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The New Winter Songbook

The New Winter Songbook - Rebecca Lea and Caroline Jaya-Ratnam

Following two years of preparation and curation, Rebecca and Caroline are delighted to announce the launch of the forthcoming album, The New Winter Songbook, in November 2025.

The New Winter Songbook is a collection of twenty-one songs by a diverse range of composers, featuring contemporary musical settings and lyrical responses to the winter season. 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.

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Rebecca and Caroline post recording, St Paul's Knightsbridge, May 2025


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