April 2006 General Conference Music

Apr 1–2, 2006

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, Apr 1, 2006, 10:00 AM

Saturday Afternoon Session
Saturday, Apr 1, 2006, 2:00 PM

Sunday Morning Session
Sunday, Apr 2, 2006, 10:00 AM

Sunday Afternoon Session
Sunday, Apr 2, 2006, 2:00 PM

Other Sessions

General Young Women Meeting
Saturday, Mar 25, 2006, 6:00 PM

General Priesthood Session
Saturday, Apr 1, 2006, 6:00 PM

Summary of Conference Music

The Tabernacle Choir provided the music for the Saturday morning, Sunday morning, and Sunday afternoon sessions. Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg directed the choir. John Longhurst, Clay Christiansen, Richard Elliott, Linda Margetts, and Bonnie Goodliffe were the organists.

A combined choir from Brigham Young University provided music for the Saturday afternoon session. Rosalind Hall directed the choir, and Bonnie Goodliffe was the organist.

A priesthood choir from the Orem and Salt Lake institutes provided music for the priesthood session. Douglas Brenchley, Ryan Eggett, and Rick Decker directed the choir, and Richard Elliott was the organist.

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


From the April 2006 Conference Report booklet


General Young Women Meeting(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2006 Ensign — Music by a Young Women choir from stakes in Ogden, Utah; Merrilee Webb, director; Bonnie Goodliffe, organist: “The Lord Is My Light,” Hymns, no. 89; “Shine the Light,” medley, arr. Huff, unpublished (“Shine On,” Children’s Songbook, 144; “Teach Me to Walk in the Light,” Children’s Songbook, 177; “The Light Divine,” Hymns, no. 305); “I Know That My Redeemer Lives,” Hymns, no. 136, arr. Huff, unpublished (solo: Hillary Dodd); “High on the Mountain Top,” Hymns, no. 5, arr. Webb, unpublished.

The Lord Is My Light

Artist: Young Women choir

Words: James L. Nicholson

Music: John R. Sweney

Video Presentation

Artist: Young Women choir

Shine the Light Medley

Artist: Young Women choir

Words: M. V. M.; Clara W. McMaster; Matilda Watts Cahoon

Music: Joseph Ballantyne; Clara W. McMaster; Mildred Tanner Pettit

Medleyist: Michael D. Huff

Arr.: Michael D. Huff

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

Artist: Young Women choir

Solo: Hillary Dodd

Words: Samuel Medley

Music: Lewis D. Edwards

Arr.: Michael D. Huff

High on the Mountain Top (Congregational)

Artist: Young Women choir

Words: Joel H. Johnson

Music: Ebenezer Beesley

Arr.: Merrilee Webb

Saturday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2006 Ensign — Music by the Tabernacle Choir; Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg, directors; John Longhurst and Richard Elliott, organists: “The Morning Breaks,” Hymns, no. 1; “Dearest Children, God Is Near You,” Hymns, no. 96; “Did You Think to Pray?” Hymns, no. 140, arr. Wilberg, pub. Jackman; “Now Let Us Rejoice,” Hymns, no. 3; “For the Beauty of the Earth,” Hymns, no. 92, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “Consider the Lilies of the Field,” Hoffman, arr. Lyon, pub. Jackman; “High on the Mountain Top,” Hymns, no. 5, arr. Wilberg, unpublished.

The Morning Breaks

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Parley P. Pratt

Music: George Careless

Dearest Children, God Is Near You

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Charles L. Walker

Music: John Menzies Macfarlane

Did You Think to Pray?

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Mary A. Pepper Kidder

Music: William O. Perkins

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Now Let Us Rejoice (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William W. Phelps

Music: Henry Tucker

For the Beauty of the Earth

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Folliott S. Pierpoint

Music: Conrad Kocher

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Consider the Lilies

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Roger Hoffman

Music: Roger Hoffman

Arr.: A. Laurence Lyon

High on the Mountain Top

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Joel H. Johnson

Music: Ebenezer Beesley

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Saturday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2006 Ensign — Music by a combined choir from Brigham Young University; Rosalind Hall, director; Bonnie Goodliffe, organist: “I Saw a Mighty Angel Fly,” Hymns, no. 15, arr. Lewis, unpublished; “Have I Done Any Good?” Hymns, no. 223, arr. Zabriskie, pub. Plum; “Come, Ye Children of the Lord,” Hymns, no. 58; “Come, Follow Me,” Hymns, no. 116, arr. Manookin, pub. Sonos.

