HCM CITY (VNS)— The 2013 annual holiday concert, A Choral Christmas, will be held on two nights in December at two special locations, St Paul's Convent and Notre Dame Cathedral.

Organised by the International Choir & Orchestra of HCM City, the concert will feature pieces by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Praetorius and Handel, as well as favourite Christmas carols.

This year's concert will be held next Friday, from 7.30pm at St. Paul's Convent (4 Ton Duc Thang Street, District 1), and next Saturday, at the Notre Dame Cathedral in District 1.

Entrance to both performances will be by donation only.

As always, the proceeds of the concert will go to support programmes that enrich the lives of children throughout the country through donations to Loreto Vietnam-Australia programme and Poussieres de Vie (Dust of Life). — VNS