Serenata Solstice: Echoes of Light

Experience a stunning and atmospheric evening with
solo cello, evocative poetry and blended voices. 

Music holds a special significance during the winter solstice bringing warmth and light to our spirits.
Let the beauty of the winter solstice envelop you in a celebration of light and serenity. The Old Stone Meeting House will provide the perfect setting.
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Ilana Davidson, soprano
Krista River, mezzo soprano
Jing Li, Cello
Joan Lunoe, Actor

Part One: Winter Comes
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See, see, we assemble (King Arthur) … Henry Purcell (1659-1695) | John. Dryden (1631-1700)
Song of Solstice … Jennifer Cutting
🪶Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening … Robert Lee Frost (1874-1963)
Blow, blow, thou winter wind … Thomas Arne (1710-1778) | William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Blowing Winter In … Catherine Faber
🪶An Old Man’s Winter Night … Robert Lee Frost
Sonate für Violoncello allein, Op. 25 No. 3, (1922) II. Mäßig schnell. Gemächlich .... Paul Hindemith (1895-1963
🪶Dreaming Dreams with underlay intro
 Kholemen khaloymes … Solomon. Golub (188-1952) | Aliza Greenblat (1888-1975) | Arr. Jerise Fogel
🪶Silent Solstice (Winter Becomes Maine) … Denis Dunn (1945-2017)
  Snow Peace Calms Us … Jody Redhage Ferber | Ella J. Cvancara

Part Two: In The Darkness
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O virtus sapientiae … Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)
🪶To Know the Dark … Wendell Berry (b. 1934)
In Darkness Let Me Dwell … John Dowland (1563-1626)
Jesu rex admirabili … Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
🪶Sonnet 97: How like a winter hath my absence been … William Shakespeare
Dark of Winter … Shelley Jackson Denham (b. 1950)
D Minor Sarabande ... J.S. Bach  (1685-1750)
Now, O Now I Needs Must Part … John Dowland
🪶This is the solstice … Margaret Atwood (b. 1939)

Part Three: A Glimmer of Light
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 Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, Prélude … J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
🪶The Buddha's Last Instruction … Mary Oliver (b. 1935)
Mother of Darkness… Alice di Micele (b. 1965)
Simple Gifts … Joseph Brackett, Jr (1797-1882) | Yo-yo Ma | Allison Kraus
🪶Snowy Night … Mary Oliver
O Oriens, splendor lucis aeternae … Gregorian chant 
See the candles shining … C. Davidson (1929-2023) | F. Davidson (1931-2006)
🪶Shortest Day … Susan Cooper (b. 1935)
Solstice Carol … Kim Baryluk (b. 1959)