Candlelight: Holiday 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 Philadelphia. Get your tickets now to discover music inspired by the winter and the holiday spirit at Independence Seaport Museum under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Info
Venue: Independence Seaport Museum
Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
Duration: 60 minutes (doors open 60 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