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Immediately I realized I was emotionally purging through it.

I thought, you know, I should learn this piece. Melody: Right after a lot of drama went down in our family and I found myself becoming down and depressed, I heard a commercial playing Bach's first prelude in C Major. I realized in that moment, THIS is what good music can do to all of us, the composer, the performer, and the listener. In tears, he said he had never been so moved by a performance before and that it lifted him to another sphere.

I was wrong.Īfter we finished we went back to our dressing rooms. And yet, I thought the experience was just for me. There are very few times I have performed on stage while crying, but this was one of them. I immediately was moved to tears as if God was exuding peace through those rays of light. I started playing the Sibelius hymn looking up at the bright stage lights shining down on me. I once was playing this part of the piece on stage in the midst of a chaotic time in my own life.

As the composer reached the climax of the piece, he wanted it to abruptly cut off, and through silence introduce the beauty of “Be Still My Soul.” Our non-LDS composer was moved when he wrote this and wanted it to feel like a prayer in the midst of angst and chaos. this one, and the melody from “If You Could Hie to Kolob” by Ralph Vaughan Williams. One of our arrangers composed a piece for us based on two of our favorite hymns. Melody: I know it's somewhat trite to say “Be Still My Soul” as a classical musician, but you truly can't go wrong with a Sibelius melody and such poignant words.

What is your favorite hymn? Primary song?

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