October 1994 General Conference Music

Oct 1–2, 1994

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, Oct 1, 1994, 10:00 AM

Saturday Afternoon Session
Saturday, Oct 1, 1994, 2:00 PM

Sunday Morning Session
Sunday, Oct 2, 1994, 10:00 AM

Sunday Afternoon Session
Sunday, Oct 2, 1994, 2:00 PM

Other Sessions

General Relief Society Meeting
Saturday, Sep 24, 1994, 6:00 PM

General Priesthood Session
Saturday, Oct 1, 1994, 6:00 PM

Summary of Conference Music

The Mormon Youth Chorus, conducted by Robert C. Bowden, provided music for the Saturday morning session of the conference. Bonnie Goodliffe was the organist.

Music for the Saturday afternoon session was provided by a Primary choir from the Kaysville Utah Region. Vanja Y. Watkins conducted the choir, and Linda Margetts was the organist.

At the general priesthood session a combined men’s choir from the Tabernacle Choir and Mormon Youth Chorus provided the music. Donald Ripplinger and Robert C. Bowden conducted the choir, and Clay Christiansen was the organist.

The Tabernacle Choir, directed by Jerold Ottley, provided music for the Sunday morning and afternoon sessions. John Longhurst and Richard Elliott were the organists.

Throughout the conference sessions, prelude, postlude, and interlude music and accompaniments on the Tabernacle organ were played by John Longhurst, Clay Christiansen, Richard Elliott, Bonnie Goodliffe, and Linda Margetts.


From the October 1994 Conference Report booklet


Saturday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the November 1994 Ensign — Music by the Mormon Youth Chorus, directed by Robert C. Bowden, with organist Bonnie L. Goodliffe: “God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand” (Hymns, 1985, no. 78); “Lord, Accept Our True Devotion” (Hymns, 1985, no. 107); “Rejoice, the Lord is King!” (Hymns, 1985, no. 66); “Come, Come, Ye Saints” (Hymns, 1985, no. 30); “Praise to the Man” (Hymns, 1985, no. 27); “O My Father” (Hymns, 1985, no. 292).

God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand

Artist: Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: Daniel C. Roberts

Music: George W. Warren

Lord, Accept Our True Devotion

Artist: Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: Richard Alldridge

Music: Joseph J. Daynes

Rejoice, the Lord is King!

Artist: Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: Charles Wesley

Music: Horatio Parker

Come, Come, Ye Saints (Congregational)

Artist: Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: William Clayton

Music: English folk song

Praise to the Man

Artist: Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: William W. Phelps

Music: Scottish folk song

O My Father

Artist: Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: Eliza R. Snow

Music: James McGranahan

Saturday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the November 1994 Ensign — Music by a Primary children’s choir from the Kaysville Utah Region, directed by Vanja Y. Watkins, with organist Linda S. Margetts: medley of “Because God Loves Me” (Children’s Songbook, 1989, p. 234) and “Thank Thee for Everything” (Children’s Songbook, 1989, p. 10); “The Light Divine” (Hymns, 1985, no. 305); medley of “Home” (Children’s Songbook, 1989, p. 192) and “Love Is Spoken Here” (Children’s Songbook, 1989, pp. 190–91); “We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet” (Hymns, 1985, no. 19); medley of “Jesus Once Was a Little Child” (Children’s Songbook, 1989, p. 55) and “I Think When I Read That Sweet Story” (Children’s Songbook, 1989, p. 56).

Medley: Because God Loves Me; Thank Thee for Everything

Artist: Primary choir

Words: Joleen G. Meredith; Vanja Y. Watkins

Music: Joleen G. Meredith; Wilford A. Beesley Jr.

The Light Divine

Artist: Primary choir

Words: Matilda Watts Cahoon

Music: Mildred Tanner Pettit

Medley: Home; Love Is Spoken Here

Artist: Primary choir

Words: Caroline Eyring Miner; Janice Kapp Perry

Music: K. Newell Dayley; Janice Kapp Perry

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

Artist: Primary choir

Words: William Fowler

Music: Caroline E. Sheridan Norton

Medley: Jesus Once Was a Little Child; I Think When I Read That Sweet Story

Artist: Primary choir

Words: James R. Murray; Jemima Luke

Music: Joseph Ballantyne; Leah Ashton Lloyd

General Priesthood Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the November 1994 Ensign — Music by combined Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Mormon Youth Men, directed by Donald H. Ripplinger and Robert C. Bowden, with organist Clay Christiansen: “Awake, My Sons, Awake” (Johnson Pub., Pioneer Music Press); “Secret Prayer” (Hymns, 1985, no. 144); “Oh Say, What Is Truth?” (Hymns, 1985, no. 272); “Beautiful Savior” (arr. Gundersen); “Called to Serve” (Hymns, 1985, no. 249).

Awake, My Sons, Awake

Artist: Men of the Tabernacle Choir; Men of the Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: Lane E. Johnson

Music: Lane E. Johnson

Secret Prayer

Artist: Men of the Tabernacle Choir; Men of the Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: Hans Henry Petersen

Music: Hans Henry Petersen

Oh Say, What Is Truth? (Congregational)

Artist: Men of the Tabernacle Choir; Men of the Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: John Jaques

Music: Ellen Knowles Melling

Beautiful Savior

Artist: Men of the Tabernacle Choir; Men of the Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: Gesangbuch, Münster, 1677

Music: Silesian folk song; Schlesiche Volkslieder, 1842

Arr.: Gundersen

Called to Serve

Artist: Men of the Tabernacle Choir; Men of the Mormon Youth Chorus

Words: Elsie Duncan Yale

Music: Adam Geibel

Sunday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the November 1994 Ensign — Music by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, directed by Jerold D. Ottley, with organist John Longhurst: “The Morning Breaks” (Hymns, 1985, no. 1); “Father in Heaven, We Do Believe” (Hymns, 1985, no. 180); “God So Loved the World” (The Choirbook, p. 28); “Come, O Thou King of Kings” (Hymns, 1985, no. 59); “I Know That My Redeemer Lives” (Hymns, 1985, no. 136); “Come, We That Love the Lord” (Hymns, 1985, no. 119); “Sweet Is the Peace the Gospel Brings” (Hymns, 1985, no. 14).

The Morning Breaks

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Parley P. Pratt

Music: George Careless

Father in Heaven, We Do Believe

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Parley P. Pratt

Music: Jane Romney Crawford

God So Loved the World

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: John Stainer; William J. Sparrow Simpson

Music: John Stainer

Come, O Thou King of Kings

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Parley P. Pratt

Music: Anon.

I Know That My Redeemer Lives (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Samuel Medley

Music: Lewis D. Edwards

Come, We That Love the Lord

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Isaac Watts

Music: Aaron Williams

Sweet Is the Peace the Gospel Brings

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Mary Ann Morton Walker

Music: Alfred M. Durham

Sunday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the November 1994 Ensign — Music by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, directed by Jerold D. Ottley, with organist Richard Elliott: “In Hymns of Praise” (Hymns, 1985, no. 75); “Dedication” (The Choirbook, p. 45); “High on the Mountain Top” (Hymns, 1985, no. 5); “We Have Partaken of Thy Love” (Hymns, 1985, no. 155).

In Hymns of Praise

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Ada Blenkhorn

Music: Alfred Beirly

Dedication

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Willy Reske

Music: Willy Reske

High on the Mountain Top (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Joel H. Johnson

Music: Ebenezer Beesley

We Have Partaken of Thy Love

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Mabel Jones Gabbott

Music: Robert P. Manookin