Immediately after recovering from the company's 20th Anniversary celebrations, the Singapore Lyric Opera Chorus will present a selection of classical Christmas tunes at Joy - A Musical Memory of the Holiday Season and of Christmas on 10 Dec 2010. Here's an excerpt from their press release to show us what to get excited about:

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30 August, 2010– Experience joyous memories of this year’s festive season with the Singapore Lyric Opera’s (SLO) Christmas concert, Joy – A Musical Memory of the Holiday Season and of Christmas, at the Esplanade Concert Hall on 10 December, 2010.

The concert will feature adored Christmas classics, including Goodall’s The Lord is My Shepherd, Lowry-Greene’s Mary Do You Know, Meece’s We are the Reason, Webber’s Pie Jesu, Franck’s Panis Angelicus, O Come O Come Emmanuel, and The Little Drummer Boy.

Christmas is also a time for sharing, which is why the concert includes the ever-popular audience sing-a-long session, so that the joy of singing can be shared! Ms Ng Siew Eng, General Manager of Singapore Lyric Opera says, “We want to share the joy of Christmas and what Christmas really means. The songs chosen reflect the Christmas spirit. Most of us discover through the songs that Christmas is not about presents alone
but about friendship and love. We hope to spread the message of LOVE and JOY through our songs”. Conductors for the concert are Ms Khor Ai Ming and Associate Conductor Cherylene Liew.
Tickets are priced at $12, $18, $25 and $35. Limited 50%-subsidized Keppel Nights
tickets are available. Visit www.keppelnights.com for more information.

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