THE 2021 CONCERT – 20 YEARS OF CHRISTMAS WITH THE TABERNACLE CHOIR, FEATURING BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL

In December 2021, Broadway legend and Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell joined The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square as the narrator of its 20-year anniversary special. The star-studded program shows highlights from the best performances of the past two decades. 

The 2-hour, 20th anniversary special creatively combined intimate carols, behind-the-scenes views, reflections, and storytelling led by Mitchell with moving performances by the Choir and Broadway stars Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Angela Lansbury, Kelli O’Hara, Santino Fontana and Laura Osnes; R&B singer Gladys Knight; the late jazz singer Natalie Cole; pop singer David Archuleta; legendary newscasters Walter Cronkite and Tom Brokaw; historian David McCullough; the Muppets from “Sesame Street”; actors Jane Seymour, Hugh Bonneville, Richard Thomas, the late Ed Herrmann, John Rhys-Davies, Roma Downey, the late Peter Graves, Claire Bloom, Michael York and Martin Jarvis; opera stars Renée Fleming, Deborah Voigt, Frederica von Stade, Bryn Terfel, Nathan Gunn, Alfie Boe, Sissel, Rolando Villazón and four Metropolitan Opera soloists and the London-based a cappella group, The King’s Singers. Collectively, they have won 34 Grammy Awards, 19 Tony Awards, 14 Emmy Awards, 10 Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards, one Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Olivier Award. 

The program marked the 18th year that the Choir’s annual Christmas concert aired on PBS, where it had been the No. 1 holiday program for 16 years. 

“20 Years of Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir” was co-presented by GBH, the largest creator of PBS content for TV and the Web, and BYUtv, the television home of the Choir’s weekly program “Music & the Spoken Word.” BYUtv produced the special.