How to stream, watch the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra’s 2023 Christmas concert ‘Joy’

The 2023 concert with Michael Maliakel and Lesley Nicol is being streamed online on PBS and will air on PBS and BYUtv

14 Dec 2024, 3:00 p.m. MST

Broadway’s Michael Maliakel and "Downton Abbey’s" Lesley Nicol joined The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square as the featured guest artists for the 2023 Christmas concerts at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. Photo taken on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Christine covered the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra's 2023 Christmas concert.

The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square’s 2023 Christmas concert — “Joy: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir” — is being streamed and broadcast on PBS and BYUtv for the 2024 Christmas season.

The 2023 concert featured Michael Maliakel, an Indian American actor and singer who was in the title role in Disney’s “Aladdin” on Broadway, and British actor Lesley Nicol, known for her portrayal of Mrs. Patmore in “Downton Abbey,” with the choir and orchestra for the musical celebration of the Savior’s birth. Nicol also narrated an experience from “Les Miserables” author Victor Hugo’s life.

On PBS, it was available for streaming beginning Wednesday, Nov. 27, on PBS.org, the PBS app and the PBS YouTube channel.

PBS viewing times

All dates and times are for PBS Utah. Check PBS.org or local listings as dates and times may change.

Tuesday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. MST — television premiere.
Tuesday, Dec. 24 at 8:30 p.m. MST.
Wednesday, Dec. 25, at 4:30 p.m.and 11 p.m. MST.
Thursday, Dec. 26, at 2:30 a.m. MST.
Saturday, Dec. 28, at 2:30 a.m. MST.

Also, “20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir” with Brian Stokes Mitchell will air on Monday, Dec. 23, at 8 p.m. MST.

See also pbs.org/show/christmas-tabernacle-choir for broadcast information.

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The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and Orchestra at Temple Square perform during their annual Christmas Concerts at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

BYUtv viewing times

“Joy” will also run on BYUtv leading up to December. All times are Mountain Standard Time. Check listings to verify times.

Thursday, Dec. 19, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 21, 8:05 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 22, 6:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 24, 8:01 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 25, 11 a.m.

Check BYUtv.org and the BYUtv app after the initial airing for streaming availability.

Other past episodes, including the 2022 concert “Season of Light” with singer Lea Salonga and actor Sir David Suchet, the 2021 concert “O Holy Night” featuring Broadway star Megan Hilty and actor Neal McDonough, and 2020’s “20 Years of Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir” are available for streaming on BYUtv.

Christmas music

The choir has also released CD and DVD versions of the 2023 concert, along with a book featuring Hugo’s story.

See the Tabernacle Choir’s Christmas playlist on its YouTube channel for more than 40 songs from past Christmas concerts.

For more information, visit TheTabernacleChoir.org.