This is a short, skilful song setting, a typical English Christmas carol with an Advent text: the cold winter as symbol of the frozen world, waiting for Christ. The setting, throughcomposed in verses, in fivefour time, captivates through its sparse use of diatonic formations of dissonances, cantabile imitations and widearching melodic lines. This little gem encourages a beautiful, expressive legato interpretation and makes an excellent counterpart to “Deilig” (Carus 9.664) in an Advent concert program.
- ISMN: 9790007167714 (M007167714)
