is a terrific 1975 composition by John McCabe from The Goddess Triloigy for Horn in F and Piano accompaniment.

Floraison translates as 'flowering' or 'blossoming' and this piece depicts theflower maiden and love goddess Blodeuwedd ('bloom maiden'), who is also an owl goddess. She was made up of nine kinds of flowers, and in one pagan ritual her husband was sacrificed, ascending after death into the skies in the formof an eagle.

This composition is c...