Seven-time Grammy-winning saxophonist and bandleader Paul Winter will bring his Winter Solstice Celebration to two Hudson Valley stages this December, with the Paul Winter Consort performing at Tarrytown Music Hall and the Woodstock Playhouse.
The Consort, featuring vocalist Theresa Thomason, will play Tarrytown Music Hall in Tarrytown, N.Y., on Dec. 23 at 8 p.m. The group will then perform at the Woodstock Playhouse in Woodstock, N.Y., on Dec. 27 at 7:30 p.m.
The two shows are part of an 11-venue tour of acoustic spaces across New England, New York State and Pennsylvania.
The Paul Winter Consort includes Winter on soprano sax, cellist Eugene Friesen, Brazilian pianist Henrique Eisenmann, Bulgarian bassist Peter Slavov, percussionist Bertram Lehmann and the voice of Thomason.
“Central to all the traditions of Solstice is the renewal of spirit,” Winter said, “symbolized by the rebirth of the Sun. Winter Solstice is a time for healing and for hope. It is a time to celebrate community and relatedness, and a time to honor the diversity and the unity of this great cornucopia of life on Earth.”
The Winter Solstice marks the great turning point of the year. For generations, people in the northern latitudes viewed the coldest and darkest stretch of the calendar with both foreboding and expectancy, since the longest night also signaled the start of the return toward the year’s fullness. Bonfires and candles were used in regenerative rituals meant to help the sun grow strong again, and those symbols live on in modern seasonal customs, including the candles of Hanukkah and Christmas.
Winter’s musical career has long embraced the traditions of the world’s cultures, along with the wildlife voices of what he calls “the greater symphony of the earth.” His early college jazz sextet toured 23 countries of Latin America for the State Department and performed the first jazz concert at the White House for the Kennedys in 1962. His concert tours and recording expeditions have since taken him to 52 countries and to wilderness areas on six continents. He has recorded more than 60 albums, seven of which have won Grammy Awards.
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