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For almost two decades, Murray Street has made Solstice Live -- The Paul Winter Consort Winter
Solstice Celebration -- a holiday tradition on NPR stations around
the country. Each December, saxophonist Paul Winter gathers his Consort and musicians
from around the globe in The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, to pass the "longest night." They welcome
the new season in the world's largest Gothic cathedral. Past guests making use of the cathedral's divine acoustics
include Russia's Dimitri Pokrovsky
Ensemble, Irish piper Davy Spillane, Grateful Dead drummer
Mickey Hart, folksinger Susan Osborn, and the legendary Pete Seeger. Joining the Paul Winter Consort are the mellifluous Brazilian singer and composer Renato Braz, and original Consort member (and mainstay of the jazz band Oregon), Paul McCandless on double reeds. Included this year--music from "J.S. Bach's Brazilian period," Winter's traditional "Howlalujah Chorus," a new version of the Consort hit, Icarus, and familiar holiday songs in new musical settings. High-resolution photos of the Winter Solstice Celebration are available here. Hear the complete solstice broadcast on NPR
stations throughout December.
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