Philharmonia Orchestra: Silent Night (Cello Octet)

Merry Christmas from everyone at the Philharmonia Orchestra!

Enjoy our 2016 Christmas Card, filmed in St Mary de Castro, Leicester, with eight wonderful cellists from the Philharmonia Orchestra's cello section.
Silent Night (Gruber), arranged for 8 cellos by Richard Birchall
Performed by: Karen Stephenson, Richard Birchall, Victoria Simonsen, Anne Baker, Maria Zachariadou, Judith Fleet, Rebecca Herman and Ella Rundle

The Philharmonia is a world-class symphony orchestra, led by Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali.

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[Adisantosaviolin]

My no.1 favorite interpretation and arrangement of Silent Night :"). This always brings me tears. I imagine the snow on December in Europe, probably at the 80s.. With the bedtime stories by Hans Christian Andersen or Charles Dickens

[philharmonia_orchestra]

Merry Christmas everyone! We hope you like this year's Christmas Card!

[Alejandra-cexl]

...Desde Mí País...en muchos, un Ver...Sin mirar...
Y...Cuándo la Paz....
No se mezcla...en Odio.
Hermosa la Melodía.
Desde Argentina.

[dune_strider]

Absolutely beautiful. Makes me want to pursue learning cello again

[JLWide]

That chord sequence at the end is simply amazing. I mean, the whole thing is, but the end is, wow.

[joserivas]

omg I almost cry, it was so beautiful!!!

[gerardquinn]

Absolutely beautiful playing. I hope that you will play more Christmas Carols next year. I thought for a second there was a harp playing but it was the beautiful pizzicato playing.

[lukas]

i can hear (watch) it again and again!!, Absolutely marveillous!!

[sc]

I dropped some tears. Thanks for this beautiful version. ¡Feliz Navidad!

[_babyshark]

Beautiful well played. I don't know what it is about that song but it's my favorite and I always get a tear in my eye.

[greydog]

Best sound in the world! Cello's together! Beautiful playing :)

[soavemusica]

This eloquent interpretation perfectly illustrates that great musicians are beautiful singers. Thank you and God bless you.

[soavemusica]

This has become a tradition to me. What fine musicianship.

[oasteadomnuluibucovina]

i can't stop listening to this song

[nirmalranasinghe]

Wow..!! Perfect.!
Wishing Wonderful X'Mas to Everyone.

[Sheepfarmer]

Brilliant musicians as always and Seasons Greetings to everyone.

[OliKember]

Stunningly beautiful. What an arrangement and what evocative playing. Well done all!

that sounds really nice!! :) love getting back to this every once in a while :)

[Musicaadorecchio]

Beautiful!! thank you very much for the idea, the orchestration, and the shooting

[sergioalcoleamolero]

Qué elegante y profundo. Bravo. Feliz Año Nuevo, todos los días.