Richard Blackford : Within the Seed (2015)For SATB ChorusThree poems by Kathleen RaineDuration: c. 14 minutesFormat: 40-page A4 saddle stitched sheet music“I returned many times to Kathleen Raine’s poems, with their ecstatic spirituality and mysticism, and when the BBC Singers commissioned me to write a set of choruses I was glad to continue my exploration of her unique poetic world. Both Let in the wind, Let in the rain and Spell of Creation have an innate musicality with their irregular repetition patterns, beautiful and spellbinding in themselves, but also lending themselves to musical setting.” Richard Blackford