Prefaced with a quote from the 7th of John Donne?s Holy Sonnets,

At the round earths imagin?d corners,
Blow your trumpets, Angells, and arise, arise
From death, you numberlesse infinities of soules,
And to your scattred bodies goe?

This piece is dedicated to George McPhee, the organist of Paisley Abbey, who taught the composer when he was a student at the #oyal co$sh Acadey of Music and Draa, and who gave the ?rst perforance at Edinburgh University.