Candlelight: Christmas Special Featuring “The Nutcracker” & More

⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Champaign-Urbana. Get your tickets now to discover music inspired by the winter and the holiday spirit at Orpheum Champaign under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Info
📍 Venue: Orpheum Champaign
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes (doors open 30 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
• “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
• 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

• Listeso String Quartet

Seating Map