Simon Russell Beale takes a journey through Italy, Britain, Germany and Austria as he explores how the sound of Christmas has evolved in response to changing ideas about the Nativity. His story takes us through two millennia of music, from a fragment of papyrus preserving the earliest known piece of Christian music to the stories behind Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Silent Night and In the Bleak Midwinter, and the work of popular Christmas composer, John Rutter. Music is performed by Harry Christophers and his choir, The Sixteen.
Release Date: December 24, 2010
December 04, 1977
December 14, 2016
December 25, 1955
November 22, 1900
November 10, 2015
December 14, 1997
December 23, 2003
January 01, 1999
October 21, 1997
November 11, 2008
November 22, 2020
December 06, 1978
October 07, 2008
October 14, 1954
January 01, 1960
November 23, 2021
December 16, 1977
December 16, 1987
December 11, 2020
January 01, 1992
