The New Winter Songbook

Rebecca Lea, soprano; Caroline Jaya-Ratnam, piano.

Jamie W Hall: Dust of Snow
Errolyn Wallen: North
Judith Weir: On White Meadows
Jessica Dannheiser: Winter Fragments
Eoghan Desmond: The Darkest Midnight
Adam Gorb: Frost Fair
Héloïse Werner: Winter Spell
Martin Bussey: Twelfth Night
Helen Neeves: Cradle Song
Ben Nobuto: Sundowning
Cheryl Frances-Hoad: The Core of Time
James Weeks: Natural State
Peter Foggitt: Villanelle: New Year’s Eve
Michael Betteridge: Snow Day
Anita Datta: Seasonal Clothing
Sun Keting: The Nineteenth Night of December
Cecilia McDowall: Christmas Eve at Sea

The New Winter Songbook is a collection of twenty-one songs for voice and piano by a diverse range of living British composers, featuring contemporary musical settings and lyrical responses to the winter season in this compelling, lyrical and highly engaging programme. The songs were commissioned and recorded in 2025 and released as a double disc album in November of that year.

Tickets £10 / students £5 / under 18s £1

Date
10 February
Time
7:30 pm

Price

£10

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Location
Durham University Music School
Durham University Music School
Concert Room. Palace Green, Durham, DH1 3RL

Performer(s)

Rebecca Lea and Caroline Jaya-Ratnam
Rebecca Lea and Caroline Jaya-Ratnam
Website
rebeccalea.co.uk