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20 Years of Christmas with the
Tabernacle Choir
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Hosted by Brian Stokes Mitchell
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With over 40 guest artists
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and 60 beloved songs and
caroles.
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It's a Christmas celebration
you'll never forget.
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♪ Be home for Christmas Day. ♪
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♪♪♪
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More than
2000 years ago in the village
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of Bethlehem, a
holy child was born.
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That night, scripture
says an angel appeared to
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shepherds, and the heavenly
host proclaimed peace on
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Earth and good will to
all people everywhere.
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♪♪♪
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Since then, choirs
have commemorated the holy
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birth with singing, and that
has been the tradition of the
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Tabernacle Choir
at Temple Square.
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Tonight, I'm in the
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Conference Center in
Salt Lake City, Utah, where the
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choir has performed its
annual Christmas concert for
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the past 20 years.
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Every December, on three
consecutive nights,
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over 60,000 people course
through these lobbies
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eager for the celebration
that has aired on
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national television since 2004.
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But at the moment, the world
is not gathering for live
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events, so this magnificent
building is dark
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and empty.
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Or is it?
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If these walls could talk,
what would they tell us about
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Christmas concerts of the past?
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What music, images,
stories would they recall?
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What moments would we
remember with the choir,
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the orchestra, the bells, the
herald trumpets, the dancers,
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and the guest artists
who have joined them.
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♪♪♪
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We invite you to help us
answer that question as we
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let these walls speak to
us, sing to us, and tell us
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about the joy that music
brings into the world at
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Christmastime, when
heaven and nature sing.
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♪ Joy to the
world, the Lord is come. ♪
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♪ Let earth receive ♪
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♪ her king. ♪
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♪ Let every heart ♪
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♪ prepare Him room. ♪
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♪ And heaven
and nature sing. ♪
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♪ And heaven
and nature sing. ♪
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♪ And heaven, and heaaven
and nature sing. ♪
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♪ Rejoice, rejoice,
when Jesus reigns. ♪
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♪ And saints,
their songs employ. ♪
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♪ While fields and floods,
rocks, hills, and plains, ♪
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♪ repeat the sounding joy,
repeat the sounding joy, ♪
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♪ repeat the sounding joy,
repeat the sounding joy, ♪
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♪ repeat the sounding joy,
repeat the sounding joy. ♪
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♪ No more will sin
and sorrow grow, ♪
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♪ nor thorns infest the ground. ♪
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♪ He'll come and make the
blessings flow ♪
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♪ far as the curse was found, ♪
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♪ far as, far as
the curse was found. ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ Rejoice, rejoice
in the most high ♪
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♪ While Israel spreads abroad. ♪
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♪ Like stars that glitter in the
sky, and ever worship God, ♪
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♪ and ever worship God,
and EVER AND ever worship God. ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ And ever and
ever worship God. ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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Before we go into the hall
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where the concerts are given,
I wanted to show you where
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the choir warms up.
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Yes, it is a small theater.
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Obviously, with nearly
400 singers, you can't hold
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a practice just anywhere.
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And by the way, I should
tell you that the
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choir's Christmas music is
mostly arranged by my friends
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Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy,
the music director and
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associate music
director of the choir.
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Without question, their work
is one of the reasons that
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the concert is fresh and
interesting year after
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year.
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Let me show you what I mean.
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When I was here for the
concert 13 years ago,
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our performance opened with a
familiar English carol.
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You probably know it.
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♪ God rest ye,
merry gentlemen. ♪
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♪ Let nothing you dismay. ♪
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♪ Remember Christ our Savior was
born on Christmas day. ♪
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You get the idea.
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But when you put that carol
into the concert with one of
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Mack or Ryan's original
arrangements, well,
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this is what you get.
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♪ Now to the
Lord, sing praises, ♪
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♪ all you within this place. ♪
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♪ And with true love
and brotherhood, ♪
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♪ each other now embrace. ♪
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♪ This holy tide of Christmas
all others doth efface. ♪
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♪ O tidings of comfort,
tidings of comfort,
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♪ ♪ tidings of comfort,
and joy, of joy, of joy, ♪
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♪ comfort and joy. ♪♪♪
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That was just one
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of the opening numbers.
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Each one of them introduced
the concert theme
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and a preview of what's to come.
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The choir and orchestra
are always the anchor.
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♪♪♪
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And for Christmas concerts,
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they invite a host of
additional volunteer performers.
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♪♪♪
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Each concert is different.
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The opening could be a page
from Dickens
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or a Baroque scene with singers
from the Metropolitan Opera.
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It might be a panorama of
people through the ages,
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a country village celebration,
or a festive family party.
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However the concert begins,
the opening selection
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is a kind of processional of
performers, and it sets the
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tone for everything
that follows.
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♪♪♪
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Every year, the music
comes first, with a
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traditional carol or an
original composition,
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like this one from the
Christmas concert broadcast
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in 2013.
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♪♪♪
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♪ Bring the gifts with shiny
ribbons ♪
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♪ wrapped in paper, bright and
bold ♪
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♪ Run with bags and
baskets brimming ♪
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♪ with a secret yet untold. ♪
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♪ Soon will come the
wondrous morning, ♪
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♪ when the joyous
season greets. ♪
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♪ Can't be kept within
our boxes ♪
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♪ and the bells
of Christmas ring. ♪
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♪♪♪
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There was a memorable
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pioneer Christmas.
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♪ See the wagon pressing on
to the cabin bright. ♪
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♪ gather round the
, the family waits for me ♪
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♪ Sing the Christmas
Roundelay song and follow me ♪
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♪ String the bright red berries
up, bake a Christmas pie. ♪
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♪ Dress the tree with nuts
and twigs, ♪
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♪ Trim the candles high. ♪
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♪ Here upon this
prairie hill, ♪
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♪ Shepherds all are we. ♪
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♪ Watching o'er our flocks
by night ♪
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♪ Angels come and see! ♪
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♪♪♪
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And one year, a new
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setting of a familiar
French carol.
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♪ Hay of gold
is the crown of his coming. ♪
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♪ Swaddling clothes,
his robes of glory. ♪
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♪ Hush, hush.
Joseph beholds the baby. ♪
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♪ Hush, hush.
Angels begin to sing. ♪
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♪ Peace, peace.
Cattle are softly lowing. ♪
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♪ Peace, peace.
Heaven is caroling. ♪
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♪ Ah, ah, Mary is
sweetly singing. ♪
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♪ Ah, ah, wise men
their treasures bring. ♪
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♪♪♪
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There was a colorful
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tribute to the
gifts of Christmas.
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♪ See the gleaming
stars above us. ♪
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♪ Still we seek
more Christmas light. ♪
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♪ Wrap us in
forgiving feelings. ♪
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♪ Tie the bow
of tender care. ♪
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♪ Make us one
with one another. ♪
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♪ This is Christmas
everywhere! ♪
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♪♪♪
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It's true.
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With 200 recordings,
multiple Grammy and Emmy
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awards, and performances in
concert halls around the
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world, the choir has earned a
reputation for making music
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at the highest levels.
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And yet at Christmas
time, the choir's most
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important accomplishment... at
least for the youngest
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members of the audience... is
achieving moments of
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true whimsy and delight.
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♪ And all the bells
on earth shall ring ♪
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♪ on Christmas
day, on Christmas day. ♪
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♪ And all the bells on
earth shall ring ♪
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♪ on Christmas day
in the morning. ♪
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♪♪♪
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With a choir and orchestra,
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making music for children,
about children
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is one of the greatest
joys of the concert.
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♪ I played my drum for Him,
pa rum pum pum pum. ♪
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♪ I played my best for
Him, pa rum pum pum pum, ♪
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♪ rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum. ♪
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♪ Then He smiled at me,
pa rum pum pum pum, ♪
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♪ me and my drum. ♪
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And there was the
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unforgettable procession,
when every member
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of the choir carried a
lighted candle to the stage.
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♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ Brightest and best,
all ye angels of morning. ♪
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♪ Dawn on our darkness
and lend us some aid. ♪
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♪ Star in the east,
our horizon adoring. ♪
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♪ Guide where our
infant Redeemer was laid. ♪
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♪ Was laid, ♪
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♪ Was laid, ♪
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♪ Was laid, ♪
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♪ Was laid. ♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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So that's a peek at
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the processionals.
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Spectacular, aren't they?
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And a perfect way to
open the concerts.
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After the choir finishes
warming up, they make their
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way out into this hallway.
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And right here, it's not
unusual for them to run into
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a new friend coming out of
the dressing room door and
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getting into a cart, just
like this one, on their way
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to the stage.
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Hey, Finn.
How are you?
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Want to head down?
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Thanks.
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I was one of those friends.
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One of more than 40 guest
artists who have performed
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in these Christmas concerts
since the year 2000.
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What's it like coming
to work with the choir?
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Well, most of us arrive the
week of the performance.
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First, there's a music
run-through with the piano.
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Then staging.
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After that, we meet the choir
and orchestra for the first
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rehearsal.
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Then a dress rehearsal
with the camera.
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And finally, three sold out
performances with audiences
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that are truly generous.
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Hey, Finn, let's stop here.
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Thanks.
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Speaking of audiences,
they come through the lobbies
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upstairs, but we come
through this door.
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And it's here we... and it's
here we meet the arm...
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And it's here we meet the army
of people who create this
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one-of-a-kind celebration.
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There's a feeling
of family, really.
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Volunteers and full-time
professionals working side by
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side with great
energy and commitment.
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Every year, at the end of
performance week, the choir
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and orchestra share a
farewell hymn with their
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guests.
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I still remember when the
choir and orchestra sang
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to me.
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It's kind of hard to put into
words what it feels like
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having more than 400 people
sing straight into your heart.
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It's kind of like a blessing
that goes right into you
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and resonates with
every cell of your body.
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I think love has many sounds.
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That's definitely one of them.
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And the spirit of
Christmas is undeniable.
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Which is to say, if these
walls could talk, they would
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tell us about 20 years of
renowned guest artists,
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including this dear
friend of mine.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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please welcome Tony
award winning singer and
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actor, Audra McDonald.
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♪♪♪
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♪ There's a star in the
East on Christmas morning. ♪
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♪ Rise up,
shepherd, and follow. ♪
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♪ It will lead to the
place where the savior's born. ♪
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♪ Rise up,
shepherd, and follow. ♪
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♪ Oh, leave your sheep
and leave your land. ♪
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♪ Rise up,
shepherd, and follow. ♪
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♪ Oh, leave your ewes
and leave your rams. ♪
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♪ Rise up, shepherd,
and follow, come follow. ♪
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♪ Follow, follow, rise
up, shepherd, and follow. ♪
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♪ Rise up,
shepherd, and follow. ♪
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♪ Follow the
Star of Bethlehem. ♪
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♪ Rise up, shepherd,
and rise up, shepherd. ♪
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♪ Oh, rise up,
shepherd, and follow. ♪
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♪ Follow. ♪♪♪
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From Broadway and opera,
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the recording studio
and the concert stage,
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these Emmy, Grammy, Tony, and
Academy Award winning friends
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of the choir have celebrated
Christmas through traditional
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carols and contemporary songs.
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The music recalls
festive images,
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favorite traditions, and the
stories of the nativity
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beloved by so many.
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Stories of angels, shepherds,
wise men,
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and that spectacular
Christmas star.
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♪ Said the night wind to the
little lamb. ♪
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♪ Do you see what I see? ♪
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♪ Way up in the
sky, little lamb. ♪
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♪ Do you see what I see? ♪
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♪ A star, a star,
dancing in the night ♪
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♪ with a tail as
big as a kite, ♪
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♪ with a tail as
big as a kite. ♪
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♪ Said the little lamb to
the shepherd boy, ♪
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♪ do you hear what I hear? ♪
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♪ Ringing in the sky,
shepherd boy, ♪
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♪ do you hear what I hear? ♪
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♪ A song, a song,
high above the trees ♪
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♪ with a voice
as big as the sea, ♪
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♪ with a voice
as big as the sea. ♪
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♪♪♪
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These musical friends
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have helped us recall our
deepest Christmas wishes,
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for ourselves, our
loved ones, indeed,
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for the entire human family.
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♪ So here's my
lifelong wish. ♪
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♪ My grown-up
Christmas list. ♪
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♪ Not for myself, but
for this world, indeed. ♪
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♪ No more lives torn apart. ♪
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♪ That wars
would never start. ♪
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♪ And time would
heal all hearts. ♪
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♪ Every man would
have a friend. ♪
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♪ And right
would always win. ♪
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♪ And love would never end. ♪
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♪ This is my grown-up
Christmas list. ♪
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And with these
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friends, we've offered
Christmas prayers.
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♪ Bring him peace. ♪
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♪ Bring him joy. ♪
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♪ He is young. ♪
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♪ He is only a boy. ♪
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♪ You can take. ♪
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♪ You can give. ♪
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♪ Let him be. ♪
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♪ Let him live. ♪
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♪ If I die, let me die. ♪
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♪ Let him live. ♪
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♪ Bring him home. ♪
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♪ Bring him home. ♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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It's no coincidence
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that Christmas is
celebrated in the bleak
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midwinter, during the
shortest, darkest days of the
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year.
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At Christmastime, symbols of
life and light abound from
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Evergreen, everliving trees
and boughs to glowing
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lanterns and Christmas candles.
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In our darkest hours, the
spirit of Christmas brings
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the light of healing,
hope, and peace.
