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.
A Winter Carol
