HE IS RISEN A Sacred Easter Presentation

• • •THE TA BER NACLE CHOIR

ORCHESTR A AT TEMPLE SQUAR Ewith Bel ls On Temple Square

and Gabriel Trumpet Ensemble

• • • Mack Wilberg, conductor

Friday and Saturday, April 19–20, 2019, 7:30 p.m.Salt Lake Tabernacle

Simulcast to Joseph Smith Memorial Building Legacy Theater and Conference Center Theater

HE IS RISEN A Sacred Easter Presentation

• • •THE TA BER NACLE CHOIR

ORCHESTR A AT TEMPLE SQUAR Ewith Bel ls On Temple Square

and Gabriel Trumpet Ensemble

• • • Mack Wilberg, conductor

Richard Elliott and Brian Mathias, organists

This concert will proceed without applause until after the final chorus.

Prologue

Christ the Lord Is Risen Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anonymous arr. Mack Wilberg

That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright . . . . . . . . . . . . . .German Hymn Tune arr . Mack Wilberg

The Savior’s Atonement

How Great the Wisdom and the Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas McIntyre arr. Mack Wilberg

The Savior’s Resurrection

Accounts from the Holy Scriptures

Unfold, Ye Portals, from The Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Gounod

In the Garden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C. Austin Miles arr . Ryan Murphy

He Is Risen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joachim Neander arr. Mack Wilberg

The audience is invited to stand and join in singing with the Choir.

He is risen! He is risen! Tell it out with joyful voice.

He has burst His three day’s prison; Let the whole wide earth rejoice. Death is conquered; man is free.

Christ has won the victory.

Come with high and holy hymning; Chant our Lord’s triumphant lay.

Not one darksome cloud is dimming Yonder glorious morning ray, Breaking o’er the purple east, Symbol of our Easter feast.

He is risen! He is risen! He hath opened heaven’s gate.

We are free from sin’s dark prison, Risen to a holier state.

And a brighter Easter beam On our longing eyes shall stream.

—Cecil Frances Alexander

The Promise

And What Is It We Shall Hope For? from The Redeemer . . .Robert Cundick

Tree of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mack Wilberg

The Plea

Interlude for Brass and Percussion Love Divine, All Loves Excelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R. H. Prichard arr . Mack Wilberg

The Benediction

Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain, from Messiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Frideric Handel

Extend Your Easter Celebrations

View the Concert Again: “He Is Risen: A Sacred Easter Presen-tation” is an excellent complement to Easter celebrations in your home . The program can be viewed on the Choir’s YouTube channel (youtube .com/thetabernaclechoirattemplesquare) following the concert on Saturday, April 19; on BYUtv on Easter Sunday, April 20

at 6:00 p .m . mountain time; and later on BYUtv .org .

“Because of Him” Video: A timely video tribute to Jesus Christ can be viewed on tabchoir .org/becauseofhim . This video captures the es-sence of the ministry of the Savior for us today . Join the conversation on your social networks using #BecauseofHim .

Enjoy the Choir’s Newest CD: The Choir and Orchestra recently released a new album of hymns—their first hymn recording in seven years—called Let Us All Press On: Hymns of Praise and Inspiration. This collection of 14 hymns carries messages of faith and hope in joyful and stirring musical settings . This is the thirteenth Choir album to be #1 on Billboard’s Classical Traditional chart . Save 20% on Let Us All Press On at deseretbook .com (offer code ESTR20) or at the City Creek Deseret Book store (show this program) through May 4, 2019 .

Handel’s Messiah in 2020: The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square will perform Handel’s Messiah live in the Tabernacle on Good Friday and Saturday, April 10–11, 2020 . This Easter per-formance of Handel’s beloved oratorio with world-class soloists has occurred every two years since 2014 and is streamed live over the in-

ternet to audiences around the world . Mark your calendars now and subscribe to the Choir’s weekly newsletter for updates at tabchoir .org/connect . See tabchoir/messiah to buy landmark recordings of Messiah by the Choir and Orchestra in two formats: Complete Oratorio (full length) and Highlights (selected solos and choruses) .

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Orchestra at Temple Square, and Bells on Temple Square are ambassadors for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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