 The songs in both "December Songs" and "Winterreise" are linked as a sequence of reflections by the singer taking a lonely walk in winter, thinking back on his or her lost love.The piece crosses over the line from classical music to Broadway to cabaret.Where the Schubert masterpiece features words by Wilhelm Müller portraying a jilted young man's wandering the snows of the Vienna Woods and ultimately sinking into madness, the Yeston lyrics depict a contemporary young woman wandering a snowy Central Park in New York City and finding recovery and hope on her journey.