Candlelight: Holiday Special featuring “The Nutcracker” and More at Wakefield Barn
⭐ 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 mins 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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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 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
- Lyricosa String Quartet

User reviews
- Vicki W.Dec 2022Amazing performance. We really enjoyed it.
- Megan F.Dec 2022Excellent show! Loved the selections and history given around the pieces. A superbly talented quartet!
- Patsy M.Dec 2022Relaxing and enjoyable experience
- Catherine F.Jan 2023It was wonderful!!
- Shauna N.Dec 2022Loved it!
- Louis A.Dec 2022It was so beautiful!
- Karen D.Dec 2022Beautiful!!!
- Ivy E.Feb 2023The show was fantastic but Wakefield Barn needs to add more lights to path from parking lot to the barn.
- Valerie S.Dec 2022Visibility was limited for the rows on the back (stage could be higher), but overall it was a beautiful event.
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