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Join us in anticipation of the winter solstice, which is tomorrow December 21st. This winter has come at the end of a really tough year, and 2021 will most likely be just as trying. But let's not forget the opportunity of the solstice: it is not just a seasonal timestamp marking the "beginning" of winter (winter has definitely already begun in any case...anyone else get 10-20 inches of snow last week??) It also marks the moment the days begin getting longer in the Northern Hemisphere and is a chance to take stock of where we are and to go forward with compassion for ourselves and others. Also, on this solstice Jupiter and Saturn will be closer in the night sky than they have been in several centuries, so get out and look at the stars!

We hope you enjoy this program and have a winter solstice celebration of your own. Some of these works carry messages of longing and fatigue, others of hope and celebration. Still even others are about absolutely nothing at all - nothing very serious, at least.

Program:

Emily Buehler, horn

Lucas Button, cello

Concert Étude for Horn by Esa-Pekka Salonen (b. 1958)

Lamentations Black/Folk Song Suite for Cello by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)

II. Song Form

III. Calvary Ostinato

Second Suite for Cello by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

V. Ciaccona

I Threw A Shoe At A Cat for Horn by Catherine Likhuta (b. 1981)

1. Theme

2. Waltz

3. Yazz

4. Finale