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♪ In the bleak midwinter,
frosty wind may moan. ♪
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♪ Earth stood hard as
iron, water like a stone. ♪
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♪ Snow had
fallen, snow, snow. ♪
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♪ Snow on snow on snow. ♪
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♪ In the bleak midwinter,
long, long ago. ♪
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♪♪♪
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You
know, the attacks of the last
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September the 11th have had
an immeasurable impact on the
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minds and indeed the lives
of millions of children
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throughout America.
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Their little fears and often
secret terrors, they need to
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be addressed so very carefully.
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And all of us... grandparents,
parents, aunts, uncles... we all
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have to try to do
everything that we possibly
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can to reassure these little
ones that they are safe and
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loved and that good will
triumph over evil and right
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will prevail.
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You know...
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I believe this lovely song that
I sang in "Sweeney Todd"
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by the great Stephen Sondheim
really says it all.
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♪♪♪
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♪ Nothing's gonna
harm you, not while I'm around. ♪
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♪ Nothing's gonna harm you.
No, sir. ♪
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♪ Not while I'm around. ♪
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♪ Demons are prowling
everywhere nowadays. ♪
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♪ I'll send them howling.
I don't care. I've got ways. ♪
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♪ No one's gonna hurt you.
No one's gonna dare. ♪
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♪ Others may desert you.
Not to worry. ♪
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♪ Whistle, I'll be there. ♪
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♪ Demons will charm you
with a smile for a while, ♪
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♪ but in time, nothing can harm
you, not while I'm around. ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ You have told
us how and we are trying. ♪
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♪ Master, you have shown us how,
even when you were dying. ♪
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♪ Just seems like
we can't do right. ♪
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♪ Look how we treated you. ♪
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♪ But please, sir,
forgive us, Lord. ♪
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♪ We didn't
know it was you. ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ Truly he taught
us to love one another. ♪
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♪ His law is love,
and His gospel is peace. ♪
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♪ Bonds shall He break until
we all are brothers. ♪
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♪ And in his name,
all oppression shall cease. ♪
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♪ Sweet hymns of joy in
grateful chorus raise we. ♪
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♪ Let all within us
praise his holy name. ♪
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♪ Fall on your knees. ♪
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♪ Oh, hear the
angel voices. ♪
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♪ Oh, night divine, ♪
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♪ oh, night
when Christ was born. ♪
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♪ Oh, Night,
oh, night. ♪
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♪ Oh, night.
Oh, night divine. ♪
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♪ Oh, night divine ♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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As part of its annual holiday
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celebration, the choir and
orchestra have shared music
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from a variety of
traditions and cultures.
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Through this music, they have
reached out to build bridges
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of understanding and respect
to unite joyful people
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everywhere.
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♪ Rejoice and sing. ♪
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♪ Rejoice and sing. ♪
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♪ Rejoice, rejoice,
his praises we'll sing. ♪
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♪ Rejoice and sing. ♪
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♪ Rejoice and sing. ♪
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♪ Rejoice, rejoice,
his praises we'll sing. ♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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The choir's Christmas
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music reaches from
the Caribbean to the Czech
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Republic, employing
everything from island steel
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drums to brass trumpets
of mariachi bands.
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The choir's guests also
bring the culture of their
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ancestral homelands so that
every Christmas, families and
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communities are invited
to remember the musical
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heritage that makes
them who they are.
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♪ The Virgin
Mary had a baby boy. ♪
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♪ The virgin Mary
had a baby boy. ♪
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♪ The virgin Mary
had a baby boy. ♪
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♪ And they said that
his name was Jesus. ♪
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When I come from Wales, I always
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carry something with me.
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Either a piece of gold
from Wales, or the flag of
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Wales.
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Now, I'd like to
sing a little lullaby.
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Think of Mary in Bethlehem,
holding baby Jesus
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and trying to make
him to go to sleep.
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Some of the most memorable
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moments are when
great artists share the music
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that they have learned in the
arms of their mothers and at
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the hearths of their homes.
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♪ Paid ag ofni, dim and deilen ♪
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♪ Gura, gura ar y ddoô; ♪
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♪ Paid ag ofni, ton fach unig ♪
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♪ Sua, sua ar lan y môr; ♪
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♪ Huna blentyn, nid oes yma ♪
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♪ Ddim i roddi iti fraw; ♪
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♪ Gwena'n dawel yn fy mynwes. ♪
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♪ Ar yr engyl gwynion draw. ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ La la laaaa ♪
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♪ Los pastores a belen
Estan muy contento ♪
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♪ Porque nació el Niño Dios
Un como ellos ♪
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♪ Hay hay hay, Que alegres van
Hay hay hay, Si volverán ♪
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♪ Con la pan pan pan
Con la pan ♪
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♪ Con la pandereta
Y las castañuelas ♪
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♪ Laa Lalala lalala
lalalaalaaaaaa ♪
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♪♪♪
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For these 20 years,
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whatever the culture of the
music, the message is always
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the same.
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Rejoice and be merry.
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♪ Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice
and be merry, ♪
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♪ His praises we'll sing. ♪
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♪ Rejoice, rejoice,
rejoice and be merry, ♪
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♪ His praises we'll sing.
His praises we'll sing. ♪
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♪ His praises, his praises,
his praises we'll sing. ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ Praises we'll sing. ♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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There's been something for
nearly
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everyone in these concerts,
but not just because of the
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different musical styles and
traditions.
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The purpose of the choir
is to connect with people.
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Oh, wow.
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Uh, it's been a while since I've
been on this stage.
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And as you can see, there have
been a lot of people here.
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I wish everybody could stand
on this stage right now,
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because...
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well, how do I
explain the feeling?
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It's... well, actually, here's
how it felt to me
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more than a decade ago.
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♪♪♪
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Ladies and
gentlemen, please welcome
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Brian Stokes Mitchell.
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♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ Christmas is here again. ♪
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♪ Gotta shop;
don't know when. ♪
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♪ Buy the food.
Deck the halls. ♪
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♪ Wrap the gifts.
Climb the walls. ♪
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♪ Chestnuts roasting
on an open fire. ♪
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♪ Jack Frost
nipping at your nose. ♪
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♪ Yuletide carols being
sung by a choir, ♪
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♪ and folks dressed
up like Eskimos. ♪
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♪ Everybody knows a turkey
and some mistletoe ♪
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♪ help to make the
season bright. ♪
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♪ Tiny tots with their eyes
all aglow ♪
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♪ will find it hard
to sleep tonight. ♪
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♪ They know that
Santa's on his way. ♪
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♪ He's loaded lots of
toys and goodies on his sleigh. ♪
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♪ And every mother's child
is going to spy ♪
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♪ to see if reindeer
really know... ♪
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♪ Do they really
know how to fly? ♪
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♪♪♪
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♪ Clean the house.
Decorate. ♪
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♪ Trim the tree.
Gain some weight. ♪
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♪ Make a list.
Fall behind. ♪
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♪ Lose the list.
Lose your mind. ♪
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♪ Everything's humming
'cause Christmas is coming. ♪
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♪ And Santa's on his way. ♪
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♪ He's loaded lots of
toys and goodies on his sleigh. ♪
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♪ And every mother's child
is going to spy ♪
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♪ to see if reindeer
really know... ♪
497
00:42:03,866 --> 00:42:05,500
♪ do they really know... ♪
498
00:42:05,533 --> 00:42:08,833
♪ If reindeer really
know how to fly. ♪
499
00:42:08,866 --> 00:42:14,366
♪ And so I'm offering this
simple phrase ♪
500
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:19,733
♪ to kids from 1 to 92. ♪
501
00:42:19,766 --> 00:42:25,666
♪ Although it's been said
many times, many ways, ♪
502
00:42:25,700 --> 00:42:30,733
♪ Merry Christmas,
a joyful Christmas, ♪
503
00:42:30,766 --> 00:42:38,766
♪ not too crazy
Christmas to you. ♪♪♪
504
00:42:40,100 --> 00:42:48,100
♪♪♪
505
00:43:05,033 --> 00:43:07,466
Thank you very much.
506
00:43:07,500 --> 00:43:10,366
I am so pleased to be back
here in this beautiful hall.
507
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:14,166
I had the joy of performing
here a few months back.
508
00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:17,200
And I have to say, as
large as this place is,
509
00:43:17,233 --> 00:43:22,066
somehow it still feels
like I'm in my living room
510
00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:24,633
performing for friends.
511
00:43:32,700 --> 00:43:35,533
OK, it's 21,000 friends.
512
00:43:35,566 --> 00:43:38,900
But you can't have too
many friends, right?
513
00:43:38,933 --> 00:43:42,166
And that really is how it
feels to be standing here.
514
00:43:42,200 --> 00:43:47,066
Without columns or supports,
this really is an intimate
515
00:43:47,100 --> 00:43:53,133
setting, and you feel like
you could personally reach
516
00:43:53,166 --> 00:43:56,266
out and connect to every
member of the audience.
517
00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:59,166
♪♪♪
518
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:02,733
That people connection
is a big part of what makes
519
00:44:02,766 --> 00:44:05,300
Christmas Christmas,
especially when it comes to
520
00:44:05,333 --> 00:44:07,700
matters of the heart.
521
00:44:07,733 --> 00:44:10,066
♪♪♪
522
00:44:10,100 --> 00:44:13,766
Speaking of Christmas,
you hear that music?
523
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:15,433
Hey, Mack, is that you?
524
00:44:15,466 --> 00:44:17,300
It's me. Hello.
525
00:44:18,566 --> 00:44:20,600
I guess these walls can talk.
526
00:44:20,633 --> 00:44:23,733
I'm so excited to introduce
you to one of my favorite
527
00:44:23,766 --> 00:44:27,000
conductors, arrangers,
orchestrators on the entire
528
00:44:27,033 --> 00:44:28,666
planet.
529
00:44:28,700 --> 00:44:31,200
I'm also very happy
to call him my friend.
530
00:44:31,233 --> 00:44:35,466
This is Mack Wilberg, who is
also the music director of
531
00:44:35,500 --> 00:44:36,466
the choir.
532
00:44:36,500 --> 00:44:37,600
Hey, Mack.
533
00:44:37,633 --> 00:44:38,842
How are you doing?
534
00:44:38,866 --> 00:44:39,666
I'm great.
535
00:44:39,700 --> 00:44:40,666
Merry Christmas.
536
00:44:40,700 --> 00:44:42,266
Merry
Christmas to you.
537
00:44:42,300 --> 00:44:44,309
Nice to be here on this stage
538
00:44:44,333 --> 00:44:46,242
with you once again,
even though it's empty. It's...
539
00:44:46,266 --> 00:44:47,509
Well,
we're honored that you're
540
00:44:47,533 --> 00:44:48,433
with us.
541
00:44:48,466 --> 00:44:49,676
Thank you.
542
00:44:49,700 --> 00:44:52,033
I am honored to be
here with you again.
543
00:44:52,066 --> 00:44:53,433
In... I think it was 2008, right?
544
00:44:53,466 --> 00:44:54,533
It was.
545
00:44:54,566 --> 00:44:55,533
Yeah.
546
00:44:55,566 --> 00:44:57,366
When we first did
the Christmas show.
547
00:44:57,400 --> 00:44:59,500
And I remember we were
brainstorming about what
548
00:44:59,533 --> 00:45:00,966
songs we might do.
549
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:02,342
- I
- remember it very well.
550
00:45:02,366 --> 00:45:03,633
Yeah.
551
00:45:03,666 --> 00:45:05,633
We came up with a bunch
of different ideas.
552
00:45:05,666 --> 00:45:07,509
I think one of the ones we
ended up doing was a song
553
00:45:07,533 --> 00:45:08,733
about new words.
554
00:45:08,766 --> 00:45:11,200
That's right.
555
00:45:11,233 --> 00:45:13,476
And we did a song about
gratitude
556
00:45:13,500 --> 00:45:14,400
called...
557
00:45:14,433 --> 00:45:15,509
I remember.
558
00:45:15,533 --> 00:45:16,366
That was an audience favorite.
559
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:17,233
Yeah.
560
00:45:17,266 --> 00:45:18,233
"Grateful."
561
00:45:18,266 --> 00:45:19,666
One of my favorite songs, too.
562
00:45:19,700 --> 00:45:21,276
Well, this year, throwing
ideas back and forth
563
00:45:21,300 --> 00:45:23,100
with you.
564
00:45:23,133 --> 00:45:28,066
We've come up with
a few things now.
565
00:45:28,100 --> 00:45:31,266
One was, you know, I
started thinking about how
566
00:45:31,300 --> 00:45:34,466
we're all feeling kind
of isolated still.
567
00:45:34,500 --> 00:45:35,900
That's right.
568
00:45:35,933 --> 00:45:40,000
And it made me think of a
569
00:45:40,033 --> 00:45:43,733
Christmas song from World War II
that seems appropriate.
570
00:45:43,766 --> 00:45:45,209
I think you're thinking
of the same one.
571
00:45:45,233 --> 00:45:46,666
I think I am.
572
00:45:46,700 --> 00:45:48,109
Let's do it.
573
00:45:49,666 --> 00:45:55,166
♪ I'll be
home for Christmas. ♪
574
00:45:55,200 --> 00:46:03,200
♪ You can plan on me. ♪
575
00:46:03,866 --> 00:46:11,866
♪ Please have snow and mistletoe
and presents on the tree. ♪
576
00:46:19,900 --> 00:46:20,866
But then we both share,
577
00:46:20,900 --> 00:46:23,933
I think, a playful
spirit as well.
578
00:46:23,966 --> 00:46:27,000
And we thought of an
Alfred Burt Christmas song.
579
00:46:27,033 --> 00:46:29,333
He had a playful spirit, too.
