Trans-Siberian OrchestraWelcome to Even without words, “Carol of the Bells” is laden with irony. The epic, Wagnerian Trans-Siberian Orchestra adaptation that’s packed arenas for the last decade takes as its subject a cellist playing Christmas carols in the town square of a devastated Sarajevo. “It was just such a powerful image,” said the TSO founder Paul O’Neill, “a white-haired man silhouetted against the cannon fire, playing timeless melodies to both sides of the conflict amid the rubble and devastation of the city he loves.” (The TSO version pairs the carol with “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” another song that …read more
Source: The Atlantic
