The O.C. Tanner Gift of Music is a series of free concerts presented in Salt Lake City by the Utah Symphony and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, with soloists, conductors and other choirs as guests. The concerts 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 were held September 6 and 7, 2013.
Contents
- Origins
- 1983 Verdi Requiem
- 1985 Americana
- 1987 Mendelssohn Elijah
- 1989 operatic and concert selections
- 1991 operatic and concert selections
- 1994 Berlioz Requiem
- 1996 DeMars An American Requiem1
- 1998 an Atlantic bridge
- 1999 Brahms Requiem
- 2000 Vaughn Williams Hodie
- 2002 Mahler Symphony no 8
- 2005 a Celtic celebration
- 2008 an American songbook
- 2009 Mahler Symphony no 2
- 2011 Berlioz Requiem
- 2013 30th anniversary gala
- References
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.
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1983: Verdi Requiem
Friday, September 16, 1983
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: operatic and concert selections
Friday and Saturday, November 8 and 9, 1991
Salt Lake Tabernacle
1994: Berlioz Requiem
Friday and Saturday, April 22 and 23, 1994
Salt Lake Tabernacle
1996: DeMars An American Requiem[1]
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: Vaughn 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
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: Berlioz Requiem
Friday & Saturday, September 16 and 17, 2011
Salt Lake Tabernacle
2013: 30th anniversary gala
Friday & Saturday, September 6 and 7, 2013
Conference Center