Sound the Clarion

SSATB a cappella

Duration 2:00

Text by Sir Walter Scott (from Old Mortality)

Notes

This is a rousing piece that would be great as a concert opener, or a closer. I tried to capture the excitement of a medieval trumpet fanfare as the king might be approaching.

Text

Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife!
To all the sensual world proclaim,
One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name.