The New Winter Songbook - for High Voice and Piano

A new collection of twenty-one art songs reflecting contemporary experiences of, and attitudes towards, the winter season from composers spanning a range of experiences and backgrounds. The New Winter Songbook album was commissioned by soprano Rebecca Lea and recorded with pianist Caroline Jaya-Ratnam on the Convivum label. Many, though not all, are settings of secular texts. While more traditional winter themes do recur within the songs-those of cold, loss, stillness, grief and darkness-those of belief, faith, and hope, offer an emotional counterbalance. Each individual composer approaches and explores these themes from their own perspective, lending their voice to a musical tapestry, expressing what it means to reflect upon and celebrate the season of winter today.
CONTENTS:
Jamie W. Hall: Dust of Snow * Errollyn Wallen: North * Judith Weir: On White Meadows * Ben Nobuto: Sundowning * Heloise Werner: Winter Spell * Adam Gorb: Frost Fair * Eoghan Desmond: The Darkest Midnight * Jessia Dannheisser: Winter Fragments * Cecilia McDowall: Christmas Eve at Sea * Helen Neeves: Cradle Song * James Weeks: Natural State * Martin Bussey: Twelfth Night * Cheryl Frances-Hoad: The Core of Time * Peter Foggitt: Villanelle: New Year's Eve * Electra Perivolaris: Lethe - Oblivion * Michael Betteridge: Snow Day * David McGregor: Ariadne * Michael Csanyi-Willis: Snowdrop * Sun Keting: The Nineteenth Night of December * Owain park: Winters Distant * Anita Datta: Seasonal Clothing