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Now Let Us Rejoice: Organ Hymns for the Sabbath


Mormon Tabernacle organists John Longhurst, Clay Christiansen, and Richard Elliott perform 23 hymn-based compositions showcasing the majestic Conference Center pipe organ. Continue reading...

Tracks
No. Title Running time  
1 Jehovah, Lord of Heaven and Earth
Arrangement: John Longhurst
Alternate Text: "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name"
2:31  
2 Choral-Prelude on SLANE
Arrangement: Robert Hebble
Texts: "Be Thou My Vision"; "Lord of All Hopefulness"
2:36  
3 Great Is Our God
Arrangement: Dale Wood
Alternate Text: "How Great Thou Art"
3:54  
4 How Gentle God's Commands
Orchestration: Robert Manoonkin
Alternate Text: "Blest Be the Tie That Binds"
3:54  
5 Now Let Us Rejoice
Arrangement: Clay Christiansen
4:06  
6 In Humility, Our Savior
Arrangement: John Longhurst
Alternate Texts: "Alleluia! Sing to Jesus!"; "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling"
4:07  
7 A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief
Arrangement: Robert Cundick
4:55  
8 We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet
Arrangement: James Kasen
4:31  
9 Improvisation on "How Firm a Foundation"
Arrangement: Richard Elliott
3:23  
10 Communion "Let Us Break Bread Together"
Arrangement: Charles Callahan
4:53  
11 What Wondrous Love Is This?
Arrangement: John Longhurst
2:14  
12 Sweet Is The Work
Arrangement: Douglas Bush
3:02  
13 Festival Toccata on "ST. ANNE"
Arrangement: Frederick Swann
Text: "O God Our Help in Ages Past"
2:46  
14 I Need Thee Every Hour
Music: Robert Lowry
Text: Annie S. Hawks
Arrangement: Seth Bingham
3:31  
15 Solemn Melody
Arrangement: H. Walford Davies/John E. West
Text: "Twas Witnessed in the Morning Sky"
3:37  
16 Meditation on "Amazing Grace"
Arrangement: Frederick Swann
3:31  
17 Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones
Arrangement: David A. Schack
Alternate Texts: "All Creatures of Our God and King"; "From All that Dwell Below the Skies"
2:25  
18 My Heart is Filled with Longing
Arrangement: J. S. Bach
Alternate Texts: O Sacred Head Now Wounded"; "O Savior, Thou Who Wearest a Crown"
3:47  
19 Prelude on "Teach Me to Walk in the Light"
Arrangement: Richard Elliott
2:15  
20 God of Grace and God of Glory
Arrangement: Paul Manz
Alternate Text: "Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah"
2:15  
21 Love at Home
Arrangement: Clay Christiansen
3:49  
22 Prelude on RHOSYMEDRE
Arrangement: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Text: "Our Father By Whose Name"
4:05  
23 Now Thank We All Our God
Arrangement: J. S. Bach/Virgil Fox
3:42  

 

Extended Description

Mormon Tabernacle organists John Longhurst, Clay Christiansen, and Richard Elliott perform 23 hymn-based compositions showcasing the majestic Conference Center pipe organ. The impressive organ is a symbol of the importance Latter-day Saints place on worshipping God through music. Built over a three-year period by Schoenstien & Co., the organ features a five-manual console that controls the 7,708 pipes of its 130 ranks, spread across seven divisions. In this inaugural solo recording, familiar hymn tunes such as “We Thank Thee, O God for a Prophet,” “I Need Thee Every Hour,” and “Love at Home” combine with the regal strains of “Jehovah, Lord of Heaven and Earth” and “Now Thank We All Our God” to provide a wide range of religious expression and spiritually moving experience.

 

 

 
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