April 1984 General Conference Music

Apr 7–8, 1984

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A PDF conference report is available at Archive.org.

Regular Sessions

Saturday Morning Session
Saturday, Apr 7, 1984, 10:00 AM

Saturday Afternoon Session
Saturday, Apr 7, 1984, 2:00 PM

Sunday Morning Session
Sunday, Apr 8, 1984, 10:00 AM

Sunday Afternoon Session
Sunday, Apr 8, 1984, 2:00 PM

Other Sessions

General Priesthood Meeting
Saturday, Apr 7, 1984, 6:00 PM

Summary of Conference Music

The Tabernacle Choir furnished the choral numbers for the Saturday morning,Sundaymorning,andSunday afternoon sessions of the conference with Jerold Ottley and Donald Ripplinger conducting.

The music for the Saturday afternoon session was provided by a combined Salt lake Institute Choir and single adult choir from the Ensign, Rose Park, Liberty, Pioneer, Monument Park, Granite, Holladay, Olympus, Bonneville, and Millcreek Utah regions, directed by Ronald Horton.

At the general priesthood meeting a father-son priesthood choir from the Cache Utah, Cache Utah South, Logan Utah, Logan Utah University, and Smithfield Utah regions furnished the music, directed by Willard R. Kesling and Brent Farley.

Prelude, postlude, and interlude music and accompaniments on the Tabernacle organ throughout the conference sessions were played by Robert Cundick, John Longhurst, and Clay Christiansen, Tabernacle organists.


From the April 1984 Conference Report booklet


Saturday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 1984 Ensign — The Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir, directed by Jerold Ottley and Donald Ripplinger, with organist Robert Cundick, sang “Praise the Lord With Heart and Voice” by Cannon (Hymns, no. 149), “Behold, the Tabernacle of God” by Harris (Hinshaw Music, Inc.), “How Wondrous and Great” by Haydn/Onderdonk (Hymns, no. 146), “Truth Eternal” by Schreiner/Pratt (Hymns, no. 189), “Jesus, Once of Humble Birth” by Pratt (Hymns, no. 88), and “Sweet Is the Peace the Gospel Brings” by Durham/Morton (Hymns, no. 191). The congregation sang “Now Let Us Rejoice” by Phelps (Hymns, no. 118).

Praise the Lord With Heart and Voice

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Tracy Y. Cannon

Music: Tracy Y. Cannon

Behold, the Tabernacle of God

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William Harris

Music: William Harris

How Wondrous and Great

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Henry U. Onderdonk

Music: Joseph Martin Kraus

Truth Eternal

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Parley P. Pratt

Music: Alexander Schreiner

Now Let Us Rejoice (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William W. Phelps

Music: Henry Tucker

Jesus, Once of Humble Birth

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Parley P. Pratt

Music: Giacomo Meyerbeer; English Chorister

Sweet Is the Peace the Gospel Brings

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Mary Ann Morton Walker

Music: Alfred M. Durham

Saturday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 1984 Ensign — A combined single-adult choir and Salt Lake Institute choir, directed by Ronald Horton, with organist Clay Christiansen, sang “O Sons of Zion” by Manookin/Rowe, arr. Manookin (Sonos), “Beautiful Savior,” arr. Manookin (Sonos), and “The Lord’s Prayer” by Malotte, arr. Deis, Weinrich (G. Schirmer). The congregation sang “We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet” by Norton/Fowler (Hymns, no. 196).

