A festival of the world's music featuring 20 guest artists, including Irish singer Noirin Ni Riain, Russian singers and dancers The Dmitri Pokrovsky Ensemble, Ecuadorian folk quartet Andes Manta, Galician piper from the Galician folk ensemble Milladoiro, Nando Casals, Singer Kecia Lewis-Evans and Dutch horn player Dimitri Donders who join the Paul Winter Consort in the legendary annual Winter Solstice Whole Earth Christmas Celebration held in the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York. Live recordings of highlights from the performances capture the drama and excitement of an adventure that draws thousands each year in celebration of the start of the holiday season and the longest night of the year.

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TRACK LISTING

1. Fanfare  Paul Winter; Gordon Gottlieb
2. Tomorrow Is My Dancing Day  Consort
3. Fog On the Hill  Riain; Eugene Friesen; Spotted Owl
4. Shaman  Glen Velez; Paul Winter
5. Boon Song  Consort
6. Buena Nueva  Andes Manta
7. Nevaga - Neva River   Dimitri Pokrovsky and Alexander Danilov of the Pokrovsky Singers
8. Highland Heaven   Rhonda Larson; Consort
9. The Sparrow   Kecia Lewis-Evans; Consort
10. Good People All  Hodie
11. Prelude: Marcha de San Benito  Nando Casals; Paul Halley
12. The Night Forest  Paul Winter; Eugene Friesen; Rhonda Larson; Mark Perchanok, Improvisation
13. River  Elena Sidorenko; Maria Nefiodova; Irene Shiskina of the Pokrovsky Singers
14. Trickster  Dimitri Donders
15. Return of the Sun  Bellringers; Paul Winter; Paul Halley; Scott Sloan; Tundra Wolf Recording
16. Solstice Chant  Consort; Special Quests
17. Christmas Day Is Come /Duet For The Longest Night  Riain; Paul Halley; Paul Winter
18. Duet for the Longest Night
19. Down In Belgorod   The Dimitri Pokrovsky Singers; Consort
20. Minuit - Midnight / Adeste Fideles  Paul Winter and Paul Halley, Lead Vocals; Consort; Special Guests; Audience; Sun Gong