Live performance of "Carol of the Bells" featuring a 9-year-old girl who joins spontaneously. Captured in one take, this ...

Light amid darkness. Beautiful performance of the Ukrainian carol Shchedryk, also known as Carol of the Bells, by the Children’s Choir of Ukraine at Grand Central.

Thus, ‘Carol of the Bells’ was born. The English language version was first recorded in 1936 by Wilhousky’s school choir during a popular radio program called "Music Appreciation Hour ...

Light amid darkness. Beautiful performance of the Ukrainian carol Shchedryk, also known as Carol of the Bells, by the Children’s Choir of Ukraine at Grand Central.

The choir continued touring, performing in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba and Canada before they stopped touring in 1924. For five and a half years, "Shchedryk" had been their biggest hit.

The Shchedryk Children’s Choir onstage at Carnegie Hall earlier this month. The group performed as part of a 100th-anniversary celebration of the American debut of the song now known as “Carol ...

The Bournes returned to WCL to sing a classic, "Carol of the Bells." The family group, which includes a mom and eight siblings, are singers, dancers and instrumentalists.

When another composer, Peter Wilhousky, heard a choir perform “Shchedryk,” he was supposedly reminded of ringing bells, and wrote the English lyrics to “Carol of the Bells” as a result.

Light amid darkness. Beautiful performance of the Ukrainian carol Shchedryk, also known as Carol of the Bells, by the Children’s Choir of Ukraine at Grand Central.

A Ukrainian chorus first performed Shchedryk in the U.S. in 1922. A century later, during another fight for freedom, Ukrainian singers performed the folk song at the site of its North American debut.