Seren Bethlehem

Inside the image.

A square, digitally illustrated cover in deep blue, with a stylised night-time skyline along the lower half. A brilliant white star with long, narrow points sits near the top, slightly right of centre. A vertical shaft of pale blue-white light descends from it, widening into a glowing beam that reaches the ground at the lower right and spills across the rooftops. Fine blue rays fan out behind the star across the darker sky, which shifts from brighter cyan-blue near the top and centre to deeper navy at the edges and near the horizon. Small dots and flecks are scattered through the sky.

Three lines of pale lettering occupy the upper-left and central area, set against open sky. The first reads “London Welsh Chorale” in a light, traditional serif style. Beneath it, “CORÂL CYMRY LLUNDAIN” appears in smaller, thin, widely spaced capitals. The larger title “SEREN BETHLEHEM” sits below in slender serif capitals, with the initial letters slightly larger. The text is left-aligned overall, and the beam and star remain clear to its right.

The bottom third is a dark navy silhouette of closely grouped buildings, arches and domes. Rooflines and parapets form an uneven horizon, punctuated by small windows, narrow openings and tower-like shapes. A large rounded dome rises just left of centre, with a smaller domed form behind it; a tall, slender spire or minaret stands near the far left. Palm trees appear in silhouette among the buildings: a larger cluster at the left, another near the centre, and a few thin trunks with fronds at the right. The skyline is layered in several shades of blue, creating some depth despite its flat, graphic treatment.

At the lower right, the light meets a pale, rounded mound or pool of illumination in front of the skyline. A low, curved blue form crosses behind it, and the beam's brightest area continues down into a blocky foreground structure, where a few small arched openings are visible at the bottom edge. The artwork has no visible border. Its clean silhouettes, smooth gradients, sharp-edged rays and restrained scattering of tiny lights give it the appearance of a designed illustration rather than a photograph.