If Thou But Trust in God to Guide Thee

Used by Bach, Mendelssohn, and Brahms in their sacred works, Georg Neumark's venerable hymn tune is an ideal vehicle for exploring the sonorities of the brass quintet. Here, an outline of the tune is presented in 4/4 time as an introduction, followed by three verses in differing orchestrations and harmonizations in the tune's typical 3/4 meter, and concluding in a fashion similar to the introduction.