A Rumoured Seed: Men’s Choir a Cappella

(BH Secular Choral). Setting of four poems by Michael Symmons Roberts for male voices a cappella, commissioned by the King s Singers and first performed by them in April 2014. MacMillan has been repeatedly drawn to Symmons Roberts s output and his selection here is from Drysalter and Corpus, with a return to the Raising Sparks collection, previously featured in the eponymous 1997 cycle for mezzo-soprano and ensemble. A Rumoured Seed exploits advanced vocal techniques to illuminate these evocative texts.