Tuesday, June 5, 2012

#157 "Thy Spirit, Lord, Has Stirred Our Souls"

I remember learning this as a youth in the old Monterey Park Ward.  What made it special is that our ward choir director had once lived in the area near Sinai--which is mentioned in verse one of the hymn--and he told us that this hymn was a favorite of the members of the little branch in that area. 
I have a note written in my personal hymnbook about ending the second verse with a deceptive cadence and then repeating the last line "In all we do, in all we say".  Have the last note (the deceptive cadence) be a C for the basses, G for the tenors, C for the altos, and an E-flat for the sopranos on the word "say" and then repeat the last line, holding the A-flat of the tenor line, before ending with the original chord as written.  I played it that way this morning and it was very effective.  I would like to use this hymn as a choir number and sing it that way.

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