I’ve been thinking about music and landscape during this dark time before Solstice. Part of what has inspired me, these words from the Huron Christmas Carol:
‘Twas in the moon of winter-time when all the birds had fled,
That mighty Gitchi Manitou sent angel choirs instead.
Before their light the stars grew dim and wandering hunters heard the hymn…
Somehow the dark and barren pre-solstice landscape seems to call for voices raised in chorus. A woman in my December Reflections photo group seemed to feel the same way and began adding music scores to the pictures I was posting. It felt just so…perfect to me and I thought I would share one of these with you to enjoy as well.
Here is the photo:
And here is the music that she chose to go along with it.
It’s the seasonal message of light and hope relayed through music and landscape.
I remembered some of my old favourite music after listening to this and dug out To Drive the Cold Winter Away by Canadian Loreena Mckennitt.
And this album from King’s Choir Cambridge.
Just feels right somehow to raise our voices in song at this time of year… or at least to enjoy others who do.
Pebbles and Clay 
Lovely Carolyn! It is true that in the lead up to Christmas jubilation, we ignore the quiet darkness descending on us which is quite lovely in its way. Loreena McKennit’s album was going through my mind just yesterday, as I was remembering listening to her from November on, driving through the early Winter landscape of the Townships…
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Yes! I love your image of you driving on the backroads this time of year listening to Loreena McKennitt. It’s exactly where we need to be listening to this music.
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