Memorial Day Music

On Memorial Day, Discover Classical joins you in honoring those who have given their lives for our country. We invite you to listen to these reflective and patriotic works by great American composers and performers.

6 AM Hour

Morton Gould: American Ballads No. 4 Memorials
Margaret Buechner: Flight of the American Eagle

7 AM Hour

Peter Boyer: In the Cause of the Free
William Grant Still: In Memoriam

8 AM Hour

William Thomas McKinley: Patriotic Variations
William Schuman: New England Triptych No. 1 "Be glad then, America"

9 AM Hour

Roy Harris: American Creed
John Philip Sousa: Invincible Eagle

10 AM Hour

Dudley Buck: Festival Overture on the American National Air

11 AM Hour

Charles Ives: Decoration Day

12 PM Hour

Richard Rodgers: Suite from Victory at Sea

1 PM Hour

David Gillingham: Heroes Lost and Fallen

2 PM Hour

Roy Harris: When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Thomas Knox: American Pageant

3 PM Hour

Jerry Bilik: American Civil War Fantasy
Charles Ives: Variations on "America"

4 PM Hour

Morton Gould: West Point Symphony
John Williams: Hymn to the Fallen from Saving Private Ryan

5 PM Hour

Dan Locklair: Memorial Day from Symphony No. 2 "America"
John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever