April 2007 General Conference Music

Mar 31–Apr 1, 2007

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, 2007, 10:00 AM

Saturday Afternoon Session
Saturday, Mar 31, 2007, 2:00 PM

Sunday Morning Session
Sunday, Apr 1, 2007, 10:00 AM

Sunday Afternoon Session
Sunday, Apr 1, 2007, 2:00 PM

Other Sessions

General Young Women Meeting
Saturday, Mar 24, 2007, 6:00 PM

General Priesthood Session
Saturday, Mar 31, 2007, 6:00 PM

Summary of Conference Music

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

A priesthood choir from Brigham Young University provided music for the priesthood session. Ronald Staheli directed the choir, and John Longhurst 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, and Bonnie Goodliffe.


From the April 2007 Conference Report booklet


General Young Women Meeting(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2007 Ensign — Music by a Young Women choir from stakes in Provo, Utah; Merrilee Webb, director; Linda Margetts, organist: “I Am a Child of God,” Hymns, no. 301, arr. Perry, unpublished (French horn: Mary Wood-Lampros); “If the Savior Stood Beside Me,” DeFord, arr. DeFord, unpublished; “I Stand All Amazed,” Hymns, no. 193, arr. Manookin, pub. Jackman (flute: Kathleen Ellingson; harp: Sarah Edwards); “As Zion’s Youth in Latter Days,” Hymns, no. 256, arr. adapted by Kasen, pub. Jackman.

I Am a Child of God

Artist: Young Women choir

Accomp.: Mary Wood-Lampros (French horn)

Words: Naomi W. Randall

Music: Mildred Tanner Pettit

Arr.: Janice Kapp Perry

If the Savior Stood Beside Me

Artist: Young Women choir

Words: Sally DeFord

Music: Sally DeFord

Arr.: Sally DeFord

I Stand All Amazed

Artist: Young Women choir

Accomp.: Kathleen Ellingson (flute); Sarah Edwards (harp)

Words: Charles H. Gabriel

Music: Charles H. Gabriel

Arr.: Robert P. Manookin

As Zion’s Youth in Latter Days (Congregational)

Artist: Young Women choir

Words: Susan Evans McCloud

Music: Irish melody

Arr.: James C. Kasen

Saturday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2007 Ensign — Music by the Tabernacle Choir; Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg, directors; Clay Christiansen, organist: “Glory to God on High,” Hymns, no. 67; “Sweet Hour of Prayer,” Hymns, no. 142; “Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel,” Hymns, no. 252, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet,” Hymns, no. 19; “Search, Ponder, and Pray,” Children’s Songbook, 109; “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing,” Hymns (1948), no. 70, arr. Wilberg, pub. Oxford.

Glory to God on High

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: James Allen

Music: Felice de Giardini

Sweet Hour of Prayer

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William W. Walford

Music: William B. Bradbury

Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Will L. Thompson

Music: Will L. Thompson

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

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

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William Fowler

Music: Caroline E. Sheridan Norton

Search, Ponder, and Pray

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Jaclyn Thomas Milne

Music: Carol Baker Black

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Robert Robinson

Music: John Wyeth

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Saturday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2007 Ensign — Music by the Tabernacle Choir; Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg, directors; John Longhurst and Richard Elliott, organists: “Redeemer of Israel,” Hymns, no. 6, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “Come, Come, Ye Saints,” Hymns, no. 30, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “We Love Thy House, O God,” Hymns, no. 247; “How Firm a Foundation,” Hymns, no. 85; “This House We Dedicate to Thee,” Hymns, no. 245, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “The Spirit of God,” Hymns, no. 2, arr. Wilberg, unpublished.

Redeemer of Israel

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

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Come, Come, Ye Saints

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William Clayton

Music: English folk song

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

We Love Thy House, O God

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William Bullock

Music: Leroy J. Robertson

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

This House We Dedicate to Thee

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Henry W. Naisbitt

Music: Frank W. Asper

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

The Spirit of God

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William W. Phelps

Music: English melody

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

General Priesthood Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2007 Ensign — Music by a priesthood choir from Brigham Young University; Ronald Staheli, director; John Longhurst, organist: “Rise Up, O Men of God,” Hymns, no. 324, arr. Staheli, unpublished; “Brightly Beams Our Father’s Mercy,” Hymns, no. 335, arr. Hopkins, unpublished; “Now Let Us Rejoice,” Hymns, no. 3; “I Love the Lord,” music from Hymns, no. 124, text by John Sears Tanner, arr. Staheli, unpublished.

Rise Up, O Men of God

Artist: Priesthood choir from BYU

Words: William Pierson Merrill

Music: William H. Walter

Arr.: Ronald Staheli

Brightly Beams Our Father’s Mercy

Artist: Priesthood choir from BYU

Words: Philip Paul Bliss

Music: Philip Paul Bliss

Arr.: Kevin Hopkins

Now Let Us Rejoice (Congregational)

Artist: Priesthood choir from BYU

Words: William W. Phelps

Music: Henry Tucker

I Love the Lord

Artist: Priesthood choir from BYU

Words: John Sears Tanner

Music: Jean Sibelius

Arr.: Ronald Staheli

Sunday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2007 Ensign — Music by the Tabernacle Choir; Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg, directors; Richard Elliott and Clay Christiansen, organists: “Rejoice, the Lord Is King!” Hymns, no. 66; “The Lord My Pasture Will Prepare,” Hymns, no. 109, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “I Am a Child of God,” Hymns, no. 301; “High on the Mountain Top,” Hymns, no. 5; “For He Shall Give His Angels to Watch Over Thee,” Mendelssohn, ed. Jessop, unpublished; “When Faith Endures,” Hymns, no. 128; “O My Father,” Hymns, no. 292, arr. Gates, pub. Jackman.

Rejoice, the Lord Is King!

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Charles Wesley

Music: Horatio Parker

The Lord My Pasture Will Prepare

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Joseph Addison

Music: Dmitri Bortniansky

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

I Am a Child of God

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Naomi W. Randall

Music: Mildred Tanner Pettit

High on the Mountain Top (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Joel H. Johnson

Music: Ebenezer Beesley

For He Shall Give His Angels to Watch Over Thee

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Julius Schubring

Music: Felix Mendelssohn

Arr.: Craig Jessop

When Faith Endures

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Naomi W. Randall

Music: Stephen M. Jones

O My Father

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Eliza R. Snow

Music: James McGranahan

Arr.: Crawford Gates

Sunday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2007 Ensign — Music by the Tabernacle Choir; Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg, directors; Bonnie Goodliffe, organist: “From All That Dwell below the Skies,” Hymns, no. 90, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today,” Hymns, no. 227, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “Come, Ye Children of the Lord,” Hymns, no. 58; “I Need Thee Every Hour,” Hymns, no. 98, arr. Wilberg, unpublished.

From All That Dwell below the Skies

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Isaac Watts

Music: John C. Hatton

There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Eliza E. Hewitt

Music: John R. Sweney

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Come, Ye Children of the Lord (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: James H. Wallis

Music: Spanish melody

I Need Thee Every Hour

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Annie S. Hawks

Music: Robert Lowry

Arr.: Mack Wilberg