Paul Winter's Winter Solstice Celebration

Join us to celebrate the longest night of the year and welcome the return of the sun! About this event: Seven-time Grammy-winning saxophonist Paul Winter, with the Paul Winter Consort and beloved vocalist Theresa Thomason, will present the timeless music of their legendary Winter Solstice Celebration. For decades, Paul Winter Consort presented their Winter Solstice Celebration in the world’s largest cathedral, New York’s St. John the Divine, where it was renowned as New York’s holiday alternative to The Nutcracker and Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular. Since Covid, the event has not taken place in New York, and the Consort is now bringing it to the finest acoustic halls in New England in a ten-venue tour. The Consort includes Paul Winter, soprano sax; Eugene Friesen, cello; Brazilian pianist Henrique Eisenmann; Bulgarian bassist Peter Slavov; percussionist Bertram Lehmann; and the voice of Theresa Thomason. The Winter Solstice Celebration is a contemporary take on ancient solstice rituals, when people felt a calling to come together on the longest night of the year, to welcome the return of the Sun and birth of the new year. “Central to all the traditions of solstice is the renewal of spirit,” Winter notes, “symbolized by the rebirth of the sun. Winter solstice is a time for healing and hope; it is a time to celebrate community and relatedness; and a time to honor the diversity and the unity of the great cornucopia of life on Earth. Remembering the solstice, we resonate once again with the rhythm of the cosmos and allow our hearts to embrace the optimism of our ancient knowledge that the light will overcome the darkness.” Ushers: If you would like to volunteer your time as an usher in exchange for free tickets to the performance, please contact us at [email protected] Contact Information: Feel free to reach out to us with any questions or concerns. Email us at [email protected]. You can also visit our website for more information: solsticeconcert.com