580
00:46:29,366 --> 00:46:31,766
There's one especially I
think we talked about.
581
00:46:32,966 --> 00:46:34,209
♪ Caroling, caroling,
now we go. ♪
582
00:46:34,233 --> 00:46:36,566
♪ Christmas
bells are ringing. ♪
583
00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:39,366
♪ Caroling, caroling
through the snow. ♪
584
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:41,533
♪ Christmas
bells are ringing. ♪
585
00:46:41,566 --> 00:46:43,766
♪ Joyous voices
sweet and clear. ♪
586
00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:45,966
♪ Sing the sad
of heart to cheer. ♪
587
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:53,866
♪ Ding, dong, ding, dong,
Christmas bells are ringing. ♪
588
00:46:53,900 --> 00:46:57,666
♪♪♪
589
00:46:57,700 --> 00:46:59,800
Then Mack and I talked,
590
00:46:59,833 --> 00:47:02,533
and the more we thought about
it, the more we realized
591
00:47:02,566 --> 00:47:06,133
that Christmas
really does fill a different
592
00:47:06,166 --> 00:47:10,000
need for each of us.
593
00:47:10,033 --> 00:47:13,400
So we decided on this new
song, which you may not have
594
00:47:13,433 --> 00:47:14,800
heard before.
595
00:47:14,833 --> 00:47:19,066
Or it's a new old song,
actually, because you might
596
00:47:19,100 --> 00:47:21,600
have heard it a long time ago.
597
00:47:21,633 --> 00:47:23,766
Because if these walls
could talk, they'd tell us
598
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:26,133
that Christmas concerts
here are meant to lift
599
00:47:26,166 --> 00:47:29,166
people, wherever they are, in
whatever way they need,
600
00:47:29,200 --> 00:47:35,366
and sometimes in their
greatest hour of need.
601
00:47:36,866 --> 00:47:43,966
♪ To see my folks and all my
friends again ♪
602
00:47:44,000 --> 00:47:49,133
♪ around the
family Christmas tree. ♪
603
00:47:49,166 --> 00:47:55,466
♪ To feel the spirit
of good will toward them. ♪
604
00:47:55,500 --> 00:48:02,433
♪ That's what
Christmas means to me. ♪
605
00:48:02,466 --> 00:48:08,300
♪ To hear the sleigh
bells ringing soft and clear ♪
606
00:48:08,333 --> 00:48:14,566
♪ while people sing
because they're free. ♪
607
00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:20,466
♪ To hear my neighbor
wish me joy and cheer. ♪
608
00:48:20,500 --> 00:48:26,933
♪ That's what
Christmas means to me. ♪
609
00:48:26,966 --> 00:48:32,633
♪ And oh, there will be
stockings filled with toys ♪
610
00:48:32,666 --> 00:48:37,766
♪ for all the lonely
little girls and boys. ♪
611
00:48:37,800 --> 00:48:43,400
♪ And in my heart,
the feeling is so grand ♪
612
00:48:43,433 --> 00:48:49,533
♪ to know I've helped the
ones that need a hand. ♪
613
00:48:49,566 --> 00:48:57,566
♪ To look through windows
trimmed in green and red ♪
614
00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:04,333
♪ and pray for
all eternity ♪
615
00:49:04,366 --> 00:49:10,500
♪ to see the star of
peace shine overhead. ♪
616
00:49:10,533 --> 00:49:16,666
♪ That's what
Christmas means to me. ♪
617
00:49:16,700 --> 00:49:24,700
♪♪♪
618
00:49:29,933 --> 00:49:35,466
♪ And in my heart, the
feeling is so grand ♪
619
00:49:35,500 --> 00:49:42,566
♪ to know that I'm the
one to lend a hand. ♪
620
00:49:42,600 --> 00:49:50,400
♪ To look through windows
dressed in green and red ♪
621
00:49:50,433 --> 00:49:55,866
♪ and pray for
all eternity ♪
622
00:49:55,900 --> 00:50:03,900
♪ to see the star of peace
shine overhead. ♪
623
00:50:05,566 --> 00:50:13,566
♪ That's what
Christmas means to me. ♪
624
00:50:15,500 --> 00:50:23,500
♪ That's what
Christmas means to me. ♪♪♪
625
00:50:29,233 --> 00:50:37,233
♪♪♪
626
00:50:39,166 --> 00:50:40,276
Merry Christmas, Mack.
627
00:50:40,300 --> 00:50:44,500
Merry Christmas to you.
628
00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:53,200
♪♪♪
629
00:51:25,133 --> 00:51:33,133
♪♪♪
630
00:51:52,100 --> 00:52:00,100
♪ Candles in the window,
shadows painting the ceiling. ♪
631
00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:08,700
♪ Gazing at
the fire's glow. ♪
632
00:52:08,733 --> 00:52:15,100
♪ Feeling that
gingerbread feeling. ♪
633
00:52:15,133 --> 00:52:20,233
♪ Precious moments.
Special people. ♪
634
00:52:20,266 --> 00:52:25,966
♪ Happy faces I can see. ♪
635
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:34,000
♪ Somewhere in my memory,
Christmas joys all around me. ♪
636
00:52:37,033 --> 00:52:43,266
♪ Living in
my memory, ♪
637
00:52:43,300 --> 00:52:48,500
♪ all of the music,
all of the magic, ♪
638
00:52:48,533 --> 00:52:56,533
♪ all of the
family home here with me. ♪
639
00:52:58,066 --> 00:53:06,066
♪♪♪
640
00:53:33,866 --> 00:53:40,466
♪ Somewhere in my
memory, ♪
641
00:53:40,500 --> 00:53:46,333
♪ all of the music,
all of the magic, ♪
642
00:53:46,366 --> 00:53:54,366
♪ all of the family
home here with me. ♪♪♪
643
00:53:59,266 --> 00:54:07,266
♪♪♪
644
00:54:10,500 --> 00:54:18,500
♪♪♪
645
00:54:32,333 --> 00:54:34,933
So here I am, in the choir loft.
646
00:54:34,966 --> 00:54:38,933
And if these walls and
chairs and instruments could
647
00:54:38,966 --> 00:54:42,800
talk, they'd tell us that
from its pioneer beginnings,
648
00:54:42,833 --> 00:54:46,533
the choir and now the
orchestra have always
649
00:54:46,566 --> 00:54:48,933
performed masterworks
from the classical choral
650
00:54:48,966 --> 00:54:50,300
tradition.
651
00:54:50,333 --> 00:54:54,566
And the discipline that that
requires has prepared them to
652
00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:59,300
sing all kinds of music,
including these favorites.
653
00:54:59,333 --> 00:55:01,009
from "Messiah"
654
00:55:01,033 --> 00:55:03,733
♪ wonderful counselor. ♪
655
00:55:03,766 --> 00:55:05,800
♪ The mighty God. ♪
656
00:55:05,833 --> 00:55:08,100
♪ The everlasting Father. ♪
657
00:55:08,133 --> 00:55:10,766
♪ the Prince of peace. ♪
658
00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:12,133
♪ for Unto us
a child is born. ♪
659
00:55:12,166 --> 00:55:14,266
♪ For Unto us
a child is born. ♪
660
00:55:14,300 --> 00:55:19,600
♪ For Unto us
a son is given. ♪
661
00:55:19,633 --> 00:55:27,066
♪ Unto us a son is given. ♪
662
00:55:27,100 --> 00:55:29,333
♪ And the government,
the government ♪
663
00:55:29,366 --> 00:55:32,166
♪ shall be upon his shoulders. ♪
664
00:55:32,200 --> 00:55:36,500
♪ The government shall
be upon his shoulder. ♪
665
00:55:36,533 --> 00:55:43,166
♪ And his name shall
be called wonderful, counselor. ♪
666
00:55:43,200 --> 00:55:45,733
♪ The mighty God. ♪
667
00:55:45,766 --> 00:55:48,533
♪ The everlasting Father. ♪
668
00:55:48,566 --> 00:55:51,033
♪ The prince of peace. ♪
669
00:55:51,066 --> 00:55:53,300
♪ The everlasting Father. ♪
670
00:55:53,333 --> 00:55:56,433
♪ The prince of peace. ♪♪♪
671
00:55:56,466 --> 00:55:57,809
["Unfold Ye Portals" from
"The Redemption"
672
00:55:57,833 --> 00:56:05,700
♪ Unfold, unfold, unfold,
ye portals everlasting! ♪
673
00:56:05,733 --> 00:56:13,733
♪ Unfold, unfold, unfold,
ye portals everlasting! ♪
674
00:56:14,833 --> 00:56:22,833
♪ With welcome to receive
Him ascending on high. ♪
675
00:56:23,800 --> 00:56:29,166
♪ Behold the King of Glory! ♪
676
00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:33,066
♪ He mounts up
through the sky, ♪
677
00:56:33,100 --> 00:56:37,166
♪ Back to the heav'nly
mansions hasting, ♪
678
00:56:37,200 --> 00:56:45,200
♪ Unfold, unfold, unfold,
for lo, the King comes nigh. ♪♪♪
679
00:56:50,700 --> 00:56:52,866
♪♪♪
680
00:56:52,900 --> 00:57:00,166
[Ring Out, Ye Crystal
Spheres" from "Hodie"
681
00:57:00,200 --> 00:57:08,200
♪ Emmanuel, Emmanuel, ♪
682
00:57:15,633 --> 00:57:20,733
♪ God with us. ♪
683
00:57:20,766 --> 00:57:26,833
♪♪♪
684
00:57:26,866 --> 00:57:30,466
♪ Ring out ye
crystal spheres ♪
685
00:57:30,500 --> 00:57:34,633
♪ Once bless our human ears, ♪
686
00:57:34,666 --> 00:57:42,666
♪ If ye have power to touch our
senses so; ♪
687
00:57:48,433 --> 00:57:49,866
♪ King of kings ♪
688
00:57:49,900 --> 00:57:52,300
♪ forever and ever ♪
689
00:57:52,333 --> 00:57:53,800
♪ and lord of lords ♪
690
00:57:53,833 --> 00:57:56,133
♪ hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
691
00:57:56,166 --> 00:58:03,400
♪ And he shall reign
forever and ever and ever
692
00:58:03,433 --> 00:58:07,500
♪ King of kings and
lord of lords ♪
693
00:58:07,533 --> 00:58:12,700
♪ King of kings and
lord of lords ♪
694
00:58:12,733 --> 00:58:19,766
♪ And he shall reign
forever and ever
695
00:58:19,800 --> 00:58:21,533
♪ Forever and ever
and ever and ever ♪
696
00:58:21,566 --> 00:58:24,133
♪ King of kings
and lord of lords ♪
697
00:58:24,166 --> 00:58:29,400
♪ Hallelujah,
hallelujah ♪
698
00:58:31,733 --> 00:58:39,733
♪ Hallelujah! ♪♪♪
699
00:58:56,166 --> 00:58:57,642
As you have seen,
700
00:58:57,666 --> 00:59:01,400
some of the music has been
grand, some surprisingly
701
00:59:01,433 --> 00:59:05,400
simple, like this one from
a 16th-century German
702
00:59:05,433 --> 00:59:09,100
manuscript comparing the
birth of the Christ child to
703
00:59:09,133 --> 00:59:12,233
an ever-blooming rose.
704
00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:24,000
♪ Lo, how a
Rose e'er blooming ♪
705
00:59:26,333 --> 00:59:34,333
♪ From tender stem hath sprung! ♪
706
00:59:36,566 --> 00:59:44,566
♪ Of Jesse's lineage
coming, ♪
707
00:59:46,666 --> 00:59:54,666
♪ As men of old
have sung. ♪
708
00:59:58,200 --> 01:00:06,200
♪ It came, a flow'ret
bright, ♪
709
01:00:07,033 --> 01:00:15,033
♪ Amid the cold
of winter, ♪
710
01:00:16,266 --> 01:00:24,266
♪ When half
spent was the night. ♪
711
01:00:34,300 --> 01:00:42,300
♪ This Flow'r, whose
fragrance tender ♪
712
01:00:43,466 --> 01:00:51,466
♪ With sweetness
fills the air,
713
01:00:53,666 --> 01:01:01,666
♪ Dispels with
glorious splendor ♪
714
01:01:03,633 --> 01:01:11,633
♪ The darkness
ev'rywhere. ♪
715
01:01:15,433 --> 01:01:23,433
♪ True man,
yet very God; ♪
716
01:01:23,600 --> 01:01:31,600
♪ From sin and death
He saves us, ♪
717
01:01:35,833 --> 01:01:43,833
♪ And lightens
ev'ry care. ♪♪♪
718
01:02:20,766 --> 01:02:23,433
Every song has its place.
719
01:02:23,466 --> 01:02:27,233
But lest you think there
is only high-minded music here,
720
01:02:27,266 --> 01:02:31,433
let me assure you the
Christmas concert is filled
721
01:02:31,466 --> 01:02:33,666
with music that is just for fun.
722
01:02:33,700 --> 01:02:36,766
Usually, the rows and rows
of people in the seats behind
723
01:02:36,800 --> 01:02:39,866
me aren't just listening
with their ears.
724
01:02:39,900 --> 01:02:42,400
They're participating
in their hearts.
725
01:02:42,433 --> 01:02:45,433
And that includes both the
young and those who feel
726
01:02:45,466 --> 01:02:47,633
young at Christmas.
727
01:02:47,666 --> 01:02:49,633
Merry hristmas, everybody.
