Written in 1909, the Solemn Entrance of the Knights of the Order of Saint-John is scored for 15 trumpets, 4 horns, 4 trombones, 2 tubas and timpani. It is a majestic piece marked Slow and Solemn. The opening motive is a distant call underscored by a timpani roll, concluding with what sounds like a reference to Wagner's Siegfried. The introductory phrase is repeated, but this time it culminates in a climax. After a pause, a solemn chorale-like melody carried by the trumpets develops slowly. A second and a third long-winded phrases, separated by repeats of the introductory calls, make up the body of the work. In the final climactic section, the intensity grows all the way to the end. This work has been described by Robert Matthew Walker as "almost Brucknerian in its simplicity and power".

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