Mack Wilberg was chosen for the commission, and his crystalline arrangement of “Silent Night” was premiered at the 2006 “Christmas at Luther” concert. The shimmering orchestration and ...

Picture the scene in the snowy Austrian village of Obendorf on Christmas Eve ... As an Austrian German speaker, Joseph Mohr naturally wrote the lyrics to Silent Night in his native language ...

Themes: Christmas; Christmas Eve; peace and goodwill; comradeship; the power of the Christmas 'message'. Summary: By Christmas 1914 soldiers from the Allied and German armies had dug-in along a ...

Jillian Sederholm, News Director Read more of EW's coverage of Silent Night. Cher and Kelly Clarkson have proven it's possible to launch a new Christmas classic in the 21st century, but Sia ...