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Experience highlights Why you'll love it

Christmas Carols on Strings's music, reimagined live
Hear iconic music from 12 Days of Christmas, Angels from the Realms of Glory, Angels We Have Heard On High and more, performed live by a string quartet.

Surrounded by a thousand candles
Only candles illuminate the room, creating a breathtaking atmosphere that makes every Candlelight concert unforgettable.

An extraordinary setting
Enjoy the concert at The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, an exceptional setting.
Program The music that awaits you
- 12 Days of ChristmasTraditional
- Angels We Have Heard On HighJames Chadwick Trio
- Away in a MangerWilliam J. Kirkpatrick
- Carol of the BellsMykola Leontovych
- Deck The HallsEmergence Quartet
- Ding Dong Merrily on HighThoinot Arbeau
- Do You Hear What I HearGloria Shayne
- God Rest Ye Merry GentlemenPentatonix
- Good King WenceslasJohn Mason Neale
- Greensleeves (What Child Is This)William Chatterton Dix
- Hark The Herald Angels SingFelix Mendelssohn
- In the Bleak MidwinterGustav Holst
- Joy To The WorldGeorge Frideric Handel
- O TannenbaumA Little Time
- O Come, All Ye FaithfulJohn Francis Wade
- All Ye FaithfulJohn Francis Wade
- O Holy NightAdolphe Adam
- O Little Town of BethlehemElvis Presley
- Silent NightFranz Xaver Gruber
- The First NoelTraditional
- GreensleevesTraditional
- O Christmas TreeErnst Anschütz
- In The Bleak MidwinterGustav Holst
- Twelve Days of ChristmasTraditional
- Hark! The Herald Angels SingFelix Mendelssohn
Performers
- String quartetMetropolis String Quartet
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In short About the concert
Experience Christmas Carols on Strings's most iconic music in a new light at The Art Institute of Chicago. Surrounded by the warm glow of thousands of candles, a string quartet brings unforgettable music from 12 Days of Christmas, Angels from the Realms of Glory, Angels We Have Heard On High to life in a 60-minute concert.
This concert experience is a tribute. It is not linked, endorsed or sponsored by the artist, his heirs or his official representatives.
On the day How it works

Arrive with time to spare
Doors open 45 minutes before the concert. Late entry is not permitted.

Settle into your seat
Seats are assigned on arrival, on a first-come basis within the zone of the ticket you purchased.

Let the music take over
Sit back and enjoy 60 minutes of live music, surrounded by the warm glow of candlelight.
About the venueThe Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago is a famous museum located in Grant Park. It houses more than 300,000 art pieces from different parts of the world, including renowned collections of French painting from the 19th century and painting and sculpture from the 20th century. The museum has undergone several expansions, including the recent Modern Wing designed by Renzo Piano, making it the second-largest art museum in the US.
Address
111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 60603
Parking
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Accessibility
this venue is ADA compliant
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