728
01:02:49,666 --> 01:02:53,900
♪♪♪
729
01:02:58,666 --> 01:03:01,333
♪ Who can take a
sunrise, ♪
730
01:03:01,366 --> 01:03:03,633
♪ who can take a sunrise, ♪
731
01:03:03,666 --> 01:03:04,766
♪ sprinkle it with dew, ♪
732
01:03:04,800 --> 01:03:07,033
♪ sprinkle it with dew, ♪
733
01:03:07,066 --> 01:03:10,533
♪ cover it in chocolate with a
miracle or two? ♪
734
01:03:10,566 --> 01:03:12,600
♪ The candy man. ♪
735
01:03:12,633 --> 01:03:14,533
♪ The candy man. ♪
736
01:03:14,566 --> 01:03:18,433
♪ Oh, the candy man can. ♪
737
01:03:18,466 --> 01:03:19,700
♪ The candy man can. ♪
738
01:03:19,733 --> 01:03:22,166
♪ The candy man can, 'cause
he mixes it with love ♪
739
01:03:22,200 --> 01:03:24,133
♪ and makes the world
taste good. ♪
740
01:03:24,166 --> 01:03:26,566
♪ Makes the
world taste good. ♪
741
01:03:26,600 --> 01:03:27,942
Songs that give
742
01:03:27,966 --> 01:03:30,166
hope to children always
count for Christmas.
743
01:03:30,200 --> 01:03:31,476
TUNE" from "The King and I"
744
01:03:31,500 --> 01:03:36,000
♪ I whistle a happy tune
and every single time, ♪
745
01:03:36,033 --> 01:03:40,000
♪ the happiness in
the tune convinces me ♪
746
01:03:40,033 --> 01:03:44,466
♪ that I'm not afraid. ♪
747
01:03:44,500 --> 01:03:49,233
♪ Make believe you're brave, and
the trick will take you far. ♪
748
01:03:49,266 --> 01:03:54,400
♪ You may be as brave as
you make believe you are. ♪
749
01:04:00,466 --> 01:04:08,000
♪ You may be as brave as you
make believe you are. ♪
750
01:04:08,966 --> 01:04:10,676
For
the choir and the orchestra,
751
01:04:10,700 --> 01:04:13,600
there really is no Christmas
without the bells.
752
01:04:15,100 --> 01:04:18,233
♪ Up above, the
stars are clear and bright ♪
753
01:04:18,266 --> 01:04:22,133
♪ while all around the
snow is soft and white. ♪
754
01:04:22,166 --> 01:04:25,266
♪ Santa and his
reindeer soon will be in sight, ♪
755
01:04:25,300 --> 01:04:28,733
♪ and you
will hear him sing. ♪
756
01:04:28,766 --> 01:04:33,166
♪ Oh, ring those
Christmas bells. ♪
757
01:04:33,200 --> 01:04:36,533
♪ Ring those
Christmas bells. ♪
758
01:04:36,566 --> 01:04:40,300
♪ While they chime,
we'll have a happy time. ♪
759
01:04:40,333 --> 01:04:44,966
♪ So ring those
Christmas bells. ♪
760
01:04:45,000 --> 01:04:48,700
The bells at Temple Square
761
01:04:48,733 --> 01:04:51,733
were first organized
in 2005 for a Christmas
762
01:04:51,766 --> 01:04:53,933
concert, and audiences
have come to love them for
763
01:04:53,966 --> 01:04:55,933
speaking the
universal language of
764
01:04:55,966 --> 01:04:58,500
sparkling joy.
765
01:04:58,533 --> 01:05:00,500
♪ Ding dong ding dong ding
dong ding ♪
766
01:05:02,033 --> 01:05:03,576
♪ Campana sobre campana ♪
767
01:05:03,600 --> 01:05:06,966
♪ Y sobre campana una ♪
768
01:05:07,000 --> 01:05:10,633
♪ Asómate a la ventana ♪
769
01:05:10,666 --> 01:05:14,133
♪ Verás al niño en la cuna ♪
770
01:05:14,166 --> 01:05:16,866
♪ Belén, Campanas de Belén ♪
771
01:05:16,900 --> 01:05:18,366
♪ Que los ángeles tocan ♪
772
01:05:18,400 --> 01:05:21,100
♪ Que nuevas nos traéis ♪
773
01:05:21,133 --> 01:05:24,133
♪ Belén, Campanas de Belén ♪
774
01:05:24,166 --> 01:05:25,966
♪ Que los ángeles tocan ♪
775
01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:28,800
♪ Que nuevas nos traéis ♪
776
01:05:28,833 --> 01:05:35,000
♪ Belén, ♪
777
01:05:35,033 --> 01:05:41,466
♪ Campanas de Belén ♪
778
01:05:41,500 --> 01:05:45,566
♪ Belén ♪
779
01:05:47,300 --> 01:05:49,033
In every concert,
780
01:05:49,066 --> 01:05:51,200
there are musical moments
that make you smile...
781
01:05:51,233 --> 01:05:54,433
Sometimes playful,
and always joyful.
782
01:05:55,566 --> 01:05:56,466
♪ Ten lords a-leaping, ♪
783
01:05:56,500 --> 01:05:57,366
♪ Nine ladies dancing, ♪
784
01:05:57,400 --> 01:05:58,300
♪ Eight maids a-milking, ♪
785
01:05:58,333 --> 01:05:59,566
♪ Sev'n swans a-swimming, ♪
786
01:05:59,600 --> 01:06:02,466
♪ Six geese a-laying, ♪
787
01:06:02,500 --> 01:06:08,533
♪ Five gold rings, ♪
788
01:06:08,566 --> 01:06:09,700
♪ Four cally birds, ♪
789
01:06:09,733 --> 01:06:11,400
♪ Three French hens, ♪
790
01:06:11,433 --> 01:06:14,866
♪ Two turtle doves, ♪
791
01:06:14,900 --> 01:06:20,366
♪ And a partridge
in a pear tree. ♪♪♪
792
01:06:20,400 --> 01:06:23,566
♪♪♪
793
01:06:25,233 --> 01:06:26,509
Happy, happy, happy, happy.
794
01:06:26,533 --> 01:06:29,066
Ring, ring, ring,
jing-aling aling aling.
795
01:06:29,100 --> 01:06:32,500
Well, you know, things may be
happy and beautiful before
796
01:06:32,533 --> 01:06:36,100
Christmas, but sometimes
after Christmas,
797
01:06:36,133 --> 01:06:38,733
things can go terribly wrong.
798
01:06:39,700 --> 01:06:43,233
♪ The eighth day
after Christmas, ♪
799
01:06:43,266 --> 01:06:47,166
♪ before they
could suspect, ♪
800
01:06:47,200 --> 01:06:51,033
♪ I bundled up the
8 maids a-milking, ♪
801
01:06:51,066 --> 01:06:54,033
♪ 9 ladies dancing,
10 lords a-leaping, ♪
802
01:06:54,066 --> 01:06:57,633
♪ 11 pipers piping,
12 drummers drumming... ♪
803
01:06:57,666 --> 01:07:01,533
♪ well, actually, I kept
one of the drummers. ♪
804
01:07:03,466 --> 01:07:08,100
♪ And sent
them back collect. ♪
805
01:07:08,133 --> 01:07:10,100
♪ I wrote my true love,
"We are through, love"! ♪
806
01:07:10,133 --> 01:07:17,833
♪ And I said,
in so many words, ♪
807
01:07:17,866 --> 01:07:25,866
♪ "Furthermore, your Christmas
gifts are for the birds." ♪♪♪
808
01:07:27,866 --> 01:07:33,133
♪♪♪
809
01:07:38,833 --> 01:07:41,433
Every year, Mack and Ryan find
810
01:07:41,466 --> 01:07:44,366
some unexpected gem.
A tune we love but haven't
811
01:07:44,400 --> 01:07:47,300
heard for a while.
812
01:07:47,333 --> 01:07:49,900
And with it comes
loads of nostalgia.
813
01:07:51,133 --> 01:07:53,033
♪ Over the river and
through the wood, ♪
814
01:07:53,066 --> 01:07:55,533
♪ to Grandmother's
house we go. ♪
815
01:07:55,566 --> 01:07:58,466
♪ The horse knows the way
to carry the sleigh ♪
816
01:07:58,500 --> 01:08:01,066
♪ through the white
and drifted snow. ♪
817
01:08:01,100 --> 01:08:03,733
♪ Over the river and
through the wood, ♪
818
01:08:03,766 --> 01:08:05,166
♪ oh, how the
wind does blow. ♪
819
01:08:05,200 --> 01:08:09,266
♪ It stings the toes and
bites the nose ♪
820
01:08:09,300 --> 01:08:12,833
♪ as over the
ground we go. ♪♪♪
821
01:08:12,866 --> 01:08:20,866
♪♪♪
822
01:08:26,166 --> 01:08:30,566
♪ And what to my wondering
eyes should appear, ♪
823
01:08:30,600 --> 01:08:37,566
♪ but a miniature sleigh
and eight tiny reindeer. ♪
824
01:08:37,600 --> 01:08:42,600
♪ With a little old driver,
so lively and quick, ♪
825
01:08:42,633 --> 01:08:49,066
♪ that I knew right away
that it must be St. Nick. ♪
826
01:08:49,100 --> 01:08:53,133
♪ More rapid than eagles,
his coursers, they came. ♪
827
01:08:53,166 --> 01:08:57,300
♪ And he whistled and shouted
and called them by name. ♪
828
01:08:57,333 --> 01:09:00,833
♪ Now, Dasher, now, Dancer,
now, Prancer, now, Vixen. ♪
829
01:09:00,866 --> 01:09:08,133
♪ On Comet, on Cupid,
on Donner and Blitzen. ♪
830
01:09:08,166 --> 01:09:12,166
♪ To the top of the
porch, to the top of the wall, ♪
831
01:09:12,200 --> 01:09:20,200
♪ dash away,
dash away, dash away all. ♪
832
01:09:20,866 --> 01:09:22,709
The message is unmistakable.
833
01:09:22,733 --> 01:09:25,500
Christmas, and singing
Christmas music,
834
01:09:25,533 --> 01:09:27,600
are for everyone.
835
01:09:27,633 --> 01:09:30,333
And if you attend
a concert here,
836
01:09:30,366 --> 01:09:31,366
"everyone" may mean you.
837
01:09:31,400 --> 01:09:32,542
Good evening, ladies and
838
01:09:32,566 --> 01:09:33,933
gentlemen.
839
01:09:33,966 --> 01:09:35,966
Christmas is a time of music
and singing,
840
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:38,366
and not just listening.
841
01:09:38,400 --> 01:09:41,766
So for the first time in...
Well, as long as I can
842
01:09:41,800 --> 01:09:43,609
remember, we'd like to
invite you to sing with us.
843
01:09:44,933 --> 01:09:47,133
♪ Dashing through the snow
in a one-horse open sleigh. ♪
844
01:09:47,166 --> 01:09:51,500
♪ O'er the fields we go,
laughing all the way. ♪
845
01:09:51,533 --> 01:09:55,200
♪ Bells on bob-tails ring,
making spirits bright. ♪
846
01:09:55,233 --> 01:09:59,433
♪ What fun it is to ride and
sing a sleighing song tonight. ♪
847
01:09:59,466 --> 01:10:01,100
♪ Oh... ♪
848
01:10:01,133 --> 01:10:02,576
And if you do sing,
849
01:10:02,600 --> 01:10:04,600
you'll be in very good company.
850
01:10:04,633 --> 01:10:07,200
♪ O'er the fields we go,
laughing all the way. ♪
851
01:10:07,233 --> 01:10:10,400
♪ Bells on bob-tails ring,
making spirits bright. ♪
852
01:10:10,433 --> 01:10:13,266
♪ What fun it is to ride and
sing a sleighing song tonight. ♪
853
01:10:13,300 --> 01:10:17,000
♪ Oh, jingle bells, jingle
bells, jingle all the way. ♪
854
01:10:17,033 --> 01:10:18,333
♪ Jingle all the way. ♪
855
01:10:18,366 --> 01:10:20,409
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride in
a one-horse open sleigh. ♪
856
01:10:20,433 --> 01:10:23,200
♪ Jingle bells, jingle bells,
jingle all the way. ♪
857
01:10:23,233 --> 01:10:27,200
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride in
a one horse open sleigh. ♪
858
01:10:27,233 --> 01:10:30,300
In the Conference Center,
859
01:10:30,333 --> 01:10:33,066
singing carols together
is a lot like
860
01:10:33,100 --> 01:10:35,800
being in a sleigh together.
861
01:10:35,833 --> 01:10:40,400
And that, in the
end, is Christmas.
862
01:10:40,433 --> 01:10:44,233
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride
in a one-horse open sleigh. ♪
863
01:10:44,266 --> 01:10:52,266
♪ Oh, what fun it is to ride in
a one-horse open sleigh. ♪
864
01:10:53,400 --> 01:10:54,742
It's Christmas for everyone,
865
01:10:54,766 --> 01:10:57,066
including a few of the
people in your neighborhood.
866
01:10:57,100 --> 01:10:59,300
♪ In a one horse
open sleigh, hey! ♪
867
01:10:59,666 --> 01:11:01,142
Oh, come on, Cookie.
868
01:11:01,166 --> 01:11:02,409
I'm sure there are a lot
of things you like about
869
01:11:02,433 --> 01:11:03,233
Christmas.
870
01:11:03,266 --> 01:11:04,100
How about this?
871
01:11:04,133 --> 01:11:05,276
What, what, what?
872
01:11:05,300 --> 01:11:07,400
♪ Everyone who likes giving
gifts, say "I." ♪
873
01:11:07,433 --> 01:11:08,200
I.
