Silent Night - choir

[seibelstein]

aus Wiki:

1803 wurde Salzburg auf Anordnung Napoleons ein säkularisiertes Kurfürstentum, 1805 zusammen mit Berchtesgaden dem neuen Kaisertum Österreich zugeschlagen und 1810 wieder an das Königreich Bayern angegliedert.[12] 1800, 1805 und wieder 1809 war Salzburg dabei von napoleonischen Truppen besetzt und wurde geplündert. 1816 fiel das Land Salzburg zum größten Teil erneut an das Kaisertum Österreich.

German? - Austrian? what is the Difference?

[Karimsatta]

Beautiful!

[1952emirates]

Fantistic sung with so much feeling.

[funkygal96]

omg i just embarrassed muself 6 years ago...damn i should hav just stood still.... -.-

[FOBlink182]

Any dynamics? This sounds all forte..

[gamefan405]

@FOBlink182 Good for you. It also sounds better than pretty much every version I've ever heard IMO.

[amliketocomment]

Merry Christmas from Thailand

[KEN58FUKUIN]

Merry Christmas from Tokyo!!

It is awesome to singing in Japanese!!

God bless you!!

[xoxoSINGOUTLOUDxoxo]

oh my gosh this is amazing, i love this song, everyone did this sooo well great job=]

[rannethtan]

awesome..which country is this church in? what's the name of the church? thanks!

[rockerstoner27]

Hi, this is from the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd in Singapore.

[Copfball]

and they sang in german, why?

thats really cool didnt know its so famous in german ;-)

[dreamtowngirl]

@Copfball @Pischen1993 I've heard that this song was actually originally from Germany and sung in German. and that Santa tale comes from Germany. I'm not 100% sure, but why is Santa's last name Clause (Klaus)? (:

[Copfball]

@dreamtowngirl the guy who is ment is called "Sankt Nikolaus" and Clause/Klaus is the short form of Nikolaus

[curiouswatcher99]

@dreamtowngirl

It's great, that they first sang the piece in German.

The song was composed in a small village near Salzburg, Austria by Franz Xaver Gruber in 1818. It bases on the poem 'Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht' (silent night, holy night) written by Joseph Mohr two years earlier, so it's an originally Austrian christmas carol in German language (as we speak German in Austria).

[seibelstein]

@dreamtowngirl Claus / Nikolaus comes from: ....Nikolaos of Myra, was a historic 4th-century saint and Greek Bishop of Myra (Demre, in Lycia, part of modern-day Turkey). Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker (see Wiki)

[Pischen1993]

@rockerstoner27 ahahh but they are singing german??!!!

[Archzenom]

What the? Did I just hear 3 languages in one song? Chinese, Japanese and English? WOW! AWESOME!!!

This makes me say once AGAIN, JESUS CHRIST WINS!!!

[Echnaton1993]

We in middle Europe call it German, but the rest is something else. But it's truely beautiful...

[singing4hope]

I've been to this church, too bad was not able to attend a service. But I saw the HUGE organ on the first floor!

[rockerstoner27]

Hi Natalie

i will most likely be attending the 2008 concert, and hope to see you there!

p/s: i think you would know who i am :)

[romboloyo]

...Angelic...

Its like actually being in the 1st christmas...

JUst beautiful

[rockerstoner27]

thank you. i have other videos of the same concert, do check them out :)

[romboloyo]

I watched all the videos of the choir and their very good. But still, the one I most liked is Silent Night. Nice choir btw.

[funkygal96]

hey in this video im the one carrying the star, the girl with short hair looking around, i was only 8 then. now im 12 and much taller