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

General Info
📍 Venue: First Unitarian Church (entry through Franklin Street)
📅 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 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”
    
    

Performers

• Kennedy String Quartet
  
  

Reviews of Candlelight Concerts
💬 Amber B. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: "This was a beautiful event with wonderfully talented musicians. Would go again and would recommend to anyone! "
💬 Michael B. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: "A wonderful experience. Fantastic performance, great sound. We will be back for future performances."
💬 Daniel V. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: "Absolutely amazing! stellar performance by the musicians and great array of song pieces played. Highly recommend."