Inspirational concert
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In a program that was more worship service than concert, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square presented on March 29 "Easter Reflections." Through inspirational hymns, choruses from Handel's Messiah, spiritual and other selections centered on the divine mission, atonement, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the concert presented on the evening of Good Friday served as a prelude to Easter observances.
To preserve the spiritual nature of the program, Tabernacle Choir manager Scott Barrick requested that the audience in the Tabernacle on Temple Square not applaud, even at the conclusion of the concert. Former Young Women General President Elaine Cannon offered the invocation. Jerold Ottley, former director of the Tabernacle Choir and now a director of the Temple Square Chorale Training School, pronounced the benediction.
The musical program was enhanced by scripture readings by Carole Mikita, a news specialist at KSL-TV (Alma 7:10-13); Kathleen H. Barnes, a community worker, (Matthew 5:1-18); Scott S. Parker, president emeritus, Intermountain Health Care (Mark 5:22-34); JoAnne Ottley, former voice coach to the Tabernacle Choir and now a director of Temple Square Chorale Training School (Luke 10:25-37); LaVell Edwards, former BYU football coach (John 8:1-11); and Elder Merrill J. Bateman of the Seventy and president of BYU (Doctrine and Covenants 76:22-24, 40-41).
Tabernacle Choir music director Craig Jessop and associate directors, Mack Wilberg and Barlow Bradford, conducted. Clay Christiansen and Richard Elliott were at the Tabernacle organ.
The program's music encompassed a range of emotions and thoughts, from the sublime to the ebullient, from the somber to the joyful. A highlight was "Hallelujah" from Handel's Messiah, during which the audience stood. The audience joined in singing the third verse of the concluding selection, "He Is Risen!"
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