Music of Christmas 13

Last updated on: December 13, 2015 at 2:10 pm by Dan Peterson

Oberndorf in Österreich — A winter nighttime view in the village of Oberndorf, in the Austrian state of Salzburg — birthplace of the beloved Christmas carol “Silent Night”
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I have a sad confession to make: I’ve heard and sung the carol Silent Night so very many times over the course of my ridiculously many decades of mortal life that its impact on me has, I regret to say, been blunted a bit.

But BYU produced a very nice film about the genesis of the carol two or three years ago. Here’s an article about an award that it won in 2013, from a Catholic organization:

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsfaithblog/56488933-180/silent-catholic-gabriel-human.html.csp

If you get a chance to see the film — here, for example — please do.

In the meantime, here’s a performance of the carol by the Vienna Boys Choir, accompanied by beautiful photographs.