A Winter Carol (2021)
for Choir
Approx. Duration: 3’
Commissioned by the BBC Music Magazine for their 2021 Christmas Edition.
‘Each year the BBC Music Magazine commissions a brand-new Christmas Carol for their readers and, for 2021’s carol, I decided to write and set my 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 I dream 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 reminiscent of the opening.’©G.E.M.2021
©Cover Image: A Winter Carol by Grace-Evangeline Mason 2021