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 Raleigh. Get your tickets now to discover holiday inspired music at the Historic Wakefield Barn under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Info
📍 Venue: Wakefield Barn
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 65 minutes. Doors open 45 minutes before the show and close 5 minutes prior to the start. Late arrivals will not be 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

• 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
• 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
• The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 4 RV 297: Winter – Vivaldi

Performers

• Lyricosa String Quartet