Candlelight: Christmas 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 San Francisco. Get your tickets now to discover Christmas inspired music at St. Ignatius Church under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Info
📍 Venue: St. Ignatius Church
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes. Doors open 45 minutes before the show. No entry once it starts.
👤 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
• The Snow is Dancing – Claude Debussy
• The Seasons, Op. 37a: – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • I. January. “By the Hearth”
  • XII. December. “Christmas”
• The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 4 RV 297: “Winter” – Vivaldi
• 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”

• String Quartet - Range Ensemble