Bishop Gérald Caussé and Nicolas Giusti: Why the Presiding Bishop and His Friend Recorded An Album of Piano Duets

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🗓️ 8 May 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In his spare time (that we doubt exists) the Presiding Bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Gérald Caussé, recently practiced and recorded piano duets with his Latter-day Saint friend, Nicolas Giusti, an acclaimed Italian composer and opera conductor from Rome. We spoke with the duo about their European heritage, how their families found the gospel and why Primary pianist is one of the best callings in the Church.

"Now I can see a temple from the windows of my house. And so every morning when I wake up, I go and have my breakfast, and I look to the temple. And I think of when I was a young boy, and it would take two days to get to the temple in Switzerland. And it's almost as if I have to pinch myself and I say to myself, every time I see the temple, 'You must not consider this as commonplace. Don't get used to seeing the temple every day. This is a miracle everyday.'"

Show Notes:

1:50- A European Kinship

4:01- Finding the Gospel

13:21- The Temples They Dreamed Would Be Built

19:00- A Love for Music

22:58- Primary Pianist, The Best Calling in the Church

26:56- A Universal Language

28:21- Why An Album of Piano Duets?

32:22- "Where Can I Turn For Peace," a Joyful Hymn

33:33- What does it mean to be "All In" the gospel of Jesus Christ?

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0:00.0	The presiding bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
0:04.1	under the direction of the First Presidency and with the help of his counselors
0:08.4	administers the temporal affairs of the Church.
0:11.6	This includes but is not limited to typing, fast offerings, welfare programs,
0:17.1	humanitarian aid, and building projects.
0:19.8	One thing that is certainly not part of the presiding bishop's job description is pianist.
0:26.2	But when his friend Nicholas Juusti asked Bishop Gerald Cosset to record an album of piano duets within,
0:33.1	he couldn't say no.
0:34.6	The result is an album with a title that describes how they felt while recording it in a single word.
0:40.9	Joyful.
0:42.8	Gerald Cosset is the presiding bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
0:48.2	and is an accomplished pianist.
0:50.6	Before his full-time church service, Bishop Cosset's career was in the food industry
0:55.8	where he worked with several supermarket chains and food distribution companies in France.
1:01.5	Nicholas Juusti is an acclaimed Italian composer and opera conductor.
1:06.7	He has had great success with many operatic productions performed throughout the world.
1:11.8	He is currently an adjunct professor at BYU and UVU,
1:16.3	and a musical director for the Utah Vocal Arts Academy.
1:20.1	This is All-In, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question,
1:27.1	what does it really mean to be All-In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
1:31.8	I'm your host, Morgan Jones, and I'm so grateful to have Nicholas Juusti and Bishop Gerald Cosset in studio with me today.
1:39.2	Welcome.
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