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Paul Winter Summer Solstice Celebration at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine is a Divine Morning
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Paul Winter’s Winter Solstice Celebration 2022
[To be confirmed]
Friday-Sunday, December 16-18, 2022
St. John the Divine News
JUNE
Solstice Celebration
The 29th Paul Winter Summer Solstice Celebration 2024 is a memorable sunrise jazz concert titled “Adventures in the Universe,” inspired by Charles Ive’s “Universe Symphony;” at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Morningside Heights, Manhattan; on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 4:30am. You get to watch the giant rose window light up with the dawn. From $45.
About the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
A “cathedral” is a church that is also the seat of a bishop.
The cathedral has been under construction since 1892. It remains unfinished. The building is physically imposing. It is so big. When you enter, it feels like you are in a sacred grotto, just New York size.
This is great hall for spiritual music. Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin and many other legendary artists have performed here.
Many famous New Yorkers have been memorialized here including modern dance legend Alvin Ailey (1989) and jazz legend Duke Ellington (1974).
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a service in 1956. The Dalai Lama first visited in 1979. Archbishop Desmond Tutu spoke in 1986. Nelson Mandela spoke in 1997.
More Information
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Artists and Programs
The St. Francis Day Blessing of the Animals on the first Sunday in October is one of the cathedral’s most popular events.
The New York Philharmonic Free Memorial Day Concert is a popular classical music concert.
Jazz, world music, and earth music legend Paul Winter is an artist in residence. His winter solstice and summer solstice celebrations are wonderful times to visit the Cathedral.
French artist in residence Philippe Petit, who famously walked a high wire between the Twin Towers, walked between the cathedral’s two towers in 1982.
St. John the Divine Tickets
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Ave
(at 112th St)
Morningside Heights, Manhattan
Subways
(1) to Cathedral Parkway – 110th St