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 Pittsburgh. Get your tickets now to discover music inspired by the winter and the holiday spirit at Senator John Heinz History Center under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Info

Venue: Senator John Heinz History Center

Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector

Duration: 60 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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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