Comes wrapped in a beautiful four-panel cardstock wallet case, adorned with plentiful winter greens. (Unlike some wallet cases, this one has the CD opening facing toward the inside fold, so the CD won't fall out).
I will gladly gift-wrap any physical orders if you like - just ask!
Includes unlimited streaming of Winter Greens: Carols for the Season
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Subscribe
now to receive all the new
music
Betsy Tinney creates,
including
11 back-catalog releases,
delivered instantly to you via the Bandcamp app for iOS and Android.
You’ll also get access to
subscriber-only
exclusives.
Learn more.
This is a traditional English carol dating back to the late 15th century, and is one of the stranger "Christmas carols" I've encountered. The lyrics (of which there are many versions) evoke a brooding and mysterious setting: a dark forest, a gilded hall, the sound of bells, blossom and thorn, and (always) water and blood and birth. Some versions also include a knight, a hound, and/or a falcon. This carol also has several tunes; the one I'm using is an anonymous tune that was collected in 1908 by the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (though it was likely centuries old by the time he encountered it).