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 Boston. Get your tickets now to discover Holiday inspired music at First Church under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Info
📍 Venue: First Church in Cambridge
📅 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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🪑 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 Seasons, Op. 37a – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • XII. December. “Christmas”
• The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 4 RV 297: “Winter” – Antonio Vivaldi
• The Skaters’ Waltz, Op. 183 (Les Patineurs) – Émile Waldteufel
• Hänsel und Gretel: Act 2, “Abends will ich schlafen gehn (Evening Prayer)” – Engelbert Humperdinck
• Greensleeves (What Child is This) – Traditional
• Ma’oz Tzur – Traditional Hanukkah Song
• Ave Maria – Franz Schubert
• The Nutcracker, Op. 71 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • “Miniature Overture”
  • 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

• Beacon Street Quartet with a Vocalist on Select Pieces