Manchester Carols
St Barnabas Church, Dulwich, London, SE21 7DG
Sunday 29th November 2026 6:00PM
Manchester Carols
Composer: Sasha Johnson Manning
Words: Carol Ann Duffy
St Barnabas Choir
Dulwich Children's Choir
Narrator: Robert Glenister
Director: Christopher Woodward
The choir of St Barnabas Dulwich, together with Dulwich Children's choir, supported by a professional orchestra are singing the Manchester Carols. The narration will be performed by Robert Glenister. The event takes place at 7pm on Saturday 18 December at St Barnabas Church, Dulwich. Refreshments will be available from 6.30pm and during the interval. This sequence of Christmas carols was written in 2007 by the Poet Laureate, Carol Anne Duffy and the composer Sasha Johnson Manning, and premiered the same year. The Manchester Carols re-tell the Christmas Story for the 21st Century, celebrating a child's birth and all that child was to become: a man who lived by a humble, selfless creed, championing the marginalised in a society which was, as it is now, fraught with political tensions. These carols are for everybody, the believer and the non-believer, people of other faiths and everyone wishing to join in the Christmas celebrations.
Composer: Sasha Johnson Manning
Words: Carol Ann Duffy
St Barnabas Choir
Dulwich Children's Choir
Narrator: Robert Glenister
Director: Christopher Woodward
The choir of St Barnabas Dulwich, together with Dulwich Children's choir, supported by a professional orchestra are singing the Manchester Carols. The narration will be performed by Robert Glenister. The event takes place at 7pm on Saturday 18 December at St Barnabas Church, Dulwich. Refreshments will be available from 6.30pm and during the interval. This sequence of Christmas carols was written in 2007 by the Poet Laureate, Carol Anne Duffy and the composer Sasha Johnson Manning, and premiered the same year. The Manchester Carols re-tell the Christmas Story for the 21st Century, celebrating a child's birth and all that child was to become: a man who lived by a humble, selfless creed, championing the marginalised in a society which was, as it is now, fraught with political tensions. These carols are for everybody, the believer and the non-believer, people of other faiths and everyone wishing to join in the Christmas celebrations.
Event Details
Starts at 6:00PM
