for SATB chorus with assembly, organ, and brass quartet

text by Brian Wren
tune from Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789, arr. ZMH

St. Olaf Choral Series
Augsburg Fortress, 9781451451580

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Paired with the tune TRURO, Brian Wren's beloved hymn is a staple on Easter Sunday in many churches. This arrangement incorporates brass quartet on the festive opening stanzas but moves to a quieter, slower affect for the inner stanzas' description of the world's strife. As the tempo gradually increases, a muted trumpet representing "the Spirit's call" propels the assembly and the full brass to rejoin the choir in a joyful, exuberant finale.

Brass quartet parts (2 B-flat/C trumpets; 2 trombones or 1 horn/1 trombone) are available as a separate download here.

Dedicated to the Rev. Dr. Jeffrey S. O'Neill upon his retirement from First Presbyterian Church, Lansing, MI.