Boosey & Hawkes — A Winter Carol — SATB a cappella Piano accompaniment for rehearsal

Each year the BBC Music Magazine commissions a brand-new Christmas Carol for their readers and, when Grace-Evangeline Mason was invited to compose the 2021 carol, she decided to write and set her own poem titled A Winter Carol. The words, which depict snowy scenery and starry allusions to heaven and earth, also include a modern twist as the composer dreams of walking home at Christmas time under the warm glow of the street lamps all covered in a silver frost. Written in three verses with a short refrain in between repeating the word “winter,” the piece is a small, celebratory reflection of Christmas time. The carol begins in quiet consideration before opening up to feel hearty and warm. After a playful midsection, the work returns to a softer final coda, which is reminiscentof the opening.

Product details

• Format / Medium: Octavo
• Voicing: SATB a cappella
• Series: BH Secular Choral
• Pages: 8
• Weight: 1 oz

Boosey & Hawkes — historic British publisher of Stravinsky, Britten, Copland, Bernstein.

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