Candlelight Ballet

Candlelight Ballet: Featuring Tchaikovsky and More

⭐ Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Ottawa. Get your tickets now to discover the music of Tchaikovsky and More at Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre under the gentle glow of candlelight.

General Info
📍 Venue: Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre
📅 Dates and times: select your dates/times directly in the ticket selector
⏳ Duration: 60 minutes. Doors open 45 minutes before the show. No entry once it starts.
👤 Age recommendation: The experience is recommended for those who are 8+. To preserve the experience, disruptive behaviour may result in being asked to step outside. Anyone under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
♿ Accessibility: the venue is wheelchair accessible, however only in Zone B on the main floor.
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🪑 Seating is assigned on a first come first served basis in each zone
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Tentative Program

• Saint-Saëns - "Le Carnaval des animaux, R 125: XIII. The Swan"
• Tchaikovsky - "The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 14c, Pas de deux. Variation II, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"
• Tchaikovsky - "The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 12d, Divertissement. Trepak, Russian Dance
• Delibes - The Flower Duet from Lakmé
• Khachaturian - "Suite from Gayane nº3: V. Sabre Dance"
• Offenbach - "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Barcarolle) from Tales of Hoffman"
• Tchaikovsky - "String Quartet No. 3 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 30: IV. Finale. Allegro non troppo e risoluto"
• Borodin - "String Quartet nº1 in A Major: III. Scherzo: Prestissimo"
• Massenet - "Thaïs: Meditation"
• Tchaikovsky - "Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48, TH 48: II. Walzer"
• Fauré - "Pavane," Op. 50
• Piazzolla - "Oblivion"
• Tchaikovsky - "The Sleeping Beauty, op. 66, Act I "The Spell": nº6, Waltz"
• Dvořák - "String Quartet nº12 in F Major, op. 96, B.179 - "American Quartet": IV. Finale (Vivace ma non troppo)

Performers

• String Quartet
• 2 violins
• 1 viola
• 1 cello
• Ballet Dancers - Sylvia Berman, Sophie Qin
• Artistic Director - Olivia Khoury