O Sons of Zion

Artist: Combined single-adult choir; Salt Lake Institute choir

Words: Ed M. Rowe

Music: Robert P. Manookin

Arr.: Robert P. Manookin

Beautiful Savior

Artist: Combined single-adult choir; Salt Lake Institute choir

Words: Gesangbuch, Münster, 1677

Music: Silesian folk song; Schlesiche Volkslieder, 1842

Arr.: Robert P. Manookin

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

Artist: Combined single-adult choir; Salt Lake Institute choir

Words: William Fowler

Music: Caroline E. Sheridan Norton

The Lord’s Prayer

Artist: Combined single-adult choir; Salt Lake Institute choir

Words: Albert Hay Malotte

Music: Albert Hay Malotte

Arr.: Carl Deis; Carl Weinrich

General Priesthood Meeting(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 1984 Ensign — A father/son priesthood choir, directed by Willard R. Kesling and Brent Farley, with organist Clay Christiansen, sang “The Lord Is My Shepherd,” anon. (unpublished), “See, The Mighty Angel Flying” by Stephens/Thompson (Hymns, no. 342), “Almighty God of Our Fathers” by James (B. F. Wood), and “Sweet Is the Work” by McClellan/Watts, arr. Manookin (The Choirbook, p. 20; adapted for men’s voices by Kesling). The congregation sang “High on the Mountain Top” by Beesley/Johnson (Hymns, no. 312).

The Lord Is My Shepherd

Artist: Father/son priesthood choir

See, The Mighty Angel Flying

Artist: Father/son priesthood choir

Words: Robert B. Thompson

Music: Evan Stephens

Almighty God of Our Fathers

Artist: Father/son priesthood choir

Words: Will James

Music: Will James

High on the Mountain Top (Congregational)

Artist: Father/son priesthood choir

Words: Joel H. Johnson

Music: Ebenezer Beesley

Sweet Is the Work

Artist: Father/son priesthood choir

Words: Isaac Watts

Music: John J. McClellan

Arr.: Robert P. Manookin; Willard R. Kesling

Sunday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 1984 Ensign — The Tabernade Choir, directed by Jerold Ottley and Donald Ripplinger, with organist John Longhurst, sang “Father, Thy Children to Thee Now Raise” by Stephens (Hymns, no. 43), “God Loved Us, So He Sent His Son” by Schreiner/Kimball (Hymns, no. 178), “Rejoice, the Lord Is King” by Parker/Wesley (Hymns, no. 151), “We’ll Sing the Songs of Zion” by Mendelssohn/Mills (Hymns, no. 205), “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” by Wyeth/Robinson (Hymns, no. 70), “Come Ye Disconsolate” by Webbe/Moore/Hastings (Hymns, no. 18), and “Benediction” by Bradshaw (Sonos). The congregation sang “The Spirit of God Like a Fire Is Burning” by Phelps (Hymns, no. 213).

Father, Thy Children to Thee Now Raise

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Evan Stephens

Music: Evan Stephens

God Loved Us, So He Sent His Son

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Edward P. Kimball

Music: Alexander Schreiner

Rejoice, the Lord Is King

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Charles Wesley

Music: Horatio Parker

We’ll Sing the Songs of Zion

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William G. Mills

Music: Unknown

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Robert Robinson

Music: John Wyeth

The Spirit of God Like a Fire Is Burning (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William W. Phelps

Music: English melody

Come Ye Disconsolate

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Thomas Moore; Thomas Hastings

Music: Samuel Webbe

Benediction

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Merrill Bradshaw

Music: Merrill Bradshaw

Sunday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 1984 Ensign — The Tabernacle Choir, directed by Jerold Ottley and Donald Ripplinger, with organist Robert Cundick, sang “Jehovah, Lord of Heaven and Earth” by Holden (Hymns, no. 83), “A Song of Praise” by Wolford/Gage (Flammer), and “Come, Follow Me” by McBurney/Nicholson (Hymns, no. 14). The congregation sang “Redeemer of Israel” by Lewis/Phelps (Hymns, no. 195).

Jehovah, Lord of Heaven and Earth

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Anon.

Music: Oliver Holden

A Song of Praise

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Norman Gage; Darwin Wolford

Music: Norman Gage; Darwin Wolford

Redeemer of Israel (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Joseph Swain; William W. Phelps (adapter)

Music: Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, Wyeth, 1813; Freeman Lewis

Come, Follow Me

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: John Nicholson

Music: Samuel McBurney