Gabriel Jackson Ruchill Linn

for SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied Ruchill Linn sets a text by the Perthshire poet Robin Bell. 'Linn' means waterfall and the poem meditates on a still spring evening at dusk. The piece is illustrative, with aqueous, tumbling vocal figuration, and plaintive bird song.

Iheardacurlewinthealmostdark ofmidnightJune.Ihearditwake amongthewheatandfreeitselffromfear withoneclearcall. Thewaterfall wastoitselfawaterfall, amovinginwater,awhitearc offoam.Itdidnotseektoslake thetreesnorthirstofyounothere. Heavygreenbranchesoverhungthepool. Thewaterformeditselfonstoneandformedthestone. Itsswirlingrings succourthemovementofbrightwings andhiddenrootsandmindlessbones. RuchillLinn.Theworldrelaxesitshermeticrules andletsusbetonight.Lieontheground andlistentothecurlews’calls andwaterfalls andtheinnocentsoundstheworldmakesgoinground. for online perusal only Robin Bell (b.1945) (Used by permission of the author)

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