Lavinia Meijer: Winter

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 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."