Publisher Desc.  This evocation of the winter season begins with a sprightly tune that seques into a richly harmonic middle section and returns to the up-tempo melodies that began the piece (a classic A-B-A structure). The work features six-part writing (SSATBB) and a piano part that is a reduction of the original chamber orchestra accompaniment.The sound recording is from a live performance in December 2002 at the "A Feast of Carols" concert performed by the Seattle Choral Company Freddie Coleman Conductor.