Choral; Piano Accompaniment (SATB a cappella) SKU: HL.48025164
SATB a cappella Piano accompaniment for rehearsal. Composed by Grace-Evangeline Mason. BH Secular Choral. Christmas, Classical, Winter. Octavo. 8 pages. Duration 180 seconds. Boosey & Hawkes #M060140099. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48025164). ISBN 9781784548025. UPC: 196288104933. 0.035 inches.
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.