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100: Celebrating a Century of Recording Excellence - 3-Disc Set

In 1910, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, joined by Columbia Records at the time, made its first commercial recording in the historic Salt Lake Tabernacle. Now, a century later, the Choir has become one of the most famous organizations in the world, having toured all around the globe and released more than 150 albums. 

100: Celebrating a Century of RecordingExcellence memorializes this milestone of 100 years of world-class recordings. This set contains the Choir's most requested songs. 
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Featured song from 100 Celebrating a Century of Recording Excellence CD
"Glorious Everlasting"Listen >

Music: M. Thomas Cousins
Text: Psalm 57



Music and the Spoken Word


"Safe from Danger"June 13, 2010, Broadcast #4213Nobody makes it through life without making mistakes. Some are harmless, but others can be dangerous. Most often, safety lies in being cautious and wise. We don't usually get into trouble without disregarding a rule of safety or some code of behavior. Danger lurks on the other side of a warning. Maybe it's a No Trespassing or UseCaution sign; it could be the small print on a bottle or perhaps a trail marker or even an unsettled feeling. Whatever form the warning takes, it can save us from a lot of trouble.
Kenny, a fictional fourth-grader in Christopher Paul Curtis's book The Watsons Go to Birmingham, learned this lesson well. On a hot summer day in Alabama, Kenny could not resist the temptation to go swimming, despite the No Swimming sign and warnings about a whirlpool. But Kenny could see no danger, so he decided to swim anyway. At first, he was only going to step in the water, but when he caught sight of a turtle, he decided to swim toward it. Before he knew it, he was caught in the vicious whirlpool.
Reflecting on his near-death experience, the boy said: "There's one good thing about getting in trouble: It seems like you do it in steps. . . . It also seems like the worse the trouble is that you get into, the more steps it takes to get there. Sort of like you're getting a bunch of little warnings on the way; sort of like if you really wanted to you could turn around."
Whether the danger is a whirlpool or something less tangible, we can choose to avoid precarious situations by being wise enough to heed warnings. Seek out and listen to the counsel of those who have gone before. Find safety in prudent laws, rules, commandments, and guideposts. See them not as restrictions but as welcome warnings that keep us out of harm's way. Even if we think we know better, as Kenny did, chances are we'll be glad we paid attention to the "little warnings on the way."

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Coming Up This Week. . .

June 20, 2010

Conductors: Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy
Organist: Richard Elliott 

Program will include:
"Hallelujah", from Christ on the Mount of Olives1
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
"Love Is Spoken Here"2
Composer & Lyricist: Janice Kapp Perry
Arrangement: Sam Cardon
"Every Time I Feel the Spirit" (organ solo) 
Spiritual Arrangement: Richard Elliott
"Home Is a Special Kind of Feeling" from The Wind in the Willows 2
Composer: John Rutter
Lyrics: David Grant
"My Father's Faith" 
Composer & Lyricist: Janice Kapp Perry
Arrangement: Nathan Hofheins
"Standing on the Promises"
Composer & Lyricist: Russell K. Carter
Arrangement: Ryan Murphy
1 From the CD America's Choir
2 From the CD Love Is Spoken Here

Repertoire subject to change for production and timing reasons.  This is the repertoire for the live broadcast.  Repertoire may differ in markets where the broadcast is shown tape delayed.  To listen to this repertoire on Sunday, June 20,click here >



Where Can I Listen?
 
Listen to a live internet broadcast >(Sunday mornings only at 9:30 a.m. MST)

Choir Events

Jul 16 (F): The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and theOrchestra at Temple Squarewill present the annualPioneer Day Commemoration Concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Conference Center. All tickets are free--but tickets are required. Click here for ticket information. The concert will also be rebroadcast on Saturday, July 17 at various times on the Satellite broadcast network of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and also onBYU Television.
Jul 29 (Th): Choir will be rehearsing with the Utah Symphony at Deer Valley(near Park City, Utah). The public may attend this rehearsal at no charge. (No public rehearsal of the Choir will be held in the Tabernacle.) "America's Choir," a documentary about the Choir will be shown in the North Visitors Center onTemple Square for those interested.
Jul 30 (F): The Choir will join forces with the Utah Symphony for a concert at Deer Valley in Park City at 7:30 p.m. Paid tickets are required. Click here for more information
Aug 1 (Su): National Radio Hall of Fame concludes public voting for 2010 nomineesincluding Music and the Spoken Word. Vote atwww.radiohof.org.



News from the Choir
Choir one of four in National Radio Hall of Fame Competition


Admirers of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir will decide if Music and the Spoken Word is named to The National Radio Hall of Fame. The famed Choir broadcast, on the air since 1929, has been nominated as one of four contenders in the "National-Pioneer category" for 2010. A public vote will determine the winner.
Online balloting began on Monday, June 14 and extends to midnight August 1. Here's how you vote--and it's free. Go to www.radiohof.org and click on "voting" on the left panel. A simple registration will allow you to cast your ballot for Music and the Spoken Word. Votenet, a highly respected online vote tabulating firm, will supervise the balloting. The four areas to be honored include National Pioneer -the Choir's category--National Active, Local or Regional-Active, Local or Regional-Pioneer. The inductions into the National Radio Hall of Fame are scheduled for a two hour broadcast on national radio originating in Chicago on November 6, 2010.
The National Radio Hall of Fame & Museum honors the giants who have made radio a 20th century centerpiece of American society. Of all the electronic media that have made their indelible mark, radio was one of the first and one of the most lasting. From radio's earliest days, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir has been part of that great tradition.
The nomination of Music and the Spoken Wordrecognizes the "program of inspiration and music . . . the longest continuous running radio network broadcast in America." It further identifies that "the Choir which first started broadcasting on July15, 1929, is made up of 360 volunteer members and is heard from coast to coast."
Please cast your vote for the Music and the Spoken Word broadcast by clicking here. Click where it says "Vote Here Now." Then fill in your name and e-mail address. You'll be sent an e-mail with a username and password. Click on the link in the e-mail and use your username and password to sign in. Then vote for Music and the Spoken Word in the National-Pioneer Category. You can only vote once. (You can vote in the other categories if you choose.) Encourage friends and family to vote too!



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