Simple but moving, ‘Silent Night’ is a perennial favourite among carollers ... to set his six-stanza poem to music. That night, the two men sang ‘Stille Nacht’ for the first time at the church’s ...

But a larger global context of ongoing crisis — incursions, invasions, unheeded calls for cease-fire — amplifies both the music and the message of “Silent Night,” which hits you like a ...