Crawford Gates: Symphony No. 2, Music from the Hill Cumorah Pageant (1957)

Crawford Gates Symphony No. 2, Music from the Hill Cumorah Pageant, with Choir and Organ, Excerpts (1957) 1. No. 1 Herald and Hymn for Brasses (2.00) 2. No. 2 Evocation (2.15) 3. No. 4 Cumorah Pastorale (2.10) 4. No. 6 The Vision of Nephi (14.30) 5. No. 7 The Burning of Abanadi (8.35) 6. No. 8 The Conversion of Alma (4.40) 7. No. 12 Samuel’s Prophesy; The Birth of Christ (3.50) 8. No. 14 Cataclysm (1.11) 9. No. 15 The Faithful Behold the Christ (2.50) 10. No. 16 Postlude (2.20) Utah Symphony Orchestra, Brigham Young University A Cappella Choir Crawford Gates, conductor Crawford Marion Gates (December 29, 1921 – June 9, 2018) was an American musician, composer, and conductor known for his contributions to the body of music for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Gates was born in San Francisco, December 29, 1921, and grew up in Palo Alto, California. He started playing piano at age eight and violin at age nine. In his first year of college at the College of the Pacific and San Jose State, he won a student composition contest sponsored by the Stockton Symphony. During his mission for the LDS Church, he directed the Mormon Male Chorus of Philadelphia, a group of eight other missionaries. The chorus performed for local radio stations, including WFIL. Gates wrote forty-three arrangements for the choir. Since age eight, Gates has composed or arranged nearly 900 titles. His works have been performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and orchestras in Dallas, Kansas City, Rochester and Milwaukee. Gates has had musical relationships (guest conducting, recording, commissioned compositions and premieres) with five major musical organizations in Utah: the Utah Symphony, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Orchestra at Temple Square, Ballet West, the Utah Opera and the Oratorio Society of Utah.