Every weekday at 10 a.m., the hosts at Classical MPR play a standout work based on the theme for the week. We call them Morning Glories.
This week's Morning Glories feature musicians who have performed in previous inaugurations.
Monday
Marian Anderson (Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957; John F. Kennedy, 1961)
Franz Schubert: Ave Maria
Tuesday
US Marine Band (Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965; Richard Nixon, 1969)
Charles Ives: Variations on America
Wednesday
Jessye Norman (Ronald Reagan, 1985; Bill Clinton, 1997)
Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs
Thursday
Marilyn Horne (Bill Clinton, 1993)
Anthony McGill, Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, and Gabriela Montero (Barack Obama, 2009)
Aaron Copland: Simple Gifts
John Williams: Air and Simple Gifts
Friday
Mormon Tabernacle Choir (Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965; Richard Nixon, 1969)
Stephen Paulus: Hymn for America
Samuel Ward/Katharine Bates: America the Beautiful
Anonymous: America
Irving Berlin: God Bless America
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