IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER Instrument_Bassoon Much depends on finding beauty

Much depends on finding beauty amidst the pathos of loss…

the falling tear in mercy flowed beyond all bound

This exciting arrangement contains a revised harmonization of the Star Spangled Banner

The single-movement composition is divided into four scenarios which the composer calls ‘stories without words

IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER Instrument_Bassoon Much depends on finding beautyHummingbird Music Publishers In The Bleak Midwinter Watch Score VideoView Score Gustav Holsts setting of Christina Rossettis poem, In the Bleak Midwinter, is the basis for this moody work for clarinet and piano, largely inspired by the poems first verse which speaks of cold wind, snow, and ice of winter. The clarinets dynamic capability is a major factor, warmly dominating the music and contrasting the often icy starkness of the piano accompaniment.