Apr 2: Movement 5 and Blossomise

A nice piece of music from Erland Cooper. 

It includes a poem by Simon Armitage, who reads it aloud as part of the piece and Josephine Stephenson completes it.

The piece is a collaboration between Simon and British composer Erland Cooper, the Scottish Ensemble, and Josephine Stephenson.

Also check out the Blossomise EP, which also includes illustrations by artist Angela Harding. 

A piece called Blossom: a CV has blossom as a pavement artist, a magician, a sculptor, a ballet dancer. But the climate emergency makes an appearance: “When the weather turned / And the seasons unravelled / Blossom was a weathervane.”

The poems in the book Blossomise were used as lyrics for five songs by Armitage's band LYR.

The poetry and music were commissioned by the National Trust to create an annual celebration of blossom and raise awareness of nature's role in our lives.

More from LYR in another post as they have a new album coming out shortly...