Product Details

• Actors: Morman Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square, Sissel
• Directors: Craig Jessop, Mack Wilberg
• Format: HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Mormon Tabernacle Choir / Sunset Home Visual Entertainment (SHE)
• DVD Release Date: October 20, 2009
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000XXDFYW
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #148,558 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

DVD features the following music videos from Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square with Sissel. "A Christmas Overture" "Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella" "In The Bleak Midwinter" Mitt hjerte alltid vanker" "Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful" "Angels, from the Realms of Glory" Concert of Classic and Contemporary Christmas Favorites Features European Singing Sensation Sissel - European singing sensation Sissel joins the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square in Salt Lake City for a Christmas celebration featuring some of the season's most beloved songs. CHRISTMAS WITH THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR FEATURING SISSEL airs Wednesday, December 19, 2007, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET with an encore broadcast Monday, December 24, 2007, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET on PBS. An annual holiday event, last year's concert was billed as the highest-viewed holiday program in the PBS schedule. A national institution in Norway, Sissel has sung all over the world, selling six million solo albums. She contributed the haunting, ethereal vocal tracks for the soundtrack to Titanic. Musically rich and visually stunning, this year's concert blends traditional classics such as "Away in a Manger" and "Silent Night" with contemporary favorites such as "Spirit of the Season" from The Polar Express. Highlights include Sissel's spine-tingling performance of "In the Bleak Mid-Winter," along with her reading of the Christmas story from the New Testament and her recounting of the Norwegian tradition of Santa Lucia. The program's international theme translates beautifully to the television screen with an alpine village set with stained-glass church windows, snow-covered rooftops and brightly lit trees. More than 50 dancers contribute to the festivities with a new processional by associate conductor Mack Wilberg, set to "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella." The production was recorded from four sold-out concerts performed in December 2006 in Salt Lake City to combined audiences of approximately 85,000 people. This marks the eighth Christmas concert with the Choir that KUED Salt Lake City has produced for PBS. The concert is conducted by Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg, with organists John Longhurst, Clay Christiansen and Richard Elliott. Thomas Waldron conducts the Bells on Temple Square. Carol Iwasaki from the University of Utah Department of Ballet choreographed dancers who perform during the concert. The world-famous 360-voice Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs an average of 75 times per year and has a list of credits that includes five gold and two platinum records. The choir was honored in 2005 with a prestigious National Medal of Arts and induction into the National Association of Broadcasters' Hall of Fame. The 110-member Orchestra at Temple Square was formed in January 1999 and has established a reputation as one of the finest volunteer symphony orchestras in the country. Underwriters: Ronald C. and Kaye Gunnell, Sorensen Legacy Foundation and George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This is not the entire program, November 28, 2009

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Kiu O. Chu (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (DVD)

This DVD is not 90 minutes long as stated on the Amazon site. It is a 30 minute promo version of the entire extravaganza which is available on DVD as
"Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square featuring Sissel" for a higher price.

The selections are:

A Christmas overture
Bring a torch, Jeanette Isabella
In the bleak midwinter (with Sissel)
Mitt hjerte alltid vanker (with Sissel)
Oh, come all ye faithful
Angels, from the realm of glory (with Sissel)

The image is excellent but the sound is clearly mono.

The selections included on this DVD are worthy of five stars but I just want to warn the potential buyer that this contains less than half of the entire program.
This DVD will leave you wanting to get the entire program.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Please do not be misled. DO NOT WASTE your money on this Promotional CD. I had to return mine !!!, January 22, 2010

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Karl (Utah, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (DVD)

I purchased the above DVD thinking it was the full length 90 minute Christmans spectacular with Sissel and the Mormon Tabernacle choir. IT IS NOT!! This is a Promotional DVD only and only has 5 short selections on it for a total teaser of 30 minutes. I HAD TO RETURN MY COPY and ate all the postage expense.

Even the long Product description listed under Editorial Reviews has misleading information about this product. The review mentions Away In A Manager, Silent Night, and Spirit Of the Season. These songs ARE NOT even on this promotional DVD. ALSO the time of 90 minutes is listed under Product Details. This DVD is not 90 minutes-- It is 30 minutes.

The DVD has printed right on the box, "FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY, NOT FOR RESALE". I hope I have gotten my point across. I highly recomment ordering the full length concert of Sissel and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The DVD box of the real concert features a photo of Sissel on the cover so you will not confuse it with this promotional DVD I wasted money on.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Be careful!, January 10, 2011

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jerbar - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (DVD)

The following review was posted in February of 2010. It is now January of 2011 and the same thing has just happened to me.

"I purchased the above DVD thinking it was the full length 90 minute Christmans spectacular with Sissel and the Mormon Tabernacle choir. IT IS NOT!! This is a Promotional DVD only and only has 5 short selections on it for a total teaser of 30 minutes. I HAD TO RETURN MY COPY and ate all the postage expense.

Even the long Product description listed under Editorial Reviews has misleading information about this product. The review mentions Away In A Manager, Silent Night, and Spirit Of the Season. These songs ARE NOT even on this promotional DVD. ALSO the time of 90 minutes is listed under Product Details. This DVD is not 90 minutes-- It is 30 minutes.

The DVD has printed right on the box, "FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY, NOT FOR RESALE". I hope I have gotten my point across. I highly recomment ordering the full length concert of Sissel and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The DVD box of the real concert features a photo of Sissel on the cover so you will not confuse it with this promotional DVD I wasted money on."