Candlelight: Holiday Special Featuring “The Nutcracker” & More

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Date(s): Friday, December 20, 2024
Time: 8:45pm-9:45pm
Venue: First Presbyterian Church
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Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Ann Arbor. Get your tickets now to discover music inspired by the winter and holiday spirit at First Presbyterian Ann Arbor under the gentle glow of candlelight.

Tentative music included in the program are:

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”

Minimum Age:8. Under 16 must be accompanied by an adult

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