The joyful melodies of Christmas

On the evenings of December 20th and 21st, at the City Theater, the Ho Chi Minh City Symphony Orchestra and Opera House (HBSO) will organize the 2025 Christmas Concert, aiming to bring audiences the wonderful musical atmosphere of the year-end holiday season.

Artists from the Ho Chi Minh City Symphony Orchestra and Opera House rehearse for the 2025 Christmas Concert program. Photo: HBSO

This year's Christmas concert program features performances by talented artists: conductor Tran Nhat Minh, guest artist Cho Hae-Ryong, Meritorious Artist Pham Khanh Ngoc, singers Pham Trang, Pham Duyen Huyen, Dao Mac, Phan Hong Dieu, the HBSO choir and symphony orchestra, along with a Korean children's choir.

Talented young conductor Tran Nhat Minh

In the program, HBSO artists and guest performers will take turns performing excerpts from *Messiah* by the great composer George Frideric Handel. This will be followed by two works: *Comfort ye, My people* and *Every valley shall be exalted *.

The artists will also perform songs such as: Thus saith the Lord - But who may abide the day of His coming, And the Glory of the Lord, O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, For unto us a child is born, Hallelujah, Glory to God in the highest… conveying messages of wishes for a vibrant Christmas season with much hope for a good, joyful and hopeful new year.

Guest artist Cho Hae-Ryong

Part 2 of the program introduces classic yet modern Christmas melodies, beginning with John Francis Wade's Adeste Fideles , followed by Benny Oschmann's lively Santa's Epic Ride – recreating the magical journey of Santa Claus.

Meritorious Artist Pham Khanh Ngoc

The musical atmosphere will then settle down with David Foster's Grown Up Christmas List and Traditional's The First Noel .

Singer Dao Mac

Following the flow of Christmas music are " Angels We Have Heard on High" and "The Christmas Waltz of the Flower "—a work that uniquely combines Christmas music with musical elements from Swan Lake .

The concert concluded with three songs: The Christmas Polka, Text Me Merry Christmas, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas, as a warm and peaceful wish to all the audience for the upcoming Christmas season of 2025.

THUY BINH

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/ron-rang-giai-dieu-giang-sinh-post829626.html