Music and the Spoken Word
Conference Center
9:30 AM
Sunday, 27 July 2008
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The Music and the Spoken Word broadcast will feature the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Visitors are welcome to come and hear the inspiring music in the Conference Center. The choir's weekly radio program, Music and the Spoken Word, first aired on 15 July 1929 and has since become the world's longest-running network broadcast.
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music director for this broadcast will be Mack Wilberg. Mack Wilberg was appointed
associate music director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and music director of
the Temple Square Chorale in May 1999. He is the former director of choral activities
at Brigham Young University, where he conducted the BYU Concert Choir and the
Men's Chorus and taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in music. Dr.
Wilberg is active as a pianist, chamber musician, clinician, composer, arranger,
and guest conductor throughout the United States and abroad. Dr. Wilberg received
his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University and his master's and doctoral
degrees from the University of Southern California. |
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choir will be accompanied by Richard Elliott. Richard Elliott is a native of
Baltimore, Maryland, received his early musical training at Peabody Conservatory
and the Catholic University of America. He received his bachelor of music degree
from the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and his master's and doctoral degrees
from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. While a student in
Philadelphia, he served as assistant organist for the famed Wanamaker organ. |
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 The Music and the Spoken Word broadcast will be narrated by Lloyd D. Newell. Lloyd D. Newell has worked as a television news anchor, professional speaker, and university professor. As a keynote speaker and corporate trainer he has spoken to large and small organizations in 45 states and more than a dozen countries. He has authored several books, including "The Divine Connection" and "May Peace Be With You". He received a master's degree in communications and a doctoral degree in Marriage, Family, and Human Development from Brigham Young University, where he is a professor. |
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| This program will feature the following musical selections: |
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| Fanfare Alleluia/Praise to the Lord, the Almighty |
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From "Stralsund Gesangbuch," 1665; arr. Mack Wilberg |
| He Shall Feed His Flock |
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John Ness Beck |
| Praise the Lord with Drums and Cymbals |
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| How Gentle God's Commands |
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Hans Georg Nageli; arr. Lowell Mason |
| Are You Up There?/ I Believe |
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Alan, Wayne & Merrill Osmond/Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl & Al Stillman/arr. Sam Cardon |
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Lloyd D. Newell |
| He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother |
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Sidney Keith Russell & Robert William Scott; arr. Sam Cardon |
| Come, Come, Ye Saints |
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English Folk Song; arr. Mack Wilberg |
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| The broadcast includes excerpts from the following: |
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| Gently Raise the Sacred Strain |
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Composed by Thomas C. Griggs |
| As the Dew from Heaven Distilling |
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Composed by Joseph J. Daynes |
| God Be with You Till we Meet Again |
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Composed by William G. Tomer |
Guests should be in their seats no later than 9:15 a.m. Because the broadcast is taped live, children under eight are not permitted in the Conference Center.
The Tabernacle Choir rehearses each Thursday at 8:00 p.m. All concerts and rehearsals are open to the public.
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