Christmas Concert

7:00pm, Sun, 10 Dec 2023

Type of event:	Choral Society Concert
Start time:	7:00pm
End time:	9:00pm
Venue:	Daneside Theatre Park Road Congleton CW12 1DP
Description:	Carols old and new for choir and audience ~ Come and celebrate with Congleton Choral Society The carols by the choir will include Four carols from The Manchester Carols by Sasha Johnson Manning & Carol Ann Duffy** Sure on this shining night by Morten Lauridsen On this silent night by Sarah Quartel The crown of roses by Tchaikovsky Audience carols will include The first Nowell Good King Wenceslas Hark! the herald-angels sing O come, all ye faithful ** Poet, Carol Ann Duffy, writes in the Foreword to The Manchester Carols: "Whether we have Christian faith or not, the Christmas story is a wonderfully powerful one...It celebrates the great joys of love, in all its forms, but the light of love is burning against the darkness of hatred and oppression...I wanted to write carols which reflected this but which were, above all, brimming with joy."