874
01:11:08,233 --> 01:11:08,600
I.
875
01:11:08,633 --> 01:11:09,633
I.
876
01:11:09,666 --> 01:11:11,633
♪ Everyone who likes giving
gifts, say "I." ♪
877
01:11:11,666 --> 01:11:12,400
I.
878
01:11:12,433 --> 01:11:12,866
I.
879
01:11:12,900 --> 01:11:13,733
I.
880
01:11:13,766 --> 01:11:15,400
♪ Well, if you want to
show it, ♪
881
01:11:15,433 --> 01:11:17,900
♪ then let the
whole world know it. ♪
882
01:11:17,933 --> 01:11:19,900
♪ Everyone who likes giving
gifts, say "I." ♪
883
01:11:19,933 --> 01:11:22,500
Aye yi yi!
884
01:11:22,533 --> 01:11:24,533
Maybe Christmas without
cookies could still
885
01:11:24,566 --> 01:11:25,733
be fun.
886
01:11:25,766 --> 01:11:26,800
Yeah.
887
01:11:26,833 --> 01:11:27,700
When we do things
together, Christmas is lots
888
01:11:27,733 --> 01:11:28,700
of fun.
889
01:11:28,733 --> 01:11:30,176
That's right,
because Christmas is
890
01:11:30,200 --> 01:11:31,666
more than presents.
891
01:11:31,700 --> 01:11:33,276
Yeah, and more
than all the decorations.
892
01:11:33,300 --> 01:11:34,500
And...
893
01:11:34,533 --> 01:11:37,300
More than cookies.
894
01:11:37,333 --> 01:11:39,766
Me see the light!
895
01:11:39,800 --> 01:11:42,700
Christmas about
friends and family.
896
01:11:42,733 --> 01:11:44,433
That's right.
897
01:11:44,466 --> 01:11:45,942
And your friends here have
brought you a little more of
898
01:11:45,966 --> 01:11:47,333
Christmas.
899
01:11:47,366 --> 01:11:48,333
Look at this, Cookie Monster.
900
01:11:48,366 --> 01:11:50,400
Cookies.
901
01:11:50,433 --> 01:11:53,266
Oh boy! Oh boy! Oh boy!
902
01:11:53,300 --> 01:11:55,233
Wait a minute.
903
01:11:55,266 --> 01:11:58,700
Christmas about more than this.
904
01:11:58,733 --> 01:12:02,333
Christmas about sharing.
905
01:12:02,366 --> 01:12:05,833
And me got cookies to share.
906
01:12:05,866 --> 01:12:09,833
There are enough cookies for
Santino and Elmo and Big Bird
907
01:12:09,866 --> 01:12:11,166
and Abby.
908
01:12:11,200 --> 01:12:12,342
Aw, thank
you, Cookie Monster.
909
01:12:12,366 --> 01:12:14,233
Really?
910
01:12:14,266 --> 01:12:15,742
Cookie,
you do realize, if you give
911
01:12:15,766 --> 01:12:18,000
these cookies away, there
won't be as many for you.
912
01:12:18,033 --> 01:12:20,733
Oh,
that's OK, Santino.
913
01:12:20,766 --> 01:12:26,533
Me take one cookie,
and me share the rest.
914
01:12:26,566 --> 01:12:27,933
Are you sure?
915
01:12:27,966 --> 01:12:29,766
Yeah.
916
01:12:29,800 --> 01:12:31,466
Because now me know,
Christmas more than
917
01:12:31,500 --> 01:12:33,733
cookies.
918
01:12:33,766 --> 01:12:36,633
Merry Christmas, everybody!
919
01:12:36,666 --> 01:12:38,242
Everyone, sing along!
920
01:12:38,266 --> 01:12:39,633
um num num num.
921
01:12:39,666 --> 01:12:41,666
♪ Everyone who likes
Christmas, say "I do." ♪
922
01:12:41,700 --> 01:12:42,866
♪ "I do!" ♪
923
01:12:42,900 --> 01:12:46,000
♪ Everyone who likes
Christmas, say "I do!" ♪
924
01:12:46,033 --> 01:12:47,533
♪ "I do!" ♪
925
01:12:47,566 --> 01:12:49,400
♪ If you have the
Christmas spirit,
926
01:12:49,433 --> 01:12:51,666
♪ let everybody hear it. ♪
927
01:12:51,700 --> 01:12:56,366
♪ Everyone who likes Christmas,
everyone who likes Christmas, ♪
928
01:12:56,400 --> 01:13:04,400
♪ everyone who likes
Christmas, say "I do!" ♪
929
01:13:05,133 --> 01:13:08,000
♪ Everyone who likes
Christmas, say "I do!" ♪
930
01:13:08,033 --> 01:13:10,000
♪ Me do. ♪♪♪
931
01:13:19,100 --> 01:13:22,533
Fun, right?
932
01:13:22,566 --> 01:13:26,233
Listening to these walls
talk, you can't help but
933
01:13:26,266 --> 01:13:28,176
notice that one of the
loudest voices belongs to the
934
01:13:28,200 --> 01:13:31,966
ranks of pipes behind me,
andit only takes one concert to
935
01:13:32,000 --> 01:13:35,966
figure that out.
936
01:13:36,000 --> 01:13:37,676
The original organ solo
always seems to steal the
937
01:13:37,700 --> 01:13:39,900
show.
938
01:13:41,300 --> 01:13:47,800
From "12 days of Christmas" with
Sesame Street's Count von Count
939
01:13:47,833 --> 01:13:55,766
to carols with bells,
940
01:13:55,800 --> 01:14:02,866
rotating organists
941
01:14:02,900 --> 01:14:10,900
and drums
942
01:14:10,966 --> 01:14:14,566
and a bluegrass band,
943
01:14:19,233 --> 01:14:22,400
Organ solos in these Christmas
concerts are moments that make
944
01:14:22,433 --> 01:14:30,366
everyone sit up,
marvel, and even cheer.
945
01:14:34,833 --> 01:14:37,566
The organist is
my friend Richard Elliott,
946
01:14:37,600 --> 01:14:41,400
who knows how to turn the
organ into a symphony.
947
01:14:41,433 --> 01:14:43,800
Here's a brand new
performance he created just
948
01:14:43,833 --> 01:14:46,266
for us.
949
01:14:46,300 --> 01:14:49,966
Prepare to be wowed!
950
01:14:57,966 --> 01:15:05,966
♪♪♪
951
01:16:12,833 --> 01:16:20,833
♪♪♪
952
01:16:24,433 --> 01:16:26,309
So what would the walls of this
953
01:16:26,333 --> 01:16:28,900
building tell us up
here on the rooftop?
954
01:16:28,933 --> 01:16:32,833
For one thing, they'd tell us
that what has flowed out of
955
01:16:32,866 --> 01:16:35,200
this building is not just
thrilling music,
956
01:16:35,233 --> 01:16:37,133
but also inspiring stories.
957
01:16:37,166 --> 01:16:40,366
Christmas stories read and
performed by gifted film and
958
01:16:40,400 --> 01:16:44,566
television actors and
trusted newscasters.
959
01:16:44,600 --> 01:16:47,366
And the stories always
feature an original
960
01:16:47,400 --> 01:16:52,100
orchestral score with
singing by the choir.
961
01:16:52,133 --> 01:16:54,600
One year, the choir
recounted why Charles Dickens
962
01:16:54,633 --> 01:16:58,000
wrote "A Christmas Carol,"
and how the character Scrooge
963
01:16:58,033 --> 01:17:01,000
was a reflection of Dickens'
own awakening to the
964
01:17:01,033 --> 01:17:02,966
blessings of Christmas.
965
01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:04,309
Oh, I always
said Christmas is a wonder, sir,
966
01:17:04,333 --> 01:17:07,133
what with all its
merriment and whatnot.
967
01:17:07,166 --> 01:17:09,566
You've seen
practically nothing.
968
01:17:09,600 --> 01:17:10,400
I haven't?
969
01:17:10,433 --> 01:17:11,966
No.
You haven't.
970
01:17:12,000 --> 01:17:14,233
Look out there.
971
01:17:14,266 --> 01:17:15,700
I can't see anything.
972
01:17:15,733 --> 01:17:18,400
Well, of
course you can't.
973
01:17:18,433 --> 01:17:19,709
From where you are,
there's nothing to see but
974
01:17:19,733 --> 01:17:20,933
yourself.
975
01:17:20,966 --> 01:17:22,366
Hold onto my robe.
976
01:17:22,400 --> 01:17:23,733
Come on, now.
977
01:17:23,766 --> 01:17:24,666
A breeze.
978
01:17:24,700 --> 01:17:26,600
Ah!
979
01:17:28,100 --> 01:17:29,800
Ah! Ah!
980
01:17:29,833 --> 01:17:32,533
Wee!
981
01:17:34,733 --> 01:17:38,066
Yes!
982
01:17:42,700 --> 01:17:47,733
This is the wonder, seeing
things as they really are.
983
01:17:47,766 --> 01:17:49,266
Look.
984
01:17:49,300 --> 01:17:51,033
Look at the city from here.
985
01:17:51,066 --> 01:17:52,776
Yes, and what
do you see, my good man?
986
01:17:52,800 --> 01:17:54,733
I see
houses and houses.
987
01:17:54,766 --> 01:17:56,700
So many houses.
988
01:17:56,733 --> 01:17:58,633
Because there
are so many people.
989
01:17:58,666 --> 01:17:59,700
People?
990
01:17:59,733 --> 01:18:00,866
Yes.
991
01:18:00,900 --> 01:18:02,700
And all of them buying books.
992
01:18:02,733 --> 01:18:04,933
Oh, it's
not about books.
993
01:18:07,966 --> 01:18:11,166
See the people,
Charles, with their lives.
994
01:18:11,200 --> 01:18:12,333
Lives?
995
01:18:12,366 --> 01:18:15,800
And troubles,
like you.
996
01:18:15,833 --> 01:18:17,109
All of the stories are about
997
01:18:17,133 --> 01:18:20,800
people and the Christmas
spirit in their hearts,
998
01:18:20,833 --> 01:18:23,800
such as Henry van Dyke's
"The Other Wise Man"
999
01:18:23,833 --> 01:18:27,733
and the inspiring characters
of the Nativity.
1000
01:18:27,766 --> 01:18:30,833
Many stories have been about
children, including one
1001
01:18:30,866 --> 01:18:34,933
from the treasury of
Hans Christian Andersen.
1002
01:18:34,966 --> 01:18:39,200
Bowing
her head, warm tears fell
1003
01:18:39,233 --> 01:18:42,166
onto her freezing hands,
and she covered the last
1004
01:18:42,200 --> 01:18:45,666
of her matches.
1005
01:18:45,700 --> 01:18:49,766
Fire in the stove,
a feast on the table,
1006
01:18:49,800 --> 01:18:51,833
lights on the tree.
1007
01:18:51,866 --> 01:18:56,566
"How could this be gone?"
she wondered.
1008
01:18:56,600 --> 01:19:01,933
There was something real in
them, something alive,
1009
01:19:01,966 --> 01:19:05,066
something waiting.
1010
01:19:05,100 --> 01:19:12,566
Believing as a child, she
lifted the remaining matches
1011
01:19:12,600 --> 01:19:16,166
and spoke to them, saying,
"Can you bring Christmas back?
1012
01:19:16,200 --> 01:19:21,100
Can you give me that
beautiful world again?"
1013
01:19:21,133 --> 01:19:25,166
With a prayer pounding in
her heart, she scraped the
1014
01:19:25,200 --> 01:19:29,466
matches against the stone
wall, all of them at once.
1015
01:19:33,333 --> 01:19:38,266
For a moment, nothing came
1016
01:19:38,300 --> 01:19:43,866
But then slowly, a single
flame took hold and
1017
01:19:43,900 --> 01:19:47,366
burst into a bouquet of fire.
1018
01:19:47,400 --> 01:19:49,109
"Good King Wenceslas,"
originally
1019
01:19:49,133 --> 01:19:52,300
written as a parable for
children, also became a
1020
01:19:52,333 --> 01:19:56,033
Christmas carol, and it was
presented with picture book
1021
01:19:56,066 --> 01:19:58,133
illustrations.
1022
01:19:58,166 --> 01:20:00,633
From the
corner of the cottage,
1023
01:20:00,666 --> 01:20:05,566
good King Wenceslas watched the
boy dance and smiled to himself.
1024
01:20:05,600 --> 01:20:08,600
The boy was taking the hands
of the children and leading
1025
01:20:08,633 --> 01:20:12,200
each one, just as
he had been led.
1026
01:20:12,233 --> 01:20:15,066
Their sweet, innocent
laughter was the music of
1027
01:20:15,100 --> 01:20:17,633
Christmas, filling the room
and ringing through the
1028
01:20:17,666 --> 01:20:20,566
forest.
1029
01:20:20,600 --> 01:20:24,200
In time, the King and his
pageboy reluctantly left the
1030
01:20:24,233 --> 01:20:28,066
warm cottage and ventured
once more across the snowy
1031
01:20:28,100 --> 01:20:30,900
fields.
1032
01:20:30,933 --> 01:20:34,233
Side by side, they strode,
now heedless of the cold
1033
01:20:34,266 --> 01:20:38,733
night air, and the King knew
that it was not too late.
1034
01:20:38,766 --> 01:20:41,800
Now, the blessings of
Christmas had come to all of
1035
01:20:41,833 --> 01:20:47,100
his kingdom, because they
had come to the boy.
