October 1972 General Conference Music

Oct 6–8, 1972

Talks and media from this conference are available at ChurchofJesusChrist.org or in Gospel Library.
Streaming video is on the LDS General Conference YouTube channel.
A PDF conference report is available at Archive.org.

Regular Sessions

Friday Morning Session
Friday, Oct 6, 1972, 10:00 AM

Friday Afternoon Session
Friday, Oct 6, 1972, 2:00 PM

Saturday Morning Session
Saturday, Oct 7, 1972, 10:00 AM

Saturday Afternoon Session
Saturday, Oct 7, 1972, 2:00 PM

Sunday Morning Session
Sunday, Oct 8, 1972, 10:00 AM

Sunday Afternoon Session
Sunday, Oct 8, 1972, 2:00 PM

Other Sessions

Welfare-Agricultural Meeting
Saturday, Oct 7, 1972, 7:30 AM

General Priesthood Meeting
Saturday, Oct 7, 1972, 7:00 PM

Summary of Conference Music

The Salt Lake Tabernacle Choir furnished the choral numbers for the Saturday morning, the Sunday morning, and the Sunday afternoon sessions of the conference, with Richard P. Condie, conductor, and Jay E. Welch, assistant conductor.

The Men’s Chorus of the Tabernacle Choir rendered the special musical numbers at the Solemn Assembly held on Friday morning.

The choral music for the Friday afternoon session was provided by the Relief Society Combined Choruses of the Granger, Jordan, and Midvale Regions, conducted by Ellen Neilson Barnes.

The Combined M Man and Gleaner Chorus of the Salt Lake Area, with Virgil Camp conducting, furnished special musical numbers at the Saturday afternoon meeting.

At the General Priesthood Meeting on Saturday evening, the choral numbers were sung by the Male Choir of the Mormon Youth Chorus, with Jay Welch and Hal Gundersen conducting.

Richard P. Condie directed the singing of the Tabernacle Choir on the Choir and Organ Broadcast on Sunday morning, with Alexander Schreiner at the organ console.

Prelude and postlude music, and accompaniments on the Tabernacle Organ throughout the conference sessions were played by Alexander Schreiner, Robert Cundick, and Roy M. Darley, Tabernacle Organists.


From the October 1972 Conference Report booklet


Friday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect Peace

Artist: Men of the Tabernacle Choir

Words: Charles Lee Williams

Music: Charles Lee Williams

Give Ear, O Lord

Artist: Men of the Tabernacle Choir

God Moves in a Mysterious Way His Wonders to Perform (Congregational)

Artist: Men of the Tabernacle Choir

Words: William Cowper

Music: William B. Bradbury

I Need Thee Every Hour

Artist: Men of the Tabernacle Choir

Words: Annie S. Hawks

Music: Robert Lowry

Friday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

Send Out Thy Light

Artist: Relief Society choir

Words: Charles Gounod

Music: Charles Gounod

Let Us Oft Speak Kind Words

Artist: Relief Society choir

Words: Joseph L. Townsend

Music: Ebenezer Beesley

We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet (Congregational)

Artist: Relief Society choir

Words: William Fowler

Music: Caroline E. Sheridan Norton

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

Artist: Relief Society choir

Words: Samuel Medley

Music: Lewis D. Edwards

Saturday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

Now Let All the Heavens Adore Thee

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Sing and Rejoice

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Father in Heaven

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Angus S. Hibbard

Music: Friedrich F. Flemming

Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Thomas Ken

Music: Louis Bourgeois; Genevan Psalter, 1551

Inflammatus

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Solo: Olga Gardner

Words: Gioachino Rossini

Music: Gioachino Rossini

Now We Are Ambassadors

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

O My Father (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Eliza R. Snow

Music: Unknown

Jesu, Priceless Treasure

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Johann Franck

Music: Unknown

Come Ye Children of the Lord

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: James H. Wallis

Music: Spanish melody

Worthy Is the Lamb

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Saturday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

Shall the Youth of Zion Falter

Artist: Combined M Man and Gleaner Chorus

Words: Evan Stephens

Music: Evan Stephens

The Shepherds Had an Angel

Artist: Combined M Man and Gleaner Chorus

Solo: Maureen Jardine

Come O Thou King of Kings (Congregational)

Artist: Combined M Man and Gleaner Chorus

Words: Parley P. Pratt

Music: Anon.

Carry On

Artist: Combined M Man and Gleaner Chorus

Words: Ruth May Fox

Music: Alfred M. Durham

General Priesthood Meeting(Return to top) Download Stream Online

Come All Ye Sons of Zion

Artist: Men of the Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: Caleb J. Taylor; William W. Phelps

Music: John E. Tullidge

Pilgrim’s Song

Artist: Men of the Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky

Music: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky

Do What Is Right (Congregational)

Artist: Men of the Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: Anon.

Music: George Kiallmark Sr.

Beautiful Savior

Artist: Men of the Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: Gesangbuch, Münster, 1677

Music: Silesian folk song; Schlesiche Volkslieder, 1842

Sunday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

Awake the Trumpets Lofty Sound

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Achieved Is the Glorious Work

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Still, Still with Thee

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Music: Harry Shelley

Lo My Shepherd Is Divine

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Franz Joseph Haydn

Music: Franz Joseph Haydn

Praise to the Man Who Communed with Jehovah (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William W. Phelps

Music: Scottish folk song

Build Thee More Stately Mansions

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Sing Praise to Him

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Johann J. Schütz

Music: Bohemian Brethren’s Songbook

The Hallelujah Chorus

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: George Frideric Handel; Charles Jennens

Music: George Frideric Handel

Sunday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

O Divine Redeemer

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Charles Gounod

Music: Charles Gounod

Lord, Hear Our Prayer

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Israel, Israel God Is Calling (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Richard Smyth

Music: Charles C. Converse

How Beautiful Upon the Mountain

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square