Mack Wilberg Spirituals leaflet

Mack Wilberg
Spirituals Choral
Sampler
April 2023

Mack Wilberg Spirituals Choral
Sampler
Mack Wilberg was appointed Music Director of The Tabernacle Choir in 2008, having
served as Associate Music Director since 1999. He is a former professor of music at
Brigham Young University, where he received his bachelor's degree; his master's and
doctoral degrees are from the University of Southern California. Alongside Wilberg's
conducting responsibilities he is active as a pianist, choral clinician, composer,
arranger, and guest conductor throughout the United States and abroad. In addition to
the many compositions he has written for The Tabernacle Choir, his works have been
performed by artists such as Renée Fleming, Frederica von Stade, Bryn Terfel, Rolando
Villazón, Deborah Voigt, and The King's Singers. Wilberg's arrangements and
compositions are performed and recorded all over the world.
Contents
Deep River SATB & orchestra / piano more info 1
Bound for the
Promised Land
SATB & piano 4 hands/orchestra more info 7
He’s got the
whole world in
his hands
SATB/TTBB & piano/orchestra more info 19
I’m runnin’ on
SATB, upper voice solo, &
orchestra/piano
more info 33
Peace like a river SATB & organ/orchestra more info 46

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Soprano
Alto
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for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir,
Craig Jessop, Music Director
Bound for the Promised Land
For Mixed Chorus (SATB) and Piano Four-hands*
American Folk Hymn;
Mack Wilberg, arr.
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*A full score and parts for an orchestral accompaniment (picc.2.2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-hp-str) are available on rental from the publisher.
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir with the Orchestra at Temple Square have recorded Mack Wilberg’s choral-orchestral version
of “Bound for the Promised Land” on the CDs “Spirit of America” (MTC-0302-2) and “America’s Choir” (MTC-6313).
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SATB choir and piano
Mack Wilberg
He’s got the
whole world
in his hands
oxford spirituals
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for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square
He’s got the whole world in his hands
Moderato q = 88
African-American Spiritual
arr. MACK WILBERG
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*The melody should always be phrased as marked in the first verse, with a breath after ‘hands’.
An accompaniment for orchestra (3fl (+picc), 2ob, 2cl, 2bsn, 4hn, 3tpt, 3tbn, tba, timp, 3perc (tri, susp cym, BD, chimes), hp, org,
str) is available on hire/rental from the publisher or appropriate agent.
Also available in an arrangement for men’s voices (TTBB) (ISBN 978-0-19-339477-3). The TTBB version has been recorded by
the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square on the CD Men of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (SKU 5053126).
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