Fred Plotkin on Fridays: Silent Night
Fred Plotkin, pleasure activist and passionate opera expert, speaks each Friday with fascinating people in the music world. He is the author of Opera 101 and Classical Music 101 and leads opera symposia for New York Times Journeys.
This special episode focuses on the song “Silent Night” and how it evolved in Salzburg in 1818 and what it means to the city. Fred will speak with Yvonne Rosenstatter from The Salzburg State Tourist Board in Salzburg, and Sigrid Pichler, a Media Relations Specialist at the Austrian Tourist Office in New York City. This episode also features Christiane Schober singing "Silent Night" in front of the Silent Night Chapel in Oberndorf.
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