O.C. Tanner Gift of Music explained
The O.C. Tanner Gift of Music is a series of free concerts presented in Salt Lake City by the Utah Symphony and the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, with soloists, conductors and other choirs as guests. The concerts[1] have been hosted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) on Temple Square since 1983. The thirtieth anniversary gala concerts[2] were held September 6 and 7, 2013.[3]
Origins
In the 1970s two neighbors Obert C. Tanner, founder of the O.C. Tanner company and Gordon B. Hinckley, a member of the First Presidency of the LDS Church, worked together to foster unity in the growing community of the Wasatch Front. They included the president of the Utah Symphony, Wendell Ashton, and the president of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Oakley Evans in these efforts. Their intent was to create a series of free concerts funded by an endowment from Obert and his wife Grace. These concerts would feature the combined talents of the world-famous Choir and the Symphony. Adding famed soloists, conductors and other choirs as guest artists would make these world class concerts.
Gifts Of Music
1983–89
1983: Verdi Requiem
Friday, September 16, 1983[4]
The Salt Lake Tabernacle
1985: Americana
1987: Mendelssohn Elijah
1989: operatic and concert selections
Friday & Saturday, February 24 and 25, 1989
Salt Lake Tabernacle
1991–99
1991: operatic and concert selections
Friday and Saturday, November 8 and 9, 1991
Salt Lake Tabernacle
Friday and Saturday, April 22 and 23, 1994
Salt Lake Tabernacle
Friday and Saturday, November 1 and 2, 1996
Salt Lake Tabernacle
1998: an Atlantic bridge
Friday and Saturday, November 13 and 14, 1998
Salt Lake Tabernacle
1999: Brahms Requiem
Saturday, February 13, 1999
Salt Lake Tabernacle
2000–09
2000: Vaughan Williams Hodie
Friday & Saturday, November 3 and 4, 2000
Salt Lake Tabernacle
2002: Mahler Symphony no. 8
Friday and Saturday, November 15 and 16, 2002
Salt Lake Tabernacle
- Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- Utah Symphony --- Keith Lockhart, conductor
- Bridgett Hooks, soloist
- Indra Thomas, soloist
- Mary Ellen Callahan, soloist
- Barbara Rearjck, soloist
- Rebekah Ambosini, soloist
- John Daniecki, soloist
- Clayton Brainerd, soloist
- Les Young, soloist
- Utah Symphony Chorus, guest
- Choristers of the Madeleine Choir School, guest
- International Children's Choir, guest
- Salt Lake Children's Choir, guest
- SUU Concert Choir, guest
2005: a Celtic celebration
Friday & Saturday, October 21 and 22, 2005
Conference Center
2008: an American songbook
George M. Cohan, Richard Rodgers, John Williams, Woody Guthrie, Irving Berlin and other American composers
Friday & Saturday, September 19 and 20, 2008
Conference Center
2009: Mahler Symphony no. 2
Friday and Saturday, November 20 and 21, 2009
Salt Lake Tabernacle
2011–present
Friday & Saturday, September 16 and 17, 2011
Salt Lake Tabernacle
2013: 30th anniversary gala
Friday & Saturday, September 6 and 7, 2013[5]
Conference Center[6]
2019: Golden Spike 150th Anniversary
Friday, May 10th, 2019
- Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
- Utah Symphony
- Brian Stokes Mitchell, Megan Hilty special guests
Notes and References
- News: Tanners offer a gift of music, endow new tradition . Stowe, Dorothy . Deseret News . Salt Lake City . September 11, 1983 . 8 September 2013.
- https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/james-taylor-teams-mormon-tabernacle-choir-20190081 James Taylor Teams Up With The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
- http://www.utahsymphony.org/concerts/item/833-tanner-gift-of-music-concert OC Tanner Gift of Music
- News: Verdi Requiem nobly launches Gift of Music . Stowe, Dorothy . Deseret News . Salt Lake City . September 17, 1983 . 10 September 2013.
- News: American Icons Relish Chance to Collaborate on Concert . Robinson, Doug . Deseret News . Salt Lake City . September 6, 2013 . 8 September 2013.
- http://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/events/artist-james-taylor-to-perform-with-tabernacle-choir?lang=eng Artist James Taylor to Perform With Tabernacle Choir
