October 2010 General Conference Music

Oct 2–3, 2010

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 2, 2010, 10:00 AM

Saturday Afternoon Session
Saturday, Oct 2, 2010, 2:00 PM

Sunday Morning Session
Sunday, Oct 3, 2010, 10:00 AM

Sunday Afternoon Session
Sunday, Oct 3, 2010, 2:00 PM

Other Sessions

General Relief Society Meeting
Saturday, Sep 25, 2010, 6:00 PM

General Priesthood Session
Saturday, Oct 2, 2010, 6:00 PM

Summary of Conference Music

The Tabernacle Choir provided the music for the Saturday morning, Sunday morning, and Sunday afternoon sessions. Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy directed the choir. Clay Christiansen, Richard Elliott, Andrew Unsworth, and Bonnie Goodliffe were the organists.

A family choir from Sandy and Draper, Utah, provided music for the Saturday afternoon session. Timothy Workman directed the choir, and Linda Margetts was the organist.

A priesthood choir from the Provo Utah Missionary Training Center provided the music for the priesthood session. Douglas Brenchley and Ryan Eggett 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 Clay Christiansen, Richard Elliott, Andrew Unsworth, Bonnie Goodliffe, and Linda Margetts.


From the October 2010 Conference Report booklet


General Relief Society Meeting(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the November 2010 Ensign — Music by a Relief Society choir from stakes in Kearns, Utah; Cathy Jolley, director; Linda Margetts, organist: “Count Your Blessings,” Hymns, no. 241, arr. Kasen, pub. Jackman; “Carry On,” Hymns, no. 255, arr. Nielsen and Boothe, unpublished (French horns: Kristina Orcutt Tollefson, Mary Lampros, and Claire Grover); “More Holiness Give Me,” Hymns, no. 131, arr. Beebe, pub. Larice; “The Spirit of God,” Hymns, no. 2, arr. DeFord, unpublished (flutes: Tia Jaynes and Natalie Hall; vocal soloists: Katherine Dowse, Olivia Dowse, Megan Dowse Broughton, Jayni Dowse, Sally Dowse Duffin, and Sofia Lee Dowse).

Count Your Blessings (Congregational)

Artist: Relief Society choir

Words: Johnson Oatman Jr.

Music: Edwin O. Excell

Arr.: James C. Kasen

Carry On

Artist: Relief Society choir

Accomp.: Kristina Orcutt Tollefson (French horn); Mary Lampros (French horn); Claire Grover (French horn)

Words: Ruth May Fox

Music: Alfred M. Durham

Arr.: Matthew D. Nielsen; Ross Boothe

More Holiness Give Me (Congregational)

Artist: Relief Society choir

Words: Philip Paul Bliss

Music: Philip Paul Bliss

Arr.: Larry R. Beebe

The Spirit of God

Artist: Relief Society choir

Solo: Katherine Dowse; Olivia Dowse; Megan Dowse Broughton; Jayni Dowse; Sally Dowse Duffin; Sofia Lee Dowse

Accomp.: Tia Jaynes (flute); Natalie Hall (flute)

Words: William W. Phelps

Music: English melody

Arr.: Sally DeFord

Saturday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the November 2010 Ensign — Music by the Tabernacle Choir; Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy, directors; Andrew Unsworth and Clay Christiansen, organists: “Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah,” Hymns, no. 83; “Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise,” Hymns, no. 41; “We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet,” Hymns, no. 19, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel,” Hymns, no. 252; “Tell Me the Stories of Jesus,” Children’s Songbook, 57, arr. Murphy, unpublished; “The Morning Breaks,” Hymns, no. 1, arr. Wilberg, unpublished.

Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William Williams

Music: John Hughes

Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: John A. Granade; Edward Partridge

Music: Gesangbuch der Herzogl, Wirtembergischen Katholischen Hofkapelle, 1784

We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William Fowler

Music: Caroline E. Sheridan Norton

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Will L. Thompson

Music: Will L. Thompson

Tell Me the Stories of Jesus

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: W. H. Parker

Music: Frederic A. Challinor

Arr.: Ryan Murphy

The Morning Breaks

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Parley P. Pratt

Music: George Careless

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Saturday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the November 2010 Ensign — Music by a family choir from Sandy and Draper, Utah; Timothy Workman, director; Linda Margetts, organist: “Come, Ye Children of the Lord,” Hymns, no. 58, arr. Lyon, pub. Jackman; “Beautiful Zion, Built Above,” Hymns, no. 44; “Lord, I Would Follow Thee,” Hymns, no. 220; “Home,” Children’s Songbook, 192, arr. Dayley, unpublished.

Come, Ye Children of the Lord

Artist: Family choir

Words: James H. Wallis

Music: Spanish melody

Arr.: A. Laurence Lyon

Beautiful Zion, Built Above

Artist: Family choir

Words: George Gill

Music: Joseph G. Fones

Lord, I Would Follow Thee (Congregational)

Artist: Family choir

Words: Susan Evans McCloud

Music: K. Newell Dayley

Home

Artist: Family choir

Words: Caroline Eyring Miner

Music: K. Newell Dayley

Arr.: K. Newell Dayley

General Priesthood Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the November 2010 Ensign — Music by a priesthood choir from the Provo Missionary Training Center; Douglas Brenchley and Ryan Eggett, directors; Richard Elliott, organist: “Hark, All Ye Nations!” Hymns, no. 264, arr. Ipson, unpublished; “Go, Ye Messengers of Heaven,” Hymns, no. 327; “High on the Mountain Top,” Hymns, no. 5; “Called to Serve,” Hymns, no. 249, arr. Boothe, unpublished.

Hark, All Ye Nations!

Artist: Priesthood choir from the Provo MTC

Words: Louis F. Mönch

Music: George F. Root

Arr.: Douglas L. Ipson

Go, Ye Messengers of Heaven

Artist: Priesthood choir from the Provo MTC

Words: Anon.; John Taylor

Music: Frederick Christensen

High on the Mountain Top (Congregational)

Artist: Priesthood choir from the Provo MTC

Words: Joel H. Johnson

Music: Ebenezer Beesley

Called to Serve

Artist: Priesthood choir from the Provo MTC

Words: Elsie Duncan Yale

Music: Adam Geibel

Arr.: Ross Boothe

Sunday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the November 2010 Ensign — Music by the Tabernacle Choir; Mack Wilberg, director; Clay Christiansen and Richard Elliott, organists: “Truth Eternal,” Hymns, no. 4; “Jehovah, Lord of Heaven and Earth,” Hymns, no. 269; “Dear to the Heart of the Shepherd,” Hymns, no. 221, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “Redeemer of Israel,” Hymns, no. 6; “Love One Another,” Hymns, no. 308, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “Now Let Us Rejoice,” Hymns, no. 3, arr. Wilberg, unpublished.

Truth Eternal

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Parley P. Pratt

Music: Alexander Schreiner

Jehovah, Lord of Heaven and Earth

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Anon.

Music: Oliver Holden

Dear to the Heart of the Shepherd

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Mary B. Wingate

Music: William J. Kirkpatrick

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

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

Love One Another

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Luacine Clark Fox

Music: Luacine Clark Fox

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Now Let Us Rejoice

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William W. Phelps

Music: Henry Tucker

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Sunday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the November 2010 Ensign — Music by the Tabernacle Choir; Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy, directors; Bonnie Goodliffe, organist: “Come, Rejoice,” Hymns, no. 9, arr. Murphy, unpublished; “Lead, Kindly Light,” Hymns, no. 97, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “I Am a Child of God,” Hymns, no. 301; “Sing We Now at Parting,” Hymns, no. 156, arr. Wilberg, unpublished.

Come, Rejoice

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Tracy Y. Cannon

Music: Tracy Y. Cannon

Arr.: Ryan Murphy

Lead, Kindly Light

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: John Henry Newman

Music: John B. Dykes

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

I Am a Child of God (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Naomi W. Randall

Music: Mildred Tanner Pettit

Sing We Now at Parting

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: George Manwaring

Music: Ebenezer Beesley

Arr.: Mack Wilberg