Mormon Tabernacle Choir's Range Awes, Entertains

Ricardo Baca - Denver Post - September 13, 2000
source: Newsroom.lds.org

The 162-year-old Mormon Tabernacle Choir proved Monday night at Red Rocks Amphitheatre that it still knows how to put on a show.

The 162-year-old Mormon Tabernacle Choir proved Monday night at Red Rocks Amphitheatre that it still knows how to put on a show.

As the 360-member choir worked its way through a sprawling set that covered world music, folk songs, musical-theater selections and Latter-day Saint hymns, the choral group covered the emotional gamut with class, precision and expertise.

There was sadness (the Irish "Danny Boy"), joy (the African-American "Rock-a My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham"), pride (the traditional "God Bless America"), spirituality (the classic "Amazing Grace") and hope (the choir's set-closing, Grammy-winning "Battle Hymn of the Republic").

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