I Saw a Mighty Angel Fly

Artist: Combined choir from BYU

Words: Sacred Hymns, Manchester, 1840

Music: English melody

Arr.: Lewis

Have I Done Any Good?

Artist: Combined choir from BYU

Words: Will L. Thompson

Music: Will L. Thompson

Arr.: David A. Zabriskie

Come, Ye Children of the Lord (Congregational)

Artist: Combined choir from BYU

Words: James H. Wallis

Music: Spanish melody

Come, Follow Me

Artist: Combined choir from BYU

Words: John Nicholson

Music: Samuel McBurney

Arr.: Robert P. Manookin

General Priesthood Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2006 Ensign — Music by a priesthood choir from the Orem and Salt Lake institutes; Douglas Brenchley, Ryan Eggett, and Rick Decker, directors; Richard Elliott, organist: “Awake, Ye Saints of God, Awake!” Hymns, no. 17, arr. Staheli, pub. Plum; “The Lord Is My Shepherd,” Hymns, no. 108, arr. Loose, unpublished; “We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet,” Hymns, no. 19; “Come, O Thou King of Kings,” Hymns, no. 59.

Awake, Ye Saints of God, Awake!

Artist: Priesthood Institute choir

Words: Eliza R. Snow

Music: Evan Stephens

Arr.: Ronald Staheli

The Lord Is My Shepherd

Artist: Priesthood Institute choir

Words: Psalm 23; James Montgomery (adapter)

Music: Thomas Koschat

Arr.: Loose

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

Artist: Priesthood Institute choir

Words: William Fowler

Music: Caroline E. Sheridan Norton

Come, O Thou King of Kings

Artist: Priesthood Institute choir

Words: Parley P. Pratt

Music: Anon.

Sunday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2006 Ensign — Music by the Tabernacle Choir; Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg, directors; Clay Christiansen, organist: “Rejoice, the Lord Is King!” Hymns, no. 66; “He Sent His Son,” Children’s Songbook, 34–35, arr. Bradford, pub. Nature Sings; “I Stand All Amazed,” Hymns, no. 193; “Redeemer of Israel,” Hymns, no. 6; “O Lord Most Holy,” Franck, arr. Robertson and Schreiner, unpublished; “My Redeemer Lives,” Hymns, no. 135, arr. Wilberg, unpublished.

Rejoice, the Lord Is King!

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Charles Wesley

Music: Horatio Parker

He Sent His Son

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Mabel Jones Gabbott

Music: Michael F. Moody

Arr.: Barlow Bradford

I Stand All Amazed

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Charles H. Gabriel

Music: Charles H. Gabriel

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

O Lord Most Holy

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Arthur Ryder

Music: César Franck

Arr.: Leroy J. Robertson; Alexander Schreiner

My Redeemer Lives

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Gordon B. Hinckley

Music: G. Homer Durham

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Sunday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2006 Ensign — Music by the Tabernacle Choir; Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg, directors; Linda Margetts and Bonnie Goodliffe, organists: “Sing Praise to Him,” Hymns, no. 70, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “Jesus, Lover of My Soul,” Hymns, no. 102, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “How Firm a Foundation,” Hymns, no. 85; “Abide with Me; ’Tis Eventide,” Hymns, no. 165, arr. Gates, pub. Jackman.

Sing Praise to Him

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Johann J. Schütz

Music: Bohemian Brethren’s Songbook

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Jesus, Lover of My Soul

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Charles Wesley

Music: Joseph P. Holbrook

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

How Firm a Foundation (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Selection of Hymns, John Rippon, 1787; Robert Keen

Music: Anon.; John Ellis

Abide with Me; ’Tis Eventide

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: M. Lowrie Hofford

Music: Harrison Millard

Arr.: Crawford Gates