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For release on the Convivium Records label 7th November 2025

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The New Winter Songbook is a collection of twenty-one songs reflecting contemporary experiences of, and attitudes towards, the winter season from composers spanning a range of experiences and backgrounds. Many, though not all, are settings of secular texts.

Whilst more traditional winter themes do recur within the songs – those of cold, loss, stillness, grief and darkness – those of belief, faith, and hope, offer an emotional counterbalance.

Each individual composer approaches and explores these themes from their own perspective, lending their voice to a musical tapestry, expressing what it means to reflect upon and celebrate the season of winter today.

The songs are to be published by Hal Leonard as an anthology in November 2025.

On White Meadows
Music by Judith Weir
Lyrics by Wilhelm Müller

A shadow thrown by the moon
is my companion.
On white meadows, I seek deer tracks.

Signs on the road, pointing the way —
I wander, relentless, restless, yet
seeking rest.

Many coloured leaves here
and there on the trees —
I stand lost in thought.

The storm has torn apart
the sky's grey mantle —
tattered clouds fly about.

An organ grinder plays with
numb fingers —
the dogs growl.

Created with generous support from Arts Council England, Hinrichsen Foundation, Francis Routh Trust, Finzi Friends, and The Marchus Trust and numerous individual supporters to whom we are very grateful

Recorded at St Paul’s, Knightsbridge, 20-22 May 2025

Soprano: Rebecca Lea
Piano: Caroline Jaya-Ratnam
Engineer & Mastering: Adaq Khan
Producer & Editing: Matthew Bennett
Design: Mike Cooter
Video: Will Edwards
Executive Producer: Adrian Green

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