1036
01:20:47,133 --> 01:20:48,609
Many of the stories
1037
01:20:48,633 --> 01:20:49,933
have been about families.
1038
01:20:49,966 --> 01:20:52,666
Through the
long winter, she and her
1039
01:20:52,700 --> 01:20:55,933
father would often sit around
their fire, talking and
1040
01:20:55,966 --> 01:21:00,600
listening to the cold
wind blow outside.
1041
01:21:00,633 --> 01:21:03,666
On these evenings, her father
would sometimes look at her
1042
01:21:03,700 --> 01:21:06,300
and pause.
1043
01:21:06,333 --> 01:21:08,933
So much like her mother.
1044
01:21:08,966 --> 01:21:11,600
The same bright smile.
1045
01:21:11,633 --> 01:21:14,233
The same dark eyes.
1046
01:21:14,266 --> 01:21:15,542
Some of the stories
1047
01:21:15,566 --> 01:21:18,333
have been favorites for many
years, like Pearl Buck's
1048
01:21:18,366 --> 01:21:21,666
story of the farm boy who got
up early to milk the cows as
1049
01:21:21,700 --> 01:21:24,633
a Christmas gift for his father.
1050
01:21:24,666 --> 01:21:26,900
Robert?
1051
01:21:26,933 --> 01:21:28,833
Yes, Dad?
1052
01:21:28,866 --> 01:21:32,433
His father was laughing,
a strange, sobbing sort of
1053
01:21:32,466 --> 01:21:34,166
laugh.
1054
01:21:34,200 --> 01:21:36,700
You thought you'd
fool me, did you?
1055
01:21:36,733 --> 01:21:39,433
His father was standing by
his bed feeling for him,
1056
01:21:39,466 --> 01:21:41,266
pulling away the covers.
1057
01:21:41,300 --> 01:21:44,266
It's for Christmas, Rob
cried, finding his father
1058
01:21:44,300 --> 01:21:46,500
and clutching him
in a great hug.
1059
01:21:46,533 --> 01:21:49,866
He felt his father's arms
around him in the dark.
1060
01:21:49,900 --> 01:21:52,933
Son, I thank you.
1061
01:21:52,966 --> 01:21:56,233
Nobody ever did a nicer thing.
1062
01:21:56,266 --> 01:21:58,666
Oh, Dad, Rob said.
1063
01:21:58,700 --> 01:22:00,866
I just want to be good.
1064
01:22:00,900 --> 01:22:02,376
And then there was the classic
1065
01:22:02,400 --> 01:22:08,000
O. Henry story of Christmas
gifts gone wrong and right.
1066
01:22:08,033 --> 01:22:10,076
The best gifts, you see, do not
1067
01:22:10,100 --> 01:22:13,300
come in packages at all.
1068
01:22:13,333 --> 01:22:16,700
What makes them valuable is
not what they cost to buy
1069
01:22:16,733 --> 01:22:19,866
but what they cost to give.
1070
01:22:19,900 --> 01:22:21,442
Many inspiring stories have
1071
01:22:21,466 --> 01:22:27,166
been found in history, including
one from the history of music.
1072
01:22:27,200 --> 01:22:30,000
In late
August, Handel picked up his
1073
01:22:30,033 --> 01:22:33,066
pen and began composing
what would become
1074
01:22:33,100 --> 01:22:36,633
a 260-page score.
1075
01:22:36,666 --> 01:22:40,100
But not without a struggle.
1076
01:22:40,133 --> 01:22:43,300
Suffering from rheumatism,
the paralyzing effects of a
1077
01:22:43,333 --> 01:22:47,133
stroke, and the psychological
burden of enormous personal
1078
01:22:47,166 --> 01:22:50,200
debt, Handel wrote.
1079
01:22:50,233 --> 01:22:54,300
Day by day, note by note, he
depicted a Messiah who would
1080
01:22:54,333 --> 01:22:59,200
bear the griefs and sorrows
of all people everywhere,
1081
01:22:59,233 --> 01:23:02,833
including his own.
1082
01:23:02,866 --> 01:23:04,933
♪♪♪
1083
01:23:06,466 --> 01:23:14,200
♪ Surely, surely he hath
borne our griefs, ♪
1084
01:23:14,233 --> 01:23:19,466
♪ And carried our sorrows, ♪
1085
01:23:19,500 --> 01:23:22,900
♪ Surely, surely... ♪
1086
01:23:22,933 --> 01:23:25,900
Choir members were especially
1087
01:23:25,933 --> 01:23:27,866
grateful to share the
beginnings of the
1088
01:23:27,900 --> 01:23:32,500
Tabernacle Choir in a
Christmas setting.
1089
01:23:32,533 --> 01:23:35,500
With few
earthly belongings, but laden
1090
01:23:35,533 --> 01:23:42,033
with heavenly gifts, John
and Mary joined 249 of their
1091
01:23:42,066 --> 01:23:49,466
countrymen and boarded a
ship bound for America.
1092
01:23:49,500 --> 01:23:53,200
Out on the open sea,
John organized other Welsh
1093
01:23:53,233 --> 01:23:56,366
passengers into a choir.
1094
01:23:56,400 --> 01:23:59,700
Singing mixed their hearts
together and bolstered their
1095
01:23:59,733 --> 01:24:03,000
faith.
1096
01:24:03,033 --> 01:24:07,366
John's little Welsh choir
pushed on, singing as they
1097
01:24:07,400 --> 01:24:10,766
crossed the Western plains.
1098
01:24:10,800 --> 01:24:14,233
Along the trail, travelers
from other nations
1099
01:24:14,266 --> 01:24:17,766
put their heads out of
their wagons to hear the
1100
01:24:17,800 --> 01:24:19,900
music.
1101
01:24:19,933 --> 01:24:24,866
Some would come running just
to be near the singers.
1102
01:24:24,900 --> 01:24:28,466
When asked where their choir
had learned to sing and who
1103
01:24:28,500 --> 01:24:34,400
had taught them, one traveler
recorded, "The hills of
1104
01:24:34,433 --> 01:24:41,033
Wales were their schoolhouse
and the spirit of God was
1105
01:24:41,066 --> 01:24:45,133
their teacher."
1106
01:24:45,166 --> 01:24:49,300
That spirit was felt whenever
they sang a word from
1107
01:24:49,333 --> 01:24:55,533
their countrymen,
words they knew by heart.
1108
01:24:55,566 --> 01:24:57,433
♪♪♪
1109
01:25:00,666 --> 01:25:04,533
♪ Guide us, O,
thou great Jehovah. ♪
1110
01:25:04,566 --> 01:25:10,033
♪ Guide us to
the promised land. ♪
1111
01:25:10,066 --> 01:25:13,633
♪ We are weak, but thou... ♪
1112
01:25:13,666 --> 01:25:15,242
Three stories have
1113
01:25:15,266 --> 01:25:17,300
been told about finding
and keeping the spirit of
1114
01:25:17,333 --> 01:25:21,233
Christmas alive in war time.
1115
01:25:21,266 --> 01:25:24,000
Two British officers ventured
1116
01:25:24,033 --> 01:25:27,233
over to the German line and,
against orders, arranged a
1117
01:25:27,266 --> 01:25:30,133
Christmas truce.
1118
01:25:30,166 --> 01:25:33,900
But the negotiation was a
mere formality by then.
1119
01:25:33,933 --> 01:25:37,966
Up and down the trenches, men
from both sides already had
1120
01:25:38,000 --> 01:25:42,433
begun crossing the line to
join in the celebration.
1121
01:25:42,466 --> 01:25:45,766
Lieutenant Sir Edward
Hulse "assaulted" the enemy
1122
01:25:45,800 --> 01:25:48,033
with music.
1123
01:25:48,066 --> 01:25:50,800
In a letter to his mother, he
wrote, "We're going to give
1124
01:25:50,833 --> 01:25:54,800
the enemy every conceivable
song from carols to
1125
01:25:54,833 --> 01:25:56,733
Tipperary."
1126
01:25:56,766 --> 01:25:58,733
The Germans
responded with a Christmas
1127
01:25:58,766 --> 01:26:00,833
concert of their own.
1128
01:26:00,866 --> 01:26:04,400
It was not long before
the cold air rang with
1129
01:26:04,433 --> 01:26:08,133
everything from "Good King
Wenceslas" to
1130
01:26:08,166 --> 01:26:11,533
"Auld Lang Syne."
1131
01:26:11,566 --> 01:26:15,766
♪♪♪
1132
01:26:15,800 --> 01:26:17,209
This story included
1133
01:26:17,233 --> 01:26:20,500
pictures of choir members'
great-grandparents, who once
1134
01:26:20,533 --> 01:26:23,533
fought in the Great War.
1135
01:26:23,566 --> 01:26:30,033
♪ Glo-r-ia... ♪
1136
01:26:30,066 --> 01:26:33,966
>> A renowned historian told how
one American Christmas carol had
1137
01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:36,666
an influence in World War II.
1138
01:26:36,700 --> 01:26:40,900
Shortly before Christmas 1941,
1139
01:26:40,933 --> 01:26:45,666
Prime Minister Winston
Churchill, at considerable
personal risk,
1140
01:26:45,700 --> 01:26:48,766
crossed the Atlantic
in great secrecy to meet
1141
01:26:48,800 --> 01:26:53,566
with President Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
1142
01:26:53,600 --> 01:26:56,366
The attack on Pearl Harbor
had taken place only weeks
1143
01:26:56,400 --> 01:26:58,066
before.
1144
01:26:58,100 --> 01:27:02,000
On Christmas Eve, from a
balcony at the White House,
1145
01:27:02,033 --> 01:27:06,400
the two leaders spoke to a
crowd of 20,000 gathered in
1146
01:27:06,433 --> 01:27:08,866
the twilight.
1147
01:27:08,900 --> 01:27:11,266
Churchill began his remarks.
1148
01:27:11,300 --> 01:27:14,266
Here he was, he said, far
from his own country,
1149
01:27:14,300 --> 01:27:18,333
far from his family, "...yet I
cannot truthfully say that
1150
01:27:18,366 --> 01:27:21,033
I feel far from home.
1151
01:27:21,066 --> 01:27:24,833
Here in the midst of war,
raging, roaring over all the
1152
01:27:24,866 --> 01:27:28,266
lands and seas, creeping
nearer to our hearts
1153
01:27:28,300 --> 01:27:33,333
and homes, here amid all
the tumult, we have tonight
1154
01:27:33,366 --> 01:27:37,133
the peace of the spirit
in each cottage and every
1155
01:27:37,166 --> 01:27:40,233
generous heart.
1156
01:27:40,266 --> 01:27:43,200
Here then, for one night
only, should be a brightly
1157
01:27:43,233 --> 01:27:48,733
lighted island of happiness
and peace."
1158
01:27:48,766 --> 01:27:52,533
The following morning, Christmas
day, the prime minister and the
1159
01:27:52,566 --> 01:27:57,166
president went to church,
where, with the congregation,
1160
01:27:57,200 --> 01:28:00,966
they joined in singing
"O Little Town of Bethlehem,"
1161
01:28:01,000 --> 01:28:07,700
which Churchill had
never heard before.
1162
01:28:07,733 --> 01:28:15,733
♪ O little town of
Bethlehem, how still we see... ♪
1163
01:28:17,166 --> 01:28:18,809
There was the true story
1164
01:28:18,833 --> 01:28:21,833
of American pilot Gail
Halvorsen who, during the
1165
01:28:21,866 --> 01:28:25,200
Berlin airlift, gave two
sticks of gum to children
1166
01:28:25,233 --> 01:28:28,966
behind enemy lines, then
dropped them candy with
1167
01:28:29,000 --> 01:28:32,800
homemade parachutes and
inspired giving throughout
1168
01:28:32,833 --> 01:28:34,933
the world.
1169
01:28:34,966 --> 01:28:37,233
Soon hundreds
of airmen were donating
1170
01:28:37,266 --> 01:28:41,066
rations, Operation Little
Vittles quickly captured the
1171
01:28:41,100 --> 01:28:44,133
imagination of
people everywhere.
1172
01:28:44,166 --> 01:28:46,133
Candy and handkerchiefs
poured in from around the
1173
01:28:46,166 --> 01:28:48,200
world.
1174
01:28:48,233 --> 01:28:51,366
Hal became known as
"The Candy Bomber" and
1175
01:28:51,400 --> 01:28:53,866
"The Chocolate Pilot."
1176
01:28:53,900 --> 01:28:56,600
Across West Berlin, children
gathered to catch the
1177
01:28:56,633 --> 01:29:00,300
parachutes and share the candy
with each other,
1178
01:29:00,333 --> 01:29:03,266
and they sent hundreds
of thank you letters,
1179
01:29:03,300 --> 01:29:07,400
like the one addressed to
"Dear Onkel of the heaven."
1180
01:29:07,433 --> 01:29:09,966
Some included maps and
instructions: "Fly along the
1181
01:29:10,000 --> 01:29:13,766
big canal to the second bridge.
1182
01:29:13,800 --> 01:29:17,100
Turn right one block.
1183
01:29:17,133 --> 01:29:19,433
I live in the bombed-out
house on the corner.
1184
01:29:19,466 --> 01:29:22,100
I'll be in the backyard
every day at 2:00 p.m.
1185
01:29:22,133 --> 01:29:25,366
Drop the chocolate there."
1186
01:29:26,766 --> 01:29:28,766
Day by day, the
parachutes brought peace,
1187
01:29:28,800 --> 01:29:31,233
and the candy renewed hope.
