Violin Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.837262 Composed by Garth M. Williams. 20th Century,Celtic,Folk,Irish,Standards. 7 pages. Garth M. Williams (Socan) #3093633. Published by Garth M. Williams (Socan) (A0.837262). A Winter's Lament was written during our western Canada winter of 2015. Â Although British Columbia boasts that it has a very favourable climate with little snow, it also tends, at times, to be very grey and wet during the winter months. Â With that in mind, I wrote this fiddles ballad which records, in the opening, my thoughts about the bright, warm, spring and fall months which we have just left. Â The middle section however, tends to be somewhat melancholic surrounded by the greyness of our winter, but it, in turn, is followed by a recipe of what lies ahead when winter actually departs; spring with its new beginning. Â This is an exceptional piece for fiddler's around the world.