How Cool Does This Hot Welcome To Summer Sound? 7 Time Grammy Winner Saxophonist Paul Winter, is holding his 22nd Annual Summer Solstice Sunrise Concert called “MORNING SUN” Saturday Morning June 17th at the Cathedral oF St. John the Divine, NYC. It’s the ‘Dawning of Summer’- In an Acoustic Adventure under the 150-foot Dome of the World’s Largest Cathedral Meet Paul on the show today at 10:20am eastern.
This one-of-a-kind sunrise concert by the Paul Winter Consort is a musical welcome to summer that marks the passing of one season to the next, evoking a beautiful melding of contemporary human aspirations with the inscrutable mystery of earth and time. It is an experience of deep listening that many people have never had before.
“Our music begins in total darkness, and proceeds in a continuous journey, with musicians surrounding the audience. Gradually, as the great stained-glass windows slowly illuminate, the light joins the sound to carry us into the first dawning of the summer.” ? Paul Winter
The renowned 32-voice choir Florida Singing Sons will be special guests, joining the Paul Winter Consort.
The Consort roster will include Paul Winter, soprano sax; Eugene Friesen, cello; Paul McCandless, oboe, English horn, and bass clarinet; Jeff Holmes, piano, and Tim Brumfield on the Cathedral’s majestic Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ.
A free download of “Morning Sun,” the title track of the upcoming album, Morning Sun: Adventures with Oboe —
Paul McCandless with the Paul Winter Consort, is available HERE: http://music.paulwinter.com/track/morning-sun-free-download
Paul Winter’s 22nd Annual Summer Solstice Sunrise Celebration
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Ave. at 112th Street, New York, NY 10025
WHEN: 4:30 a.m., Saturday, June 17
ADMISSION: $50 Preferred General Admission, $40 General Admission
TO PURCHASE TICKETS: Ovationtix.com
INFO: solsticeconcert.com or call 866-811-4111.
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