Candlelight: Holiday Special featuring “The Nutcracker” and More

Overview

⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Bakersfield. Get your tickets now to discover holiday-inspired music at The Doré Theatre under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Info

📍 Venue: The Doré Theatre at California State University, Bakersfield

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

⏳ Duration: 65 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

Vapour Quartet