Paul Winter's fittingly monikered Winter Solstice Celebration has been an annual institution at this Gothic Revival edifice since 1980. The soprano saxophonist and his ten-piece Consort transform the Cathedral's aisles and oratories into open performance spaces, filling a building tall enough to contain the Statue of Liberty with music. In addition to the Consort's longtime solstice rituals — which include slowly lifting the world's largest gong high into the Cathedral's vaults and decorating a towering "tree of sounds" — this year's three-night celebration will feature Brazilian singers Renato Braz and Fabiana Cozza along with a winter-repelling samba band and chorus. Choreographer Abdel Salaam will also premiere a new work for the 25 dancers and drummers of the Forces of Nature Dance Theatre.