Recommended - Grade 3 or above

Written for The West Lothian Schools’ Annual Concert in 2006, The Declaration of Arbroath has optional parts for Highland Bagpipes and Narrator.

The piece celebrates and describes the famous medieval document, the Declaration of Arbroath. 

The music begins in the uncertain times in early 14th century Scotland following the Battle of Banockburn and the death of William Wallace.  The narrator, if used in the performance, describes this scene and explains the origins of the Declaration of Arbroath.

The music then builds to a climax but gives way to uncertainty (and here the narrator explains further the history of the Declaration). The music then ends in triumph as the Declaration of Arbroath paves the way to Scotland’s Independence from England

Includes score & parts