1188
01:29:31,266 --> 01:29:33,833
The children made friends of
their former enemies,
1189
01:29:33,866 --> 01:29:36,966
and their parents'
hearts were softened.
1190
01:29:37,000 --> 01:29:40,500
The wounds of war began to heal.
1191
01:29:40,533 --> 01:29:43,600
By December, the Little
Vittles Operation had
1192
01:29:43,633 --> 01:29:47,533
gathered 18 tons of candy from
American candy makers,
1193
01:29:47,566 --> 01:29:51,766
and three more tons
came in from private donors.
1194
01:29:51,800 --> 01:29:54,000
The spirit of Christmas
was descending on people
1195
01:29:54,033 --> 01:29:58,533
everywhere, lifting them
up in the joy of giving.
1196
01:29:58,566 --> 01:30:03,700
♪♪♪
1197
01:30:11,733 --> 01:30:14,900
♪♪♪
1198
01:30:14,933 --> 01:30:22,300
♪ From Heav'n on high
to all the earth ♪
1199
01:30:22,333 --> 01:30:30,233
♪ Descend these angels
at His birth. ♪
1200
01:30:30,266 --> 01:30:38,266
♪ Come down, ye seraphs
bright and fair, ♪
1201
01:30:38,933 --> 01:30:46,933
♪ Sing forth glad
tidings in the air. ♪
1202
01:30:47,366 --> 01:30:49,900
Perhaps we shouldn't be
1203
01:30:49,933 --> 01:30:52,733
surprised that in times of
war and suffering,
1204
01:30:52,766 --> 01:30:56,133
the spirit of Christmas
is needed most.
1205
01:30:56,166 --> 01:31:00,200
In mid-November 1873, an ocean
1206
01:31:00,233 --> 01:31:03,733
liner, the Ville du Havre,
set sail from New York bound
1207
01:31:03,766 --> 01:31:08,533
for France with 313
passengers on board.
1208
01:31:08,566 --> 01:31:13,900
One can imagine their festive
Atlantic crossing with
1209
01:31:13,933 --> 01:31:15,809
ribbons of red, swags of
evergreen, and Christmas
1210
01:31:15,833 --> 01:31:18,600
carols wafting through a
dining room sparkling with
1211
01:31:18,633 --> 01:31:21,400
candlelight.
1212
01:31:21,433 --> 01:31:24,700
But at about 2 o'clock in the
morning, they were suddenly
1213
01:31:24,733 --> 01:31:28,366
jolted awake in their berths.
1214
01:31:28,400 --> 01:31:32,133
Despite a clear, starry
sky, the Ville du Havre had
1215
01:31:32,166 --> 01:31:35,866
inexplicably collided
with the Loch Earn, an
1216
01:31:35,900 --> 01:31:39,966
iron-hulled Scottish clipper.
1217
01:31:40,000 --> 01:31:47,100
"When peace like a river
attendeth my way,
1218
01:31:47,133 --> 01:31:55,133
when sorrows like sea billows
roll, whatever my lot,
1219
01:31:55,633 --> 01:32:02,833
thou hast taught
me to say, 'It is well.
1220
01:32:02,866 --> 01:32:05,400
it is well with my soul.'"
1221
01:32:05,433 --> 01:32:07,676
And that was the conclusion
drawn
1222
01:32:07,700 --> 01:32:10,666
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow at
Christmas time.
1223
01:32:10,700 --> 01:32:13,733
Reading
his words today, we ask when
1224
01:32:13,766 --> 01:32:17,500
conflict rages and pain,
grief, and loneliness
1225
01:32:17,533 --> 01:32:24,300
overwhelm us, "where is the
music of hope and peace?"
1226
01:32:24,333 --> 01:32:28,600
For Henry, the answer to
that question has everything
1227
01:32:28,633 --> 01:32:32,666
to do with Christmas.
After Fanny's death, he had
1228
01:32:32,700 --> 01:32:35,466
written, "...so strong is the
sense of her presence upon me
1229
01:32:35,500 --> 01:32:37,242
that I should hardly be
surprised to look up now and
1230
01:32:37,266 --> 01:32:40,533
see her in the room.
1231
01:32:40,566 --> 01:32:44,400
Death is a beginning,
not an end."
1232
01:32:44,433 --> 01:32:49,533
On that Christmas morning, it is
clear to Henry that war, injury,
1233
01:32:49,566 --> 01:32:52,700
and even death are not the end.
1234
01:32:52,733 --> 01:32:55,800
The rising sun turns the icy
river to silver,
1235
01:32:55,833 --> 01:32:59,800
and the windows of the
Longfellow home to gold.
1236
01:32:59,833 --> 01:33:03,000
Henry's children, bundled in
winter wool, are whisked past
1237
01:33:03,033 --> 01:33:07,500
snowy fields through wooded
hills and valleys along the
1238
01:33:07,533 --> 01:33:10,000
road to home.
1239
01:33:10,033 --> 01:33:13,200
They look up, blinking and
giggling in the falling
1240
01:33:13,233 --> 01:33:16,633
snow, and they hear the
sounds that make Christmas
1241
01:33:16,666 --> 01:33:18,666
Christmas.
1242
01:33:18,700 --> 01:33:21,400
They hear the bells.
1243
01:33:21,433 --> 01:33:23,900
From his desk, Henry
hears them, too.
1244
01:33:23,933 --> 01:33:31,133
Renewed, he plunges his pen
into fresh ink, joyfully
1245
01:33:31,166 --> 01:33:32,776
drawing it across a sheet
of snow white paper.
1246
01:33:34,366 --> 01:33:38,900
♪ I heard the bells
on Christmas day. ♪
1247
01:33:38,933 --> 01:33:45,066
♪ Their old
familiar carols play. ♪
1248
01:33:45,100 --> 01:33:51,433
♪ And mild and sweet,
the words repeat ♪
1249
01:33:51,466 --> 01:33:58,500
♪ of peace on earth,
good will to men. ♪
1250
01:33:58,533 --> 01:33:59,900
In those bells,
1251
01:33:59,933 --> 01:34:01,533
the message is clear.
1252
01:34:01,566 --> 01:34:05,100
On Christmas day, a child
was born in a stable.
1253
01:34:05,133 --> 01:34:08,000
Of that Child, Henry
writes, "Though in a manger
1254
01:34:08,033 --> 01:34:13,466
Thou draw breath, Thou art
greater than life and death."
1255
01:34:13,500 --> 01:34:16,966
And so He is.
1256
01:34:17,000 --> 01:34:21,766
♪ Then rang the bells
more loud and deep. ♪
1257
01:34:21,800 --> 01:34:27,700
♪ God is not dead,
nor does he sleep. ♪
1258
01:34:27,733 --> 01:34:33,933
♪ The wrong shall fail, the
right prevail ♪
1259
01:34:33,966 --> 01:34:41,833
♪ with peace on earth,
good will to men. ♪
1260
01:34:41,866 --> 01:34:43,942
As the
bells ring on, Henry dips his
1261
01:34:43,966 --> 01:34:46,900
pen again and again.
1262
01:34:46,933 --> 01:34:49,733
Because Christmas lives on,
Fanny lives on.
1263
01:34:49,766 --> 01:34:51,033
Charles lives on.
1264
01:34:51,066 --> 01:34:52,933
A nation lives on.
1265
01:34:52,966 --> 01:34:57,533
And we, each one of us, may
live on as well
1266
01:34:57,566 --> 01:35:00,900
in hope and peace forever.
1267
01:35:00,933 --> 01:35:06,433
♪ 'til ringing, singing
on its way, ♪
1268
01:35:06,466 --> 01:35:12,033
♪ the world revolved
from night to day. ♪
1269
01:35:12,066 --> 01:35:18,100
♪ A voice, a chime,
a chant sublime ♪
1270
01:35:18,133 --> 01:35:26,133
♪ of peace on earth,
good will to men. ♪
1271
01:35:27,333 --> 01:35:35,333
♪♪♪
1272
01:35:41,200 --> 01:35:49,200
♪ Good will to men. ♪♪♪
1273
01:36:07,666 --> 01:36:15,666
♪♪♪
1274
01:36:24,500 --> 01:36:27,333
At the close of every concert,
1275
01:36:27,366 --> 01:36:32,566
a guest artist shares the
biblical story of the nativity.
1276
01:36:32,600 --> 01:36:36,033
Notwithstanding troubles in
their world, Joseph and Mary
1277
01:36:36,066 --> 01:36:40,600
went up from Galilee to
Bethlehem to be taxed.
1278
01:36:40,633 --> 01:36:45,666
And while they were there,
Mary brought forth her
1279
01:36:45,700 --> 01:36:48,233
firstborn son, wrapped him
in swaddling clothes,
1280
01:36:48,266 --> 01:36:51,600
and laid him in a manger.
1281
01:36:51,633 --> 01:36:54,566
Nearby, shepherds
keeping watch over their
1282
01:36:54,600 --> 01:36:58,000
flock by night must have been
startled when an angel came
1283
01:36:58,033 --> 01:37:00,300
upon them.
1284
01:37:00,333 --> 01:37:04,666
The scripture says
they were sore afraid.
1285
01:37:04,700 --> 01:37:09,833
But the angel said, "fear
not; for behold, I bring you
1286
01:37:09,866 --> 01:37:17,633
good tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all people.
1287
01:37:17,666 --> 01:37:22,866
For unto you is born this
day in the city of David,
1288
01:37:22,900 --> 01:37:30,600
a savior, which is Christ
the Lord."
1289
01:37:30,633 --> 01:37:37,033
And that's what these walls
would tell us, if they could
talk.
1290
01:37:37,066 --> 01:37:40,566
Whatever we believe about the
meaning of Christmas,
1291
01:37:40,600 --> 01:37:44,000
its message is universal.
1292
01:37:44,033 --> 01:37:46,533
That's what the
shepherds learned.
1293
01:37:46,566 --> 01:37:49,400
After they received the
message from the angel,
1294
01:37:49,433 --> 01:37:53,666
a multitude of the heavenly
hosts appeared, praising God
1295
01:37:53,700 --> 01:37:57,633
and saying, "Glory to God in
the highest, and on Earth,
1296
01:37:57,666 --> 01:38:01,133
peace, good will
toward all."
1297
01:38:01,166 --> 01:38:06,966
♪♪♪
1298
01:38:07,000 --> 01:38:12,766
The music, the stories,
the singing, the dancing,
1299
01:38:12,800 --> 01:38:17,533
and the sharing are all a
reminder that the birth of
1300
01:38:17,566 --> 01:38:24,566
Jesus Christ is about peace and
good will for everyone.
1301
01:38:24,600 --> 01:38:28,566
It's why the joy of
Christmas really is
1302
01:38:28,600 --> 01:38:33,200
joy to all the world.
1303
01:38:33,233 --> 01:38:41,233
♪♪♪
1304
01:39:28,833 --> 01:39:36,166
♪ Infant holy,
infant lowly, ♪
1305
01:39:36,200 --> 01:39:43,466
♪ for His bed,
a cattle stall. ♪
1306
01:39:43,500 --> 01:39:51,266
♪ Oxen lowing,
little knowing ♪
1307
01:39:51,300 --> 01:39:59,300
♪ Christ the Babe
is Lord of all. ♪
1308
01:39:59,733 --> 01:40:05,766
♪ Swift are winging,
angels singing, ♪
1309
01:40:05,800 --> 01:40:13,200
♪ noells ringing,
tidings bringing. ♪
1310
01:40:13,233 --> 01:40:21,233
♪ Christ the Babe
is Lord of all. ♪
1311
01:40:21,766 --> 01:40:29,766
♪ Christ the Babe
is Lord of all. ♪
1312
01:40:31,733 --> 01:40:39,733
♪♪♪
1313
01:40:59,366 --> 01:41:05,433
♪ Flocks were sleeping,
shepherds keeping ♪
1314
01:41:05,466 --> 01:41:12,800
♪ vigil till the morning new. ♪
1315
01:41:12,833 --> 01:41:19,266
♪ Saw the glory,
heard he story, ♪
1316
01:41:19,300 --> 01:41:27,300
♪ tidings of a gospel true. ♪
1317
01:41:27,766 --> 01:41:34,266
♪ Thus rejoicing,
free from sorrow ♪
1318
01:41:34,300 --> 01:41:41,033
♪ praises voicing,
greet the morrow. ♪
1319
01:41:41,066 --> 01:41:49,066
♪ Christ the Babe
was born for you. ♪
1320
01:41:53,033 --> 01:42:01,033
♪ Christ the babe
was born for you. ♪
1321
01:42:09,733 --> 01:42:11,266
♪♪♪
1322
01:42:11,300 --> 01:42:19,300
♪ Christ was born for you. ♪♪♪
1323
01:42:30,633 --> 01:42:32,533
♪ Angels from the realms
of Glory ♪
1324
01:42:32,566 --> 01:42:36,200
♪ Wing your flight
o'er all the earth ♪
1325
01:42:36,233 --> 01:42:39,633
♪ Ye who sang
Creation's story ♪
1326
01:42:39,666 --> 01:42:43,533
♪ Now proclaim
Messiah's birth ♪
1327
01:42:43,566 --> 01:42:51,566
♪ Glo-ri-a
in excelsis Deo ♪
1328
01:42:54,766 --> 01:43:02,766
♪ Glo-ri-a
in excelsis Deo ♪
1329
01:43:07,466 --> 01:43:08,833
♪♪♪
1330
01:43:08,866 --> 01:43:13,766
If these walls could talk.
1331
01:43:13,800 --> 01:43:16,966
Tonight, we've remembered
just a few of the joyful
1332
01:43:17,000 --> 01:43:21,366
moments they hold.
