Summer Solstice is one of the great turning points of the year, when the sun is at its peak and the days abound with the promise of life’s fullness. This sunrise celebration is intended  to offer an experience of this resonance, in the mystical ambience of these early morning hours, through a deep listening journey within the awesome space of this largest cathedral in the world.

“Morning Sun,” the theme for this year’s Summer Solstice Celebration, is also the title of the new Living Music album MORNING SUN: Adventures with Oboe – Paul McCandless with the Paul Winter Consort, an anthology of Paul’s great recordings with the Consort over the past 45 years. The concert will feature Paul on oboe, English horn, and bass clarinet in this salute to his new album, and in honor of his 70th birthday.

This sunrise concert is a unique musical journey, beginning in total darkness, with the light gradually joining the sounds, to usher in the dawning of the summer.

The concert will be followed by a free tea and coffee reception in the nave of the Cathedral.

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The title track of the new Paul McCandless anthology, “Morning Sun” was originally the finale of the Consort’s album Miho: Journey to the Mountain, the culmination of this evocation of the mythical “Shangri-La.” Paul improvised a sublime and serene solo over an exquisite harmonic journey provided by Don Grusin on keyboard, I then came in on soprano sax, and finally Eugene Friesen on cello. 
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