Candlelight: Holiday Special Featuring “The Nutcracker” and More

⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Washington D.C. Get your tickets now to discover Holiday inspired music at St. Francis Hall under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Info
📍 Venue: St. Francis Hall
📅 Dates and times: December 12 and 19 at 6:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. (select during purchase)
⏳ Duration: 65 minutes (doors open 1 hour prior to the start time and late entry is not permitted)
👤 Age requirement: 8 years old or older. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult
♿ Accessibility: this venue is ADA compliant
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🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone
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Tentative Program

• Holiday Medley – Various
  • Hark the Herald Angels Sing
  • The First Noël
  • Deck the Halls
• O Holy Night – Adolphe Adam
• Ma’oz Tzur – Traditional Hanukkah Song
• The Snow is Dancing – Claude Debussy
• The Seasons, Op. 37a – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • I. January. “By the Hearth”
  • XII. December. “Christmas”
• The Skaters’ Waltz, Op. 183 (Les Patineurs) – Émile Waldteufel
• Greensleeves (What Child is This) – Traditional
• Holiday Medley
  • Joy to the World
  • Angels We Have Heard on High
  • Away in a Manger
• The Nutcracker, Op. 71 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Miniature Overture
  • Act I, Scene II: No. 2, “March”
  • Act II: No. 12d, Divertissement. “Trepak, Russian Dance”
  • Act II: No. 13, “Waltz of the Flowers”
  • Act II: No. 14c, Pas de Deux. Variation II, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”
    
    

Performers

• Kennedy String Quartet
  
  

Reviews of Candlelight Concerts
💬 Dorian T. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: "Wonderful experience, right amount of time for the concert and great environment! We loved it!!!"
💬 Nancy G. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: "Very impressive!!! Beautiful, musicians are very professional. It was an incredible experience!!!"
💬 Katie D. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: "Just incredible... Beautiful music and so nice to hear it live! Can’t wait to attend another event."