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Candlelight x Sofitel: Holiday Special featuring “The Nutcracker” and More

Sofitel New York
Dec 21 | Thu |
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Candlelight is a magical musical experience in beautiful candlelit venues in New York City. Buy your tickets now and come experience an enchanting concert in the heart of the elegant Sofitel New York.

It's no coincidence that Sofitel has opened its doors to Candlelight concerts. Every evening at dusk during the festive season, Sofitel hotels around the world add a touch of magic with the Candlelight Ritual. These Candlelight concerts are about to spread to other Sofitel hotels around the world, in Sydney and Amsterdam...

General Info
📍 Venue: Sofitel New York Hotel
📅 Dates and times: December 21, 2023, at 7 p.m.
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes (doors open 30 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 wheelchair accessible
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🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone
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Tentative Programme

Holiday Medley – Various
“Hark the Herald Angels Sing”
“The First Noël”
“Deck the Halls”
O Holy Night – Adolphe Adam
The Seasons, Op. 37a – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
I. January. “By the Hearth”
XII. December. “Christmas”
The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8 No. 4 RV 297: “Winter” – Antonio Vivaldi
The Skaters’ Waltz, Op. 183 (Les Patineurs) – Émile Waldteufel
Hänsel und Gretel: Act 2, “Abends will ich schlafen gehn (Evening Prayer)” – Engelbert Humperdinck
Greensleeves (What Child is This) – Traditional
Ave Maria – Franz Schubert
The Nutcracker, Op. 71 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
“Miniature Overture”
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

Highline String Quartet

Venue: Sofitel New York

45 W 44th Street Map
212-354-8844