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This original hymn was written in autumn 2005. David Macfarlane and Nathan Howe collaborated on both the text and the music, combining understandable lyrics and memorable four-part writing.
One unique feature of the music is that it begins in the key of D and ends in the key of A, allowing it to rise again to D every time it begins anew. This creates a “stepping up” effect, symbolic of repentance.
When Godly Sorrow Moves the Soul was honored with an award of distinction in the 2006 Church Music Submissions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was performed in February 2007 at the Assembly Hall on Temple Square.
The voice recording available here was made by David Macfarlane in 2007.
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