Midwinter

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Orchestra of the Swan presents a unique seasonal journey...

An intriguing tapestry of winter music and words, created between the 12th century and the present day.

Midwinter represents a symbolic dividing line; a sacred moment at the year’s end where old gives way to new, despair transforms into hope and darkness becomes light. Since prehistory, humans have celebrated this transition by participating in rituals, often involving food and drink, dancing and music. The midwinter solstice represents that elemental moment when the sun is reborn – its significance, still to this day, not lost on humanity.

This programme’s musical pendulum swings between the ancient and the contemporary, the religious and the secular, the familiar and the unknown.

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