Winter Lavinia Meijer

• Max Richter (b. 1966): The Departure:
• 1 Richter: The Departure 02:30
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943): All-Night Vigil, Op. 37:
• 2 Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: V. Nunc dimittis 03:14
• Reyer Zwart: Amethyst:
• 3 Zwart: Amethyst 04:12
• Lambert (b. 1982): As Ballad:
• 4 Lambert: As Ballad 05:02
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828): A Winter Interlude (After Schubert):
• 5 Schubert: A Winter Interlude (After Schubert) 03:15
• Lavinia Meijer (b. 1983): Open Window:
• 6 Meijer: Open Window: Part I 05:41
• 7 Meijer: Open Window: Part II 02:38
• 8 Meijer: Open Window: Part III 04:19
• Erik Satie (1866 - 1925): Pièces froides:
• 9 Satie: Pièces froides: II. Danses des travers, No. 2 Passer 01:19
• Nils Frahm (b. 1982): Over There, It's Raining:
• 10 Frahm: Over There, It's Raining 02:06
• George Gurdjieff (1866 - 1949): Song of the Fisherwomen:
• 11 Gurdjieff: Song of the Fisherwomen 02:19
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976): Corpus Christi Carol:
• 12 Britten: Corpus Christi Carol 03:04
• Philip Glass (b. 1937): The Orchard:
• 13 Glass: The Orchard 06:55
• Olafur Arnalds (b. 1986): Lag fyrir Ömmu:
• 14 Arnalds: Lag fyrir Ömmu 03:08
• Lavinia Meijer: Tomorrowday:
• 15 Meijer: Tomorrowday 03:11
• Philip Glass: Freezing:
• 16 Glass: Freezing 03:29
• Total Runtime 56:22

Info for Winter

Sony Classical is proud to announce the release of a brand-new album from Lavinia Meijer, a pioneering and exciting musician and composer, and one of the most important harpists of her generation. Winter is the culmination of a year-long project taking inspiration from the changing of the seasons, and the effect climate change is having on them. The album, to be released on February 2, 2024, features two new compositions by Meijer alongside interpretations of works by, among others, Max Richter, Philip Glass, and Nils Frahm, and collaborations with violinist Nadia Sirota, the Wishful Singing ensemble, and Alma Quartet.

“Winter for me isn’t just about the cold – it’s also about long stretches of endurance. So the songs I composed for this record have long lines, and go deeper down into this season,” she says. Even with the tone and subject matter of the featured works and compositions – and with the way Meijer wanted to open up “the dark tones of the harp, because without them, you cannot hear the lighter ones as clearly” – Winter is not sad or melancholic. In fact, quite the opposite. “I want the listener to feel alive, and that the music triggers more awareness of everything around them and the beauty that exists in the world,” she says. “I want them to feel inspired.”

Lavinia Meijer, harp

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Booklet for Winter