Monday, Dec. 14, 9/8c, PBS (check local listings at pbs.org); Thursday, Dec. 17, 8/7c, BYUtv
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NOTHING QUITE PREPARED Richard Thomas for being a part of this holiday tradition. “It’s the Grand Canyon of concert experiences,” he says of the spectacle, staged at Salt Lake City’s 21,000-seat Temple Square auditorium. “No matter what your faith, it’s a profound experience if you let yourself be open to it.” PBS airs an hour version of the Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra and Bells’ performance; BYUtv their full 90-minute, Americana-themed program.
Highlights of the 17th annual event, filmed in 2019, include Oklahoma-bred Tony winner Kelli O’Hara performing a trio of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s tunes (“A Cockeyed Optimist” from South Pacific, “I Whistle a Happy Tune” from The King and I and “My…
