The Haunted Belfry

Tone poem for carillon.
"Walking near the woods one late afternoon, I came upon the tower hidden behind a tangle of ancient trees. I noticed that it was not entirely intact and little mounds of fallen masonry lay scattered below the dark, exposed interior in which it seemed that shadowy, indistinct forms silently regarded my intrusion. Feeling a sudden chill, I turned abruptly homeward and as I quickly moved away, there began an urgent, barely audible tolling; or was it, perhaps, only my own racing pulse...?"
- Geoffrey Cook.