LDS Church collaborates with Jon Schmidt and The Piano Guys on new Christmas video
A new Christmas music video features pianist Jon Schmidt and cellist Steven Sharp Nelson playing "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel."
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Footage from the LDS Church's new Bible videos is prominently featured in a new Christmas music video by pianist Jon Schmidt and The Piano Guys.
The Newsroom website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints indicates that the church "collaborated with the musical group The Piano Guys to produce a video celebrating the birth and life of Jesus Christ."
The video, in which Schmidt and cellist Steven Sharp Nelson play an emotional arrangement of "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel," was filmed at the church’s Jerusalem set in Goshen, Utah. In addition to footage of Schmidt and Nelson performing on the set, the video also features portions of the New Testament videos recently filmed there by the church.
See the music video with and without the Bible video scenes below. To see the music video without the Bible video scenes.
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Absolutely beautiful!!!
"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store...."
"Maybe Christmas....perhaps...means a little bit more!"
-(Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas)
What a lovely, lovely rendition of music with such an impressive background
I put a link to this on my facebook account yesterday. I loved this rendition. It's a great way to get ready for the holidays, and the music of the piano guys is top notch. Very inspirational.