FROM THE SI­LENT NIGHT CHAPEL
AND THE PIL­GRIMS CHURCH MARIA BÜHEL IN OBERNDORF

"Si­lent Night, Holy Night" (Ger­man: Stille Nacht, hei­lige Nacht) is the most pop­u­lar Christ­mas car­ol, com­posed in 1818 by Franz Xaver Gruber to lyr­ics by Joseph Mohr in the small town of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, Aus­tria. The Mex­ic­an star ten­or Ro­lan­do Villazón sings the song where it was first per­formed on Christ­mas Eve 1818 in Oberndorf, a vil­lage on the Salzach river.

Mr. Villazón is ac­com­pan­ied by the beau­ti­ful young voices of the “Salzbur­ger Fest­spiele und Theat­er Kinder­chor”, the chil­dren’s chor­us of the Salzburg Fest­iv­al per­form­ing tra­di­tion­al Christ­mas car­ols from Aus­tria, Ger­many, France and Italy.

Ro­lan­do Villazón

Salzbur­ger Fest­spiele und Theat­er Kinder­chor
Wolfgang Götz, chor­us mas­ter

Quin­tett der Bläserphil­har­monie Moz­ar­teum Salzburg
Mem­bers of the Ju­gen­dorchester des Salzbur­ger Landestheat­er
Adrian Suciu, or­gan
Florian Beer, solo vi­ol­in