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Winter
Solstice
rebroadcast: Thursday, December 29th, 2005
10:00 p.m. - 1 hour
Evocative music of the season, performed by public radio favorites Ensemble Galilei, interspersed with poignant poems of the season read by NPR's Neal Conan.
Audiences have been swept away by this extraordinary combination of the spoken word and what has been described by critics as "....music that speaks to the heart in ways that transcend mere language." The celtic/early music crossover ensemble (and favorites of public radio audiences) blends their music with texts from Ogden Nash, Li Young Lee, Mary Oliver and Jim Harrison. Ensemble Galilei performs Irish, Scottish, Early and Original music on a variety of ancient and modern instruments, including the Celtic harp, Scottish small pipes, gamba, fiddle, recorders, whistles and percussion.
Tuesday, December 20th, 2005
10:00 p.m. - 2 hours
Hosted by Elaine Kennedy, The Christmas Revels: A Celebration
of the Winter Solstice 2005 is an all-new compilation of wonderfully diverse
music: carols, rounds, hymns, pub songs, music-hall numbers, madrigals
and motets, children's singing games, wassails and folk, social and ritual
dance tunes. All were selected from eight of the live 2004 Christmas Revels
performances that took place around the country.
Playlist: download as PDF file
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005
10:00 p.m. - 2 hours
From the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, the 25th-anniversary broadcast of a public radio tradition: Paul Winter's unique exploration of the solstice tradition in cultures near and far. The Paul Winter Consort is joined by musicians from Russia, Ireland, and Zimbabwe, including special guests The Dmitri Pokfrovsky Ensemble, piper Davey Spillane, gospel singer Teresa Thomason, and mbira wizard Chris Berry.
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