April 1990 General Conference Music

Mar 31–Apr 1, 1990

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

Saturday Morning Session
Saturday, Mar 31, 1990, 10:00 AM

Saturday Afternoon Session
Saturday, Mar 31, 1990, 2:00 PM

Sunday Morning Session
Sunday, Apr 1, 1990, 10:00 AM

Sunday Afternoon Session
Sunday, Apr 1, 1990, 2:00 PM

Other Sessions

General Priesthood Session
Saturday, Mar 31, 1990, 6:00 PM

Summary of Conference Music

The Mormon Youth Chorus, conducted by Robert C. Bowden, furnished the choral numbers for the Saturday morning session of the conference.

Music for the Saturday afternoon session was provided by a Primary children’s choir from the Granger Utah Region, conducted by Glenda C. Nordfelt.

At the general priesthood session, music was furnished by a combined men’s choir from the Ephraim, Orem, Salt Lake, Salt Lake Community College, Ogden, and Logan institutes, conducted by Douglas Brenchley.

The Tabernacle Choir, conducted by Jerold Ottley and Donald Ripplinger, provided music for the Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon sessions.

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


From the April 1990 Conference Report booklet


Saturday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

Rejoice, the Lord Is King

Artist: Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: Charles Wesley

Music: Horatio Parker

Come, Ye Children of the Lord

Artist: Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: James H. Wallis

Music: Spanish melody

Great King of Heaven

Artist: Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: Carrie Stockdale Thomas

Music: Leroy J. Robertson

The Spirit of God (Congregational)

Artist: Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: William W. Phelps

Music: English melody

O Divine Redeemer

Artist: Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: Charles Gounod

Music: Charles Gounod

Come, Rejoice

Artist: Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: Tracy Y. Cannon

Music: Tracy Y. Cannon

Saturday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

A Child’s Prayer

Artist: Primary choir

Words: Janice Kapp Perry

Music: Janice Kapp Perry

On a Golden Springtime

Artist: Primary choir

Words: Virginia M. Kammeyer

Music: Crawford Gates

Love One Another

Artist: Primary choir

Words: Luacine Clark Fox

Music: Luacine Clark Fox

Called to Serve (Congregational)

Artist: Primary choir

Words: Elsie Duncan Yale

Music: Adam Geibel

I’m Trying to Be like Jesus

Artist: Primary choir

Words: Janice Kapp Perry

Music: Janice Kapp Perry

General Priesthood Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

Be Still, My Soul

Artist: Combined men’s choir

Words: Katharina von Schlegel

Music: Jean Sibelius

Praise the Lord with Heart and Voice

Artist: Combined men’s choir

Words: Tracy Y. Cannon

Music: Tracy Y. Cannon

High on the Mountain Top (Congregational)

Artist: Combined men’s choir

Words: Joel H. Johnson

Music: Ebenezer Beesley

Beautiful Savior

Artist: Combined men’s choir

Words: Gesangbuch, Münster, 1677

Music: Silesian folk song; Schlesiche Volkslieder, 1842

Sunday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

Awake and Arise

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Theodore E. Curtis

Music: Carolee Curtis Green

Oh, May My Soul Commune with Thee

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Lorin F. Wheelwright

Music: Lorin F. Wheelwright

The Morning Breaks, the Shadows Flee

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Parley P. Pratt

Music: George Careless

Precious Savior, Dear Redeemer

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Horatio R. Palmer

Music: Horatio R. Palmer

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

God’s Daily Care

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Marie C. Turk

Music: Willy Reske

Sunday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online

Great Is the Lord

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Eliza R. Snow

Music: Ebenezer Beesley

Of the Father’s Love Begotten

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Aurelius Prudentius

Music: Plainsong, 13th century

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

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William Fowler

Music: Caroline E. Sheridan Norton

Come, Follow Me

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: John Nicholson

Music: Samuel McBurney