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 Chicago. Get your tickets now to discover music inspired by the winter and the holiday spirit at Hyde Park Union Church under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Info
📍 Venue: Hyde Park Union Church
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 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

• 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

• String Quartet - Listeso - Chicago

Seating Map