 2Cellos
29. J.S. Bach, Sinfonia from Cantata No. 42, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
30. J.S. Bach, Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
31. Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 21 in C major, Vladimir Horowitz
32. Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster, The Prayer, Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion
33. Alexander Desplat, Excerpts from The Grand Budapest Hotel Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Alexander Desplat
34. Mikael Glinka, Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
35. Aaron Copland, Appalachian Spring, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland