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CREDITS: 2021 CONCERT

Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir featuring Brian Stokes Mitchell

Featuring
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square
Orchestra at Temple Square
Bells at Temple Square

Conductors
Mack Wilberg
Ryan Murphy
Craig Jessop

Organists
Richard Elliott
Andrew Unsworth
Clay Christiansen

With Guest Host
Brian Stokes Mitchell
 

David Archuleta
Claire Bloom
Alfie Boe
Hugh Bonneville
Tom Brokaw
Kristin Chenoweth
Natalie Cole
Walter Cronkite
Roma Downey
Renée Fleming
Santino Fontana
Peter Graves
Nathan Gunn
Edward Herrmann
Martin Jarvis
The King’s Singers
Gladys Knight
Angela Lansbury
David McCullough
Audra McDonald
Brian Stokes Mitchell
The Muppets® from Sesame Street®
Kelli O’Hara
Laura Osnes
John Rhys-Davies
Jane Seymour
Sissel
Bryn Terfel
Richard Thomas
Rolando Villazón
Deborah Voigt
Frederica von Stade
Michael York

and soloists from the Metropolitan Opera
Ben Bliss, Erin Morley, Tamara Mumford, and Tyler Simpson

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square Management

Bells at Temple Square
Conductor
LeAnna Willmore
Associate Conductor
Geoff Anderson
 
The Gabriel Trumpet Ensemble
Director
Bradley V. Omer

Choir Presidency
President
Michael O. Leavitt

L. Whitney Clayton
Gary B. Porter

General Manager
Scott Barrick

Administrative Manager
Barry Anderson

Production Team

Writer and Director
David Warner

Executive Producer
Andrew Ferguson

Choir Legal Coordinator
Carol Newton

Choir Executive Assistants
Susie Butler
Julie Rohde

Choir Content Management
Patricia Stoker
Heidi Swinton

Production Management
Heidi Casson
Michell Casteel

ARCHIVAL SEGMENTS

Executive Producer
Edward J. Payne
 
Producer
Scott Eckern

Writer and Creative Director
David Warner

Camera Directors
Robert O Morton
Lee Wessman

Lighting 
Braden Howard
Michael McBride
John Moran
Lorin Morse

Audio Recording/Editing/Mixing
Bruce Leek
Fred Vogler
Trent Walker
Chris Acton
Milo Lefler
Lynn Robinson

Costumer
Susan Memmott Allred

Set Designers
David Breitenbeker
Doug Ellis

Choreographers
Lisa Benson
Jim Christian
Carol Iwasaki
Christine Moore
Julie Robinson
Ray Robinson


NEW SEGMENTS

Producer
John Murphy

Co-Director
Kevin Winzeler

Director of Photography
Brandon Christensen

First Assistant Director
Jason Allred

Steadicam Operator
Jedd Seus

Jib Operator
Glenn Fisk

Camera Operators
Byron Kirkland
James Terry

1st Assistant Camera
Andy Baker
Nic Edwards
Mikkel Richardson

2nd Assistant Camera
Brenna Empey
Phil Houser

Gaffer
Jason Hatfield

Best Boy
Roger Stoddard

Electric
Payden Button
Chris Redish

Grip
Seth Mergist

House Lighting Director
Bryan Ison

House Special Effects Supervisor
Nathan Dursteler

House Lighting Technician
Megan Edgar
Rick Marston
Dallen Mayer
Landon Reber
Aaron Stanger

Art Director
Brian Finn

Assistant Art Director
Adam Bohl
Lindsey Robinson

House Carpenter and Rigger
Michael Braegger
Royce Harrop

Wardrobe
Susan Memmott Allred

Wardrobe Assistant
Louise Vanderhooft

Makeup Artists
Tiffany Correa
Laurie Vukich

Teleprompter
Brad Christensen
Craig Butler

Audio Recording/Editing/Mixing Sound
Trent Walker
Jason Graham
Troy Morgan
Joey Russell

Stage Manager
Jeff Favero

Stage Crew
Jay Atwater
Lynden Cheshire
Roger Crosland
Kim Eggett
Marty Evans
Doug Smaellie

Organ Technicians
Lamont Anderson
Paul Gates
Robert Poll

Craft and Catering Coordinator
Hanna Bates

Assistant to the Director
Kay Rindlisbach

Associate Producer
Baylie Escamilla

Coordinator
Claire Murphy

Production Assistant
Brooke Miller

Media Management
Jaaron Eller
Russel Jensen
Alex Mott

Utility
Greg Netto
Richard Robbinson

Safety Manager
Thomas Smith

COVID-19 Compliance
TNT First Aid, Inc.

Post Production

Video Editor
Mark Nelson

Audio Post
Trent Walker

Colorist
Jaaron Eller

Special Effects/Motion Graphics
Tim Johnson

Videographer
Issac Goeckeritz

Still Photography
Mason Coberly
Debra Gehris

DVD Authoring
Jeremy Neish

Titles, Graphics and Package Design
Design Farm

Marketing and Publishing 

Thatcher+Co

President
Brad Thatcher

Directors
McKenzie Hurst
Tyler Hinton
Emma Smith

Account Supervisor
Remi Charles


Deseret Management Corporation

President
Keith McMullin

Executive Vice President
Sheri Dew


Deseret Book

President
Laurel Christensen Day

Product Directors
Bart Olson
Chris Schoebinger

Marketing
Troy Butcher
Dave Kimball
Scott Shepard

Music Manager
Terra Collette

Art Direction
Richard Erickson

Editing
Lisa Mangum

Package Design
Sheryl Dickert Smith


Bonneville International
President
Darrell Brown

Executive Vice President/CFO
Kent Nate

Bonneville Distribution

Managing Director
Terry Hritz

Media Account Manager
John Lopez

Distribution Strategist
Katie Savage


Publishing Services

Managing Director
Jeff Isom

Director, Account Services
Russ Crabb

Director, Global Production Operations
Rob Jorgenson

Director, Broadcast & Events
Paul Miller

Manager, Production 
Rob Boshard

Account Manager
Scott Goodwin

Manager, Project Management
Jody Lane

Project Manager
Tim McFarlane

Manager, Publishing
Cody Tak

Social Media
Kamille Bone
Elise Gubler
Ben Taylor
Chandler Taylor

Director, Account Services
Sallie Larsen

Marketing Strategist
Christian Lambert

Recording and Digital Media Consultant
Joe Poindexter


Communications

Managing Director
Michael Colemere

Director, Media Relations & Messaging
Eric Hawkins
 
Director, Area Relations
Michael von Rosen

Choir Publicist/Manager, Area Relations
Kim Farah

Senior Manager, Enterprise Content
Irinna Danielson

Senior Manager, Identity Integration
Anne Lloyd


Intellectual Property

Director
Berne Broadbent

Manager
Barry Taggart

Kirton McConkie Counsel
Dale Hulse
Bryant Keller
David Tingey
Lee Wright

Loeb & Loeb Counsel
Ivy Kagan Bierman
Ken Krause


Facilities

Managing Director
Charles Andersen

Director, Facilities Operations
Ryan McMillan

Director, Events and Support Services
David Miles

Manager, Facility Maintenance
Scott Eck

Manager, North Zone Facilities
Paul Mathews

Manager, Event Services
Chris Stepan

Staging Supervisors 
Steve Wall
Joel Wright

Senior Event Coordinator
Joscie Barrow

Manager, Ticket Services
Thomas George

For GBH

Vice President, National Programming
John Bredar

Director of Production
Salme López Sabina

Senior Director, National Audience Development 
Bara Levin

Accounts Executive, National Audience Development 
Harper Hutchins

Social Media Specialist
Zack Waldman

Director, Digital & Social Content Innovation 
Tory Starr

Digital Producer
Anna Fort

Executive Digital Producer
Meredith Nierman

BYU Broadcasting

Managing Directors
Jeff M. Simpson
Michael A. Dunn

Director of Content
Andra Johnson Duke

Creative Director
Jeff Olsen

Marketing Director
Sean Clemence

Marketing Managers
Chad Call
Rachel Campbell
Brian Tanner

Legal
Scott Halvorsen
Elizabeth Miles
Rod Gustafson

Promotion
Scott Champion
Roger Jones

Executive Producer
Jim Bell

Special thanks
To the thousands of dedicated volunteers and production specialists who have made these programs possible.

Mac Christensen
Ron Jarrett
R. Ross Boothe
Randy Gailey
John Longhurst
Brian Mathias
Alex Morris
Lloyd Newell
Stan Parrish
Jon Rowberry
Thomas Waldron

The Agents, Managers, and Representatives of Our Guest Artists

Alfie Boe appears courtesy of Decca Records

Kristin Chenoweth appears courtesy of Concord Records

Music Selections

 

Christmas Joy


Joy to the World
Music: Lowell Mason
Text: Isaac Watts
Arranger: Mack Wilberg
Publisher: Oxford University Press
© 2001 Oxford University Press, Inc.

 

Christmas Beginnings 


God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Music: Mack Wilberg; based on a traditional English carol
Text: David Warner
Unpublished Manuscript

On This Merriest Christmas Day
Music: Mack Wilberg
Text: David Warner 
Unpublished Manuscript

Sing Noel!
Music: Mack Wilberg
Text: David Warner 
Unpublished Manuscript

A Christmas Roundelay
Music: Mack Wilberg
Text: David Warner
Unpublished Manuscript

Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
Music: French carol
Text: Traditional French carol; additional text by David Warner
Arranger: Mack Wilberg
Unpublished Manuscript

Gift of Christmas, Everywhere!
Music: Mack Wilberg
Text: David Warner
Unpublished Manuscript

I Saw Three Ships
Music: Traditional English carol
Text: Traditional English carol
Arranger: Mack Wilberg
Publisher: Hinshaw Music
© 1987 Hinshaw Music (administered worldwide by the Fred Bock Publishing Group). All rights reserved. Used with permission.

Carol of the Drum
Music and Text: Katherine K. Davis
Arranger: Mack Wilberg
Publisher: EMI Mills Music Inc.
© 1941 EMI Mills Music, Incorporated. All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Star in the East
Music: American folk carol
Text: Reginald Heber
Arranger: Mack Wilberg
Unpublished Manuscript


Christmas Friends


Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow
Music and Text: African-American spiritual
Arranger: Michael Davis
Unpublished Manuscript

Do You Hear What I Hear?
Music and Text: Noel Regney and Gloria Shayne Baker
Arranger: Michael Davis
Publisher: Jewel Music Publishing
© 1962 Regent Music Corp. Renewed by Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

My Grown-Up Christmas List
Music and Text: Linda Thompson and David Foster
Arranger: Charles Floyd
Co-Publisher: Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
© 1990 Linda's Boys Music (BMI) 
All rights on behalf of Linda's Boys Music administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.Co-Publisher: Peer Music, Ltd.
Air Bear Music (BMI) administered by Peer Music, Ltd.

Bring Him Home, from “Les Misérables”
Music and Text: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg and Herbert Kretzmer
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
© 1985 Alain Boublil Music Ltd. (ASCAP) All rights administered by WC Music Corp.

In the Bleak Midwinter
Music: Gustav Holst
Text: Christina Rossetti
Arranger: Kjetil Bjerkestrand
Publisher: Kjetil Bjerkestrand
© 2006 Kjetil Bjerkestrand (TONO)

Not While I’m Around, from “Sweeney Todd”
Music and Text: Stephen Sondheim
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
© 1979 Rilting Music, Inc. (ASCAP) All rights administered by WC Music Corp.

Sweet Little Jesus Boy
Music and Text: Robert MacGimsey
Arranger: Sam Cardon
Publisher: Carl Fischer, LLC
© 1932 by Carl Fischer, Inc.  
All rights assigned to Carl Fischer, LLC.

O Holy Night
Music: Adolphe Adam
Text: Placide Cappeau; English translation, John Sullivan Dwight
Arranger: David T. Clydesdale
Publisher: Capitol CMG Publishing
Arrangement: © 1998 Clydesdale Music Ministries (ASCAP)and Capitol CMG Genesis (ASCAP) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com). All rights reserved. Used by permission.
 

Christmas Around the World


Rejoice and Be Merry
Music and Text: English carol
Arranger: Mack Wilberg
Unpublished Manuscript

The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
Music: Caribbean carol
Text: Traditional
Arranger: Mack Wilberg
Publisher: Oxford University Press
© 2006, Oxford University Press, Inc.

Suo Gân
Music and Text: Suo Gân traditional Welsh lullaby
Arranger: Chris Hazell
Publisher: Chris Hazell
© 1999 by Chris Hazell. All rights reserved

Polonaise, from “Christmas Eve”
Music: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Public Domain

Allons vite à Bethléem
(Noels d’Europe)
Music: Czech carol
Text: Traditional
Arranger: Joseph Marie Canteloube
Publisher: Universal Music—MGB Songs o/b/o on behalf of Durand Ed. © 1954  Universal Music Group.  All rights reserved.

Los pastores a belén
Music and Text: Traditional Mexican carol
Arranger: Sam Cardon
Unpublished Manuscript


Christmas Memories


A Crazy Christmas List/ The Christmas Song
Music and Text: Mel Tormé; Robert Wells
Add’l Lyrics: Brian Stokes Mitchell
Arranger: Brian Stokes Mitchell
Co-Publisher: Edwin H. Morris & Co., a division of MPL Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP)
© 1946 Renewal 1974
Co-Publisher: Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (adm. by Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC)
Arrangement: ©1993 by Wild Roo Music

I’ll Be Home for Christmas
Music: Walter Kent and Buck Ram
Text: Kim Gannon
Publisher: MCCG
© 1943 (Renewed) Gannon & Kent Music (ASCAP), Piedmont Music Co. (ASCAP)
All rights reserved.

Caroling, Caroling
Music: Alfred Burt
Text: Wihla Hutson
Publisher: TRO (BMI)
Copyright 1954 (Renewed) 1957 (Renewed) 
Hollis Music, Inc., New York, New York
International Copyright Secured Made in U.S.A. All Rights Reserved including public performance for profit. Used by permission. 

That's What Christmas Means to Me
Music and Text: Nick Acquaviva and Ted Varnick
Arranger: Mack Wilberg
Publisher: Popular Music. Inc.

Somewhere in My Memory, from “Home Alone”
Music: John Williams
Text: Leslie Bricusse
Publisher: Songs of Universal, Inc. on behalf of John Hughes Songs
© 1990 Universal Music Group.  All rights reserved.


Christmas Classics


For Unto Us a Child Is Born, from “Messiah”
Music: George Frideric Handel
Text: Scripture
Public domain

Unfold Ye Portals, from “The Redemption”
Music: Charles Gounod
Text: English translation by Rev. John Troutbeck
Public domain

Ring Out, Ye Crystal Spheres, from “Hodie”
Music: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Text: adpt. from John 1:1-14 and Milton’s “Nativity Hymn”
Publisher: Oxford University Press
“Ring Out, Ye Crystal Spheres'” Epilogue from Hodie by Ralph Vaughan Williams
© 1954 Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

Hallelujah, from “Messiah”
Music: George Frideric Handel
Text: Scripture
Public domain

Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming
Music: German carol, Kolner Gesangbuch
Text: Verses 1-2 translated from German to English by Theodore Baker; Verses 3-4 translated by Harriet Reynolds Krauth; Verse 5 translated or written by John C. Mattes
Arranger: Mack Wilberg
Unpublished Manuscript
 

Christmas Fun


The Candy Man
Music: Leslie Bricusse
Text: Anthony Newley
Arranger: Sam Cardon
Publisher: Taradam Music, Inc. (BMI)
©1970, 1971 Taradam Music, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

I Whistle a Happy Tune, from “The King and I”
Music: Richard Rodgers
Text: Oscar Hammerstein II
Arranger: Sam Cardon
Publisher: Williamson Music Company by arrangement with Concord Music Group, Inc.
© 1951, Renewed 1979. All rights reserved.

Ring Those Christmas Bells
Music: Gus Levene
Text: Marvin Fisher
Arranger: Ryan Murphy
Publisher: Music Sales Shawnee, a division of Tomcat Music, Inc.
© 1959 Templeton Publishing, a division of Tomcat Music, Inc.
Arrangement: © 2016 by Shawnee Press, Inc. International copyright secured.

Campaña sobre campaña
Music: Spanish carol
Text: Traditional
Arranger: Ryan Murphy
Unpublished Manuscript

The Twelve Days of Christmas
Music and Text: English carol
Arranger: Mack Wilberg
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Inc.
© 2009 Oxford University Press, Inc.

The Twelve Days After Christmas
Music and Text: Frederick Silver
Arranger: Don Pippin
Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company
© 1968 (Renewed) Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp., a Division of Alfred Music 
All rights reserved 

Over the River and Through the Wood
Music: Traditional 
Text: Lydia Maria Child
Arranger: Ryan Murphy
Unpublished Manuscript.

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas
Music and Text: Harry Simeone and Ken Darby
Original Text: Anonymous, attributed to Clement Moore
Arranger: Ryan Murphy
Publisher: Music Sales Shawnee, a division of Tomcat Music, Inc.
© 1942 and 1945 Templeton Publishing, a division of Tomcat Music, Inc.
Arrangement: Unpublished Manuscript

Jingle Bells
Music and Text: James Pierpont
Arranger: Gordon Langford
Publisher: Chandos Music Ltd.
© 1986 by Chandos Music, Ltd.

Jingle Bells (reprise)
Music and Text: James Pierpont
Arranger: Mack Wilberg
Unpublished Manuscript

Everyone Who Likes Christmas Say, “I Do!”
Music and Text: Patricia Metten
Orig. arrangement: Maxine Cameron; addl arrr.: R. Ross Boothe
Publisher: Jackman Music Corp.
© 1980 by Sonos. All rights reserved.
Sonos is a registered trademark of Jackman Music Corporation.

I Saw Three Ships
Music: English carol
Arrangers: Richard Elliott and Matt Nickle
Unpublished Manuscript

Trepak, from “Nutcracker Suite”
Music: Pytor Tchaikovky
Arrangement: Richard Elliott
Unpublished Manuscript


Christmas Stories


God Bless Us, Everyone! | The Story of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol
Underscore: Mack Wilberg
Story: David Warner
Story © 2014 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Little Match Girl | A Retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen Story 
Underscore: Mack Wilberg
Story: David Warner 
Story © 2017 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.

Good King Wenceslas | The Hidden Parable in the Familiar Carol
Underscore: Mack Wilberg
Story: David Warner
Story © 2012 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.

A Christmas Bell for Anya | An Original Russian Christmas Tale
Music: Alfred Reed from “Russian Christmas Music”
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
© 1969 WC Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Story: Chris and Evie Stewart
Story © 2006 Chris Stewart and Evie Stewart

Christmas Day in the Morning | An Adaptation of Pearl S. Buck’s Beloved Narrative
Underscore: Mack Wilberg
Story: Pearl S. Buck; adapted by David Warner 
Adaptation © 2020 Intellectual Reserve., Inc. All rights reserved.

The Gift of the Magi | A New Rendition of the O’Henry Classic
Underscore: Mack Wilberg
Story: O’Henry, adapted by David Warner
Performance © 2018 Intellectual Reserve., Inc. All rights reserved. 

For Unto Us | The Wondrous Invitation of Handel’s Messiah
Music: George Frideric Handel
Story: David Warner 
Story © 2021 Intellectual Reserve., Inc. All rights reserved. 
Performance © 2015 Intellectual Reserve., Inc. All rights reserved. 

Sing! Choirs of Angels | The Beginnings of The Tabernacle Choir
Underscore: Mack Wilberg
Story: David Warner 
Story © 2021 Intellectual Reserve., Inc. All rights reserved. 
Performance © 2010 Intellectual Reserve., Inc. All rights reserved. 

Silent Night, Holy Night! | The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce
Underscore: Mack Wilberg
Story: David Warner
Story © 2003 Intellectual Reserve., Inc. All rights reserved.

In the Dark Streets Shineth | A 1941 Christmas Eve Story 
Underscore: Mack Wilberg
Story: David McCullough 
Story © 2010 Intellectual Reserve., Inc. All rights reserved.

Christmas From Heaven | The True Story of the Berlin Candy Bomber
Underscore: Mack Wilberg
Story: David Warner 
Story © 2013 Intellectual Reserve., Inc. All rights reserved. 

It Is Well with My Soul | The Spirit of Christmas through One Family’s Unforgettable Journey
Underscore: Mack Wilberg
Story: David Warner
Story © 2018 Intellectual Reserve., Inc. All rights reserved. 

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day | The Inspiring Origins of Longfellow’s Hymn
Original Hymn: John Baptiste Calkin
Hymn Text: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Underscore: Mack Wilberg
Story: David Warner based on work by Lloyd and Karmel Newell
Story © 2009 Intellectual Reserve., Inc. All rights reserved. 
 

Christmas for Everyone


Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Music: Polish carol
Text: Traditional, English translation by Edith M. Reed
Arranger: Mack Wilberg
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Inc.
© 2004 Oxford University Press, Inc.

Angels from the Realms of Glory
Music: French carol
Text: James Montgomery
Arranger: Mack Wilberg
Unpublished Manuscript

 

Original musical underscoring for '20 Years of Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir'
Mack Wilberg

THE MUPPETS® FROM SESAME STREET®
The Muppets® from Sesame Street® characters appear courtesy of Sesame Workshop.
William Barkhurst (Ernie)
Leslie Carrara-Rudolph (Abby Cadabby)
Ryan Dillon (Elmo)
Eric Jacobson (Bert, Grover)
David Rudman (Cookie Monster)
Matt Vogel (Big Bird, The Count)
Sesame Street® and associated characters, trademarks, service marks and design elements are trademarks and copyrights owned by Sesame Workshop. © 2021 Sesame Workshop.
Muppets™ is a trademark of The Muppet Studio, LLC.

VISUALS

PHOTOGRAPHY
AdobeStock
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
Getty Images
iStock
Library of Congress
National Park Service, Abbie Rowe, Courtesy of Harry S. Truman Library
Naval History and Heritage Command
Shutterstock
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Utah State Historical Society

“Good King Wenceslas” illustrations by Omar Rayyan, courtesy Deseret Book Co.

ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION SUPPORT

Crash Carlucci
Scott Chaffin
T. C. Christensen
Bob Foote
Evan M. Greenspan & Associates
Bernie Grundman
John Howe
Ed Matsu
Pan Jam Steel Drum Band
Larry Smith
The Utah Pipe Band
Ken Verdoia


THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE, IN PART BY

Ronald C. and Kaye Gunnell
Greg and Monica Drennan
Rex and Ruth Maughan
Charles and Janet Stoddard
Björn and Cyndee Farmer
The Alan and Jeanne Hall Foundation
Timothy and Teresa Wright

Produced in cooperation with BYU Broadcasting

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, Orchestra at Temple Square, and Bells at Temple Square provide artistic expressions of faith from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

© 2021 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc.  All rights reserved.