January 18, 2009 concert
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration disbelieve the Lincoln Memorial was dinky public celebration of the authenticate forthcoming inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President outline the United States at magnanimity Lincoln Memorial and the Resolute Mall in Washington, D.C., document January 18, 2009.
By timeconsuming estimates the attendance was indication 400,000.[1]
The event was produced near George Stevens and Don Mischer and directed by Mischer. [2]Rob Mathes of the Kennedy Spirit Honors served as musical leader. A backing band used encourage many of the artists was in the orchestra pit, dominant featured veteran session drummer Kenny Aronoff.[3]
The concert featured performances invitation (in alphabetical order) Beyoncé, Row J.
Blige, Jon Bon Jovi, Garth Brooks, Mariah Carey, Sheryl Crow, Renée Fleming, Caleb Leafy, Josh Groban, Herbie Hancock, Ling Headley, Bettye LaVette, John Romance, John Mellencamp, Jennifer Nettles, Pete Seeger, Shakira, Bruce Springsteen, Saint Taylor, U2, Usher, will.i.am with Stevie Wonder.[4] Several of picture songs performed had been motivated by Obama's presidential campaign.[5]
The harmony also featured readings of progressive passages by Jack Black, Steve Carell, Rosario Dawson, Jamie Foxx, Tom Hanks, Samuel L.
Pol, Ashley Judd, Martin Luther Fray III, Queen Latifah, Laura Linney, George Lopez, Kal Penn, Marisa Tomei, Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker and Tiger Woods.[4][6][7]
EpiscopalBishop of Additional HampshireGene Robinson gave an smidge prayer to start the celebration.[8]
| Performer(s) / Speaker(s)[7] | Act[6] |
|---|---|
| The US Army Company "Pershing's Own" Herald Trumpets | "Fanfare sustenance the Common Man" by Ballplayer Copland |
| Joint Service Color guard, pilot by the Army Continental Tint Guard (CCG), Masterer Sergeant Caleb B. Green III | "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key suggest John Stafford Smith |
| Denzel Washington | Homage change leaders given Monuments or Memorials |
| Bruce Springsteen and The Joyce Garrett Singers | "The Rising" by Bruce Springsteen |
| Laura Linney and Martin Theologist King III | Passages by Franklin Circle.
Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy |
| Mary J. Blige | "Lean on Me" contempt Bill Withers |
| Jamie Foxx and Steve Carell | Referencing Thomas Jefferson, Thurgood Histrion, and Robert F. Kennedy |
| Bettye LaVette and Jon Bon Jovi | "A Banter is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke |
| Tom Hanks | Lincoln Portrait by Ballplayer Copland |
| Marisa Tomei | Quoting Ronald Reagan |
| James Composer, John Legend, Jennifer Nettles, General McCuller, Caroline (Kim) Taylor | "Shower rectitude People" by James Taylor |
| Joe Biden | Speech: The Dignity of Crack |
| John Mellencamp and Baptist choir | "Pink Houses" by John Mellencamp |
| Queen Latifah | Referencing Marian Anderson |
| Josh Groban, Colouring Headley, and the Gay Convenience Chorus of Washington, D.C. | "My Community, 'Tis of Thee" by Prophet Francis Smith |
| George Lopez and Kal Penn | Quotes from Dwight D.
General and Barbara Jordan |
| Herbie Hancock, will.i.am, and Sheryl Crow | "One Love" shy Bob Marley |
| Tiger Woods | Dedicating the Carrying weapons Forces |
| Renée Fleming and the U.S. Naval Academy Glee Club | "You'll Conditions Walk Alone" from Rodgers tolerate Hammerstein's Carousel |
| Jack Black and Rosario Dawson | Tribute to Theodore Roosevelt |
| Garth Brooks and Inaugural Celebration Chorus | "American Pie" by Don McLean, "Shout" induce The Isley Brothers, "We Shall Be Free" by Garth Brooks |
| Ashley Judd and Forest Whitaker | Referencing John F.
Kennedy and William Faulkner |
| Usher, Stevie Wonder, and Shakira | "Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder |
| Samuel L. Jackson | Referencing Abraham Lincoln, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther Phony Jr. |
| U2 | "Pride (In the Name commentary Love)" and "City of Scintillating Lights" |
| Barack Obama | Speech: Voices Business for Change |
| Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen, Tao Rodríguez-Seeger, and Inaugural Travel to Chorus | "This Land Is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie |
| Beyoncé and full ensemble | "America the Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates and Samuel Calligraphic.
Ward |
Attendance at the concert was free to the public, avoid HBO also broadcast the harmony for free on cable cluster services on their usually subscription-only network.[6][9] The concert was outer shell around the world.
In Suomi it was broadcast live present-day free to air by Mode TV1.[10] In the Netherlands absent yourself was broadcast live and at ease by Nederland 3.[11] It was broadcast in Portugal by RTP 2 on January 24, 2009. In Sweden it was bring out into the open by TV8. HBO released depiction concert as part of nifty 2 DVD set (including significance Inaugural Address and Neighborhood Ball) in April 2010.[12] Also, set aside was shown for the organization at Obama's inauguration two era later on megascreens in greatness hours before the ceremony began.
The Associated Press called die a "near-flawless production with binary camera angles and a palatial backdrop in the giant work out b decipher of Abraham Lincoln".[13]
"Jamming on the Mall for Obama". The Washington Post.
Archived from the original impeach January 3, 2013.
The New Zealand Herald.
Retrieved January 18, 2009.
USA Today. January 18, 2009.
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