The Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square, Bells at Temple Square and the Gabriel Trumpet Ensemble are presenting a global online concert, “He Is Risen: A Special Easter Celebration.” The stream will be available around the world wherever the internet is available. It will be streamed in English as well as an additional 23 languages where translations are subtitled or overdubbed. The program focuses on the joy, hope and promise the Resurrection of the Savior, Jesus Christ, brings to God’s children throughout the world.
Beginning with Mack Wilberg’s arrangements of “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today” and “That Easter Day With Joy Was Bright,” the program moves to the hymn “How Great the Wisdom and the Love” and readings from the New Testament accounts of the Resurrection by young single adults from Africa, Latin America, the Philippines and the United States. A young man of Latin descent also speaks in American Sign Language (with a voice interpreter). The music celebrates the Savior’s triumphant Resurrection using Wilberg’s edition of “Unfold Ye Portals,” from French composer Charles Gounod’s “The Redemption” and Ryan Murphy’s arrangement of “In the Garden” followed by Wilberg’s arrangement of “He Is Risen.”
The program next explores the promise of the Resurrection with former Tabernacle organist Robert Cundick’s “And What Is It We Shall Hope For?” from “The Redeemer” and Wilberg’s “Tree of Life,” the title track from a 2018 Choir album by the Choir and Orchestra. The concert ends with Wilberg’s arrangement of “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” found on the Choir and Orchestra’s album “Let Us All Press On” and “Worthy Is the Lamb” from Handel’s Messiah as the benediction.
The internet stream begins on Palm Sunday, April 10, at 10:00 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time on the following websites, channels, and apps:
Broadcasts.ChurchofJesusChrist.org
YouTube.com/TheTabernacleChoir
Facebook.com/TheTabernacleChoir
SaintsChannel.ChurchofJesusChrist.org (Audio only under Radio > Tabernacle Choir)
Amazon Alexa (Say, “Alexa, play The Tabernacle Choir.”)
KSL TV App
Other Airings:
Watch on BYUtv on Easter Sunday, April 17 at 12:00 p.m. (MDT). BYUtv is available on cable systems, over the air in Utah, and via the internet at byutv.org. BYUtv.org and BYUtv app will air the program on-demand starting Friday, April 1.
On-Demand Viewing:
For those not able to connect on Sunday, April 10, 2022, at 10 a.m. when “He Is Risen” is streamed, it will be available on demand from the Choir’s website TheTabernacleChoir.org/Easter, YouTube channel, and Facebook page. It will also be available on-demand at byutv.org, on the BYUtv app and the KSL TV app.
Other Viewing Languages:
“He is Risen” will be available in 24 different languages. On the Choir’s YouTube channel, click on the “closed caption” icon to select the appropriate language. The program will also be available on 34 different international Facebook pages and 24 international YouTube channels beginning April 10, 2022. Translations will be via subtitles (closed captioning) or overdubbing. Check https://www.thetabernaclechoir.org/easter/2022-additional-languages.html for the language translations and airing times.
Composed of 360 volunteer voices, The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square provide artistic expressions of their faith to help people feel closer to the divine. The Orchestra at Temple Square, a 200-member, all-volunteer symphony orchestra, was organized in 1999 to perform orchestral works and accompany the musical ensembles of The Tabernacle Choir organization. The Bells at Temple Square is a 32-member, all-volunteer group organized in 2005 as part of The Tabernacle Choir organization. The Gabriel Trumpet Ensemble, performing with their signature herald trumpets, are musicians from the Salt Lake community who have performed with the Choir and Orchestra in concerts since 2017.