For mezzo soprano and chamber ensemble (including bass clarinet in B flat) with words by George Mackay Brown.Winterfold was first performed in January 1987 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London by The Fires of Londonwith Mary Thomas conducted by the composer.This is a setting of the George Mackay Brown poem ‘The Keeper of the Midnight Gate’ from his collection ‘Winterfold’. The work is b…