I Wonder as I Wander
Clip: 12/17/2024 | 3m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch Broadway star Michael Maliakel perform "I Wonder as I Wander," with The Tabernacle Orchestra.
American folklorist John Jacob Niles was visiting Murphy, North Carolina, in the summer of 1933 when he heard a young girl, Annie Morgan, sing a fragment of a haunting melody in the town square. Niles completed and published the song in 1934, it and quickly became a much-beloved Christmas carol worldwide. Watch Broadway star Michael Maliakel perform, accompanied by The Tabernacle Orchestra.
Joy: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir, featuring Michael Maliakel and Lesley Nicol, was made possible in part by Ronald C. & Kaye Gunnel, and Charles & Janet Stoddard. The Tabernacle...
I Wonder as I Wander
Clip: 12/17/2024 | 3m 49sVideo has Closed Captions
American folklorist John Jacob Niles was visiting Murphy, North Carolina, in the summer of 1933 when he heard a young girl, Annie Morgan, sing a fragment of a haunting melody in the town square. Niles completed and published the song in 1934, it and quickly became a much-beloved Christmas carol worldwide. Watch Broadway star Michael Maliakel perform, accompanied by The Tabernacle Orchestra.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(gentle orchestral music) ♪ I wonder as I wander ♪ ♪ Out under the sky ♪ ♪ How Jesus, the Savior ♪ ♪ Did come for to die ♪ ♪ For poor ordinary people ♪ ♪ Like you and like I ♪ ♪ I wonder as I wander ♪ ♪ Out under the sky ♪ (gentle orchestral music continues) ♪ When Mary birthed Jesus ♪ ♪ 'Twas in a cow's stall ♪ ♪ With wise men and farmers ♪ ♪ And shepherd and all ♪ ♪ But high from God's heaven ♪ ♪ A star's light did fall ♪ ♪ And the promise of ages ♪ ♪ It then did recall ♪ (gentle orchestral music continues) ♪ If Jesus had wanted ♪ ♪ For any wee thing ♪ ♪ A star in the sky ♪ ♪ Or a bird on the wing ♪ ♪ Or all of God's angels ♪ ♪ In heaven for to sing ♪ ♪ He surely could have it ♪ ♪ 'Cause he was the King ♪ (gentle orchestral music continues) ♪ I wonder as I wander ♪ ♪ Out under the sky ♪ ♪ How Jesus, the Savior ♪ ♪ Did come for to die ♪ ♪ For poor, ordinary people ♪ ♪ Like you and like I ♪ ♪ I wonder as I wander ♪ ♪ Out under the sky ♪ ♪ Out under the sky ♪ ♪ Out under the sky ♪ (gentle orchestral music continues) ♪ The sky ♪ (audience applauding)
Angels from the Realms of Glory
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Watch Michael Maliakel perform "Angels from the Realms of Glory" with The Tabernacle Choir. (4m 36s)
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British actress Lesley Nicol narrates the Nativity, for The Tabernacle Choir Christmas special: Joy. (2m 15s)
An die Freude (Ode to Joy) excerpts from Symphony No. 9
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The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra turn Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” into a climactic tour de force. (3m 37s)
God Help the Outcasts, (from The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
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See Michael Maliakel perform "God Help the Outcasts" with The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra. (3m 38s)
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Broadway star Michael Maliakel joins The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra to sing "Joy To The World." (2m 9s)
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Watch The Tabernacle Choir and orchestra perform “Noe! Noe!” with the Bells on Temple Square. (3m 29s)
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Hear The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra's interpretation of “O Little One Sweet." (4m 59s)
Watch The Tabernacle Orchestra perform "Patapan," an orchestral fantasy arranged by Ryan Murphy. (3m 6s)
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Watch as The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra perform this a Nativity lullaby, "Peace Be Mine." (2m 59s)
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This opening number to "Joy: Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir" is nothing short of spectacular! (6m 16s)
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The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra perform “Still, Still, Still,” an arrangement by Mack Wilberg. (2m 39s)
To the Cradle Run (based on “Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella”)
Watch Richard Elliott's spirited Christmas fantasia for organ and the Gabriel Trumpet Ensemble. (3m)
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Actress Lesley Nicol narrates a heartwarming story about Victor Hugo, author of Les Misérables. (17m 42s)
Vom Himmel hoch (From Heaven on High)
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The Gabriel Trumpet Ensemble joins The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra for "Vom Himmel hoch." (2m 55s)
Backstage with Michael Maliakel
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Go backstage at Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir with Broadway star Michael Maliakel. (5m 11s)
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Go behind the scenes of Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir with beloved actress Lesley Nicol. (3m 51s)
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Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir featuring Michael Maliakel and Lesley Nicol. (2m 2s)
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Joy: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir, featuring Michael Maliakel and Lesley Nicol, was made possible in part by Ronald C. & Kaye Gunnel, and Charles & Janet Stoddard. The Tabernacle...