Sam Baxter and Merle Harbron — ‘Winter, Where Is Now Your Power?’

Based on a medieval song by 13th century German poet-musician Neidhart von Reuenthal (c. 1190 – c. 1240) ‘Winder wie ist nun dein kraft’. Merle found the tune in a book of Medieval music Sam bought her for her birthday a couple of years ago. The original middle-German lyrics of the song portray May as a great warrior, plunging her spear into a defeated Winter. The song goes on to talk of spring-time courtships, blooming flowers and tells us to rejoice that the cold of winter is now behind us. Filmed and recorded by Zak Younger Banks