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CINCINNATI, Ohio — During its two-week tour, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir joined musical forces with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra at a sold-out concert at Riverbend Music Center on June 29.
The program was a crowd pleaser, with Cincinnati Pops conductor Erich Kunzel sharing directing of the choir and pops orchestra with Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg at Riverbend Music Center.
Mr. Kunzel told the Church News that while his orchestra and the Tabernacle Choir had made a recording together — with the Cincinnati orchestra recording in Ohio and the choir overdubbing in Utah — the first time he had heard the choir in person was when he stood before the group on the conductor's podium during the rehearsal on the afternoon before the concert.
"It was overpowering," he said of the experience. "I've never conducted anything this beautiful. It was unbelievable, that sound. It was such a joy."
He called the Mormon Tabernacle Choir "the most magnificent choir in all the world."
He said that the fact that the concert was "completely sold out to the rafters is a testament to their fame, their beauty, their sound, their history."
The concert program included music of Miklos Roza's "Ben Hur," selections from the Tabernacle Choir's and Cincinnati orchestra's earlier recording.
Estimates put attendance at the Cincinnati concert at more than 10,000.
2007 TABERNACLE CHOIR
TOUR
June 22 — Toronto, Ontario, Canada
June 23 — Chautauqua, N.Y.
June 25 — Cleveland, Ohio
June 27 — Chicago, Ill.
June 29 — Cincinnati, Ohio
June 30 — Nashville, Tenn.
July 2 — Memphis, Tenn.