1333
01:43:21,400 --> 01:43:24,533
And how much more Christmas
joy is ours when we ask the
1334
01:43:24,566 --> 01:43:29,800
same question about the walls
of our homes, and even the
1335
01:43:29,833 --> 01:43:32,900
recesses of our hearts.
1336
01:43:32,933 --> 01:43:35,600
Perhaps the greatest blessing
of these concerts is the
1337
01:43:35,633 --> 01:43:40,533
reminder that the spirit of
the season is within us,
1338
01:43:40,566 --> 01:43:44,933
and the joy of the season is
awakened whenever we let
1339
01:43:44,966 --> 01:43:47,066
heaven and nature sing the songs
1340
01:43:47,100 --> 01:43:50,866
and carols of Christmas.
1341
01:43:50,900 --> 01:43:55,400
May it ever be so.
1342
01:43:56,800 --> 01:44:00,133
♪ Shepherds in the fields
abiding ♪
1343
01:44:00,166 --> 01:44:04,033
♪ Watching o'er your
flocks by night ♪
1344
01:44:04,066 --> 01:44:08,033
♪ God with man is
now residing ♪
1345
01:44:08,066 --> 01:44:12,033
♪ Yonder shines the
Infant Light ♪
1346
01:44:12,066 --> 01:44:20,066
♪ Glo-ri-a in
excelsis Deo ♪
1347
01:44:24,633 --> 01:44:32,633
♪ Glo-ri-a
in excelsis Deo ♪
1348
01:44:37,333 --> 01:44:40,566
♪ Sages leave your
contemplations ♪
1349
01:44:40,600 --> 01:44:44,533
♪ Brighter visions
beam afar ♪
1350
01:44:44,566 --> 01:44:48,666
♪ Seek the Great Desire
of Nations ♪
1351
01:44:48,700 --> 01:44:53,466
♪ Ye have seen His
natal star ♪
1352
01:44:53,500 --> 01:45:01,500
♪ Glo-ri-a
in excelsis Deo ♪
1353
01:45:05,200 --> 01:45:13,200
♪ Glo-ri-a
in excelsis Deo ♪
1354
01:45:18,300 --> 01:45:22,100
♪ Saints before the
altar bending ♪
1355
01:45:22,133 --> 01:45:28,166
♪ Watching long
in hope and fear ♪
1356
01:45:28,200 --> 01:45:31,866
♪ Suddenly the Lord
descending ♪
1357
01:45:31,900 --> 01:45:37,666
♪ In His temple
shall appear ♪
1358
01:45:37,700 --> 01:45:42,833
♪ Alhough an infant
now we view Him ♪
1359
01:45:42,866 --> 01:45:48,266
♪ He shall fill His
Father's throne ♪
1360
01:45:48,300 --> 01:45:54,233
♪ Gather all the
nations to Him ♪
1361
01:45:54,266 --> 01:46:00,133
♪ Every knee shall
then bow down ♪
1362
01:46:00,166 --> 01:46:08,166
♪ Glo-ri-a
in excelsis Deo ♪
1363
01:46:16,900 --> 01:46:24,900
♪ Glo-ri-a in
excelsis Deo ♪
1364
01:46:37,300 --> 01:46:45,300
♪♪♪
1365
01:46:46,633 --> 01:46:54,633
♪ Glo-ri-a
Gloria Deo ♪♪♪
1366
01:47:33,800 --> 01:47:37,066
See you later, friend.
1367
01:47:37,100 --> 01:47:45,100
♪ Glo-ri-a
in Excelsis Deo ♪♪♪
1368
01:47:59,766 --> 01:48:01,676
For more music from
this performance,
1369
01:48:01,700 --> 01:48:05,766
behind the scenes videos and
information about past concerts,
1370
01:48:05,800 --> 01:48:09,533
Pbs.org/tabernaclechoir
1371
01:48:09,566 --> 01:48:17,566
♪♪♪
1372
01:48:21,233 --> 01:48:29,233
♪ Glo-ri-a
Gloria Deo ♪♪♪
1373
01:48:42,733 --> 01:48:50,733
♪♪♪
1374
01:50:23,166 --> 01:50:26,100
♪ ♪
1375
01:50:26,133 --> 01:50:27,433
Oh wow.
1376
01:50:27,466 --> 01:50:31,333
It feels great to be in a room
with all my friends again.
1377
01:50:31,366 --> 01:50:33,276
I'm really looking forward
to doing this with you guys
1378
01:50:33,300 --> 01:50:36,233
And most of all, let's have
a lot of fun doing it, OK?
1379
01:50:36,266 --> 01:50:38,376
So everybody, let's make
that promise with each other.
1380
01:50:39,800 --> 01:50:42,400
What I like about this show
is that the audience is going
1381
01:50:42,433 --> 01:50:45,566
to get to see under the
hood of what it takes to put
1382
01:50:45,600 --> 01:50:47,700
on a Christmas show like this.
1383
01:50:47,733 --> 01:50:50,166
A little bit of a blizzard
right before you came.
1384
01:50:50,200 --> 01:50:50,866
I saw that.
1385
01:50:50,900 --> 01:50:52,140
I was watching from the corner.
1386
01:50:53,966 --> 01:50:57,466
What it's like
backstage, what it's
1387
01:50:57,500 --> 01:50:59,066
like performing
to an empty house
1388
01:50:59,100 --> 01:51:00,833
as we do when we rehearse...
1389
01:51:03,133 --> 01:51:05,066
Six, take two, mark.
1390
01:51:06,066 --> 01:51:07,342
Doing this concert is
different than usual
1391
01:51:07,366 --> 01:51:09,933
because generally,
you get one take.
1392
01:51:09,966 --> 01:51:13,733
My voice cracked,
I can't do that one.
1393
01:51:13,766 --> 01:51:15,233
Come through this door.
1394
01:51:15,266 --> 01:51:15,966
You get a lot of
1395
01:51:16,000 --> 01:51:17,666
rehearsal, which is fantastic.
1396
01:51:17,700 --> 01:51:19,566
But doing it this
way where we get
1397
01:51:19,600 --> 01:51:21,966
to go back if something's
not quite right,
1398
01:51:22,000 --> 01:51:24,166
it's a little less terrifying.
1399
01:51:24,200 --> 01:51:26,566
And tell us about
the joy that music
1400
01:51:26,600 --> 01:51:30,000
brings into the world
at Christmastime.
1401
01:51:31,233 --> 01:51:32,733
When... here's my door.
1402
01:51:34,000 --> 01:51:35,066
Sorry about that.
1403
01:51:35,100 --> 01:51:36,609
We've got like
1404
01:51:36,633 --> 01:51:39,100
people holding lights,
and these moving shots
1405
01:51:39,133 --> 01:51:40,100
are really complicated.
1406
01:51:40,133 --> 01:51:42,433
It's not just thrilling music.
1407
01:51:42,466 --> 01:51:45,900
We've got Jed on the Steadicam
and he's walking backwards
1408
01:51:45,933 --> 01:51:48,033
while he's doing this.
1409
01:51:48,066 --> 01:51:50,766
And he has to stay in pace.
1410
01:51:50,800 --> 01:51:52,300
We got somebody
on a teleprompter
1411
01:51:52,333 --> 01:51:53,442
and that has to
be working right,
1412
01:51:53,466 --> 01:51:55,433
and then we've got other
camera people down there.
1413
01:51:55,466 --> 01:51:57,366
There are just a lot
of things that need
1414
01:51:57,400 --> 01:51:58,966
to work perfectly together.
1415
01:51:59,000 --> 01:52:02,166
♪♪♪
1416
01:52:02,200 --> 01:52:03,476
People don't appreciate that,
1417
01:52:03,500 --> 01:52:06,366
and they shouldn't because they
should just enjoy the show.
1418
01:52:06,400 --> 01:52:13,100
♪♪♪
1419
01:52:13,133 --> 01:52:15,500
Well, aren't you the surprise?
1420
01:52:15,533 --> 01:52:18,433
♪♪♪
1421
01:52:18,466 --> 01:52:19,300
One of the things
1422
01:52:19,333 --> 01:52:20,700
that is really
great about music is
1423
01:52:20,733 --> 01:52:22,709
it has a way of connecting
people and bringing people
1424
01:52:22,733 --> 01:52:26,033
together in a very
profound and deep way.
1425
01:52:26,066 --> 01:52:30,400
Speaking of matters of the
heart, you hear that music?
1426
01:52:30,433 --> 01:52:32,266
I think I know who that is.
1427
01:52:32,300 --> 01:52:34,100
Mack Wilberg, is that you?
1428
01:52:34,133 --> 01:52:34,866
It's me.
1429
01:52:34,900 --> 01:52:36,000
Ah.
1430
01:52:36,033 --> 01:52:37,342
I love Mack Wilberg
1431
01:52:37,366 --> 01:52:40,233
Mack, it is so great to
be on this stage again.
1432
01:52:40,266 --> 01:52:42,300
And I love conversations
with him about everything.
1433
01:52:42,333 --> 01:52:45,900
I love talking to him about
music because what you hear
1434
01:52:45,933 --> 01:52:50,000
and you feel from his music,
that's who that guy is.
1435
01:52:50,033 --> 01:52:51,500
♪♪♪
1436
01:52:52,600 --> 01:52:55,766
His string writing
is just so luscious.
1437
01:52:55,800 --> 01:52:58,366
He literally writes
every single note
1438
01:52:58,400 --> 01:53:00,533
for each of the members
of the orchestra.
1439
01:53:00,566 --> 01:53:03,066
♪♪♪
1440
01:53:03,100 --> 01:53:06,000
I said, Mack, how
do you get that sound?
1441
01:53:06,033 --> 01:53:08,433
And I'm not sure
if that sound comes
1442
01:53:08,466 --> 01:53:11,133
from specific articulation
that he's using,
1443
01:53:11,166 --> 01:53:13,833
or am I just hearing
this beautiful music
1444
01:53:13,866 --> 01:53:15,666
that is coming straight
from his heart?
1445
01:53:15,700 --> 01:53:22,033
♪♪♪
1446
01:53:28,566 --> 01:53:30,333
It's interesting because
this show wouldn't
1447
01:53:30,366 --> 01:53:35,333
have happened without us being
in this terrible pandemic.
1448
01:53:35,366 --> 01:53:39,733
And it's forced people to become
creative in a different way.
1449
01:53:39,766 --> 01:53:42,833
For about two or three
months in New York City,
1450
01:53:42,866 --> 01:53:45,000
at 7 o'clock every
evening people
1451
01:53:45,033 --> 01:53:48,666
would open their windows and
clap and cheer and make noise,
1452
01:53:48,700 --> 01:53:50,833
and if they were in their
cars they'd honk horns.
1453
01:53:50,866 --> 01:53:54,466
And that was to honor all
of the frontline workers.
1454
01:53:54,500 --> 01:53:57,000
So one day, I just
spontaneously started
1455
01:53:57,033 --> 01:53:59,400
singing The Impossible
Dream out the window.
1456
01:54:00,500 --> 01:54:03,633
Everybody on the street
stopped and they looked up
1457
01:54:03,666 --> 01:54:06,033
and they thought, oh, oh, OK.
1458
01:54:06,066 --> 01:54:09,100
And so the next night I hear
from somebody from the street
1459
01:54:09,133 --> 01:54:11,566
say, sing the song!
1460
01:54:11,600 --> 01:54:15,000
And so I thought, oh, oh, OK.
1461
01:54:15,033 --> 01:54:17,566
And I sang the song again.
1462
01:54:17,600 --> 01:54:19,542
But I think the thing that
struck me the most about it
1463
01:54:19,566 --> 01:54:22,266
was I saw a neighbor a
few weeks after that,
1464
01:54:22,300 --> 01:54:25,666
and he came up to me and
said, I want to thank you.
1465
01:54:25,700 --> 01:54:27,300
I come out every single night.
1466
01:54:27,333 --> 01:54:29,300
I come out with my
family, and my boys,
1467
01:54:29,333 --> 01:54:30,900
we come out to hear you sing.
1468
01:54:30,933 --> 01:54:36,233
It's the one moment of my
day when I get to feel joy.
1469
01:54:36,266 --> 01:54:43,300
And I went, Oh... because I'd
forgotten the power of art.
1470
01:54:43,333 --> 01:54:46,933
The power that we are
able to give as artists.
1471
01:54:46,966 --> 01:54:48,076
That, I think,
1472
01:54:48,100 --> 01:54:50,700
is what the spirit of
Christmas is really about.
1473
01:54:50,733 --> 01:54:52,800
It's joyous.
1474
01:54:52,833 --> 01:54:56,933
It's a celebration of a birth,
it's a celebration of art.
1475
01:54:56,966 --> 01:55:00,166
It's a celebration of
people working together.
1476
01:55:00,200 --> 01:55:04,266
That's why people love to come
here for the Christmas concert.
1477
01:55:04,300 --> 01:55:07,833
That's why it's sold out
for all of these 20 years.
1478
01:55:07,866 --> 01:55:11,133
When you come and see people
singing together and making art
1479
01:55:11,166 --> 01:55:12,900
together, it's like, oh.
1480
01:55:12,933 --> 01:55:16,100
That's what human beings can do
when we decide to do something
1481
01:55:16,133 --> 01:55:18,766
together for a common goal.
1482
01:55:18,800 --> 01:55:21,666
Look what beauty we can make.
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We can cure a pandemic.
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There are so many things we can
do when we put our minds to it
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and work together.
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Miraculous things happen.
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♪
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