Candlelight Concerts in DC

Candlelight: The Best of Hans Zimmer is an immersive concert experience that reimagines some of modern film’s most iconic scores in elegant, emotionally charged string arrangements, all performed in a sea of flickering candlelight. Over roughly an hour, the program travels from the pulse-quickening intensity of Inception and The Dark Knight to the sweeping grandeur of Gladiator and Man of Steel, with unforgettable moments from The Lion King, Interstellar, Sherlock Holmes, and Pirates of the Caribbean woven in—creating a cinematic, goosebump-inducing night where every theme feels both epic and surprisingly intimate.

Candlelight: Neo-Soul Favorites is a lush, candlelit concert experience that transforms modern R&B and neo-soul into glowing, string-driven arrangements, letting familiar hooks and slow-burn grooves land with new intimacy and drama. Performed live by the Kennedy String Quartet, the set moves through a genre-spanning mix of favorites—from SZA, Lauryn Hill, Solange, Miguel, Frank Ocean, and H.E.R. to Alicia Keys, Boyz II Men, and soulful showstoppers like Prince’s “Purple Rain” and Childish Gambino’s “Redbone”—creating a warm, immersive night that feels both classic and unmistakably contemporary.

Candlelight: Featuring Vivaldi’s Four Seasons & More is an immersive classical concert that surrounds you with the warm glow of hundreds of candles while a live string ensemble brings some of the most vivid music ever written to life. Anchored by Vivaldi’s iconic Four Seasons, the program weaves in additional favorites—like the soaring “Méditation” from Thaïs, a modern, hypnotic reimagining of Vivaldi by Max Richter, and the passionate pulse of Piazzolla—creating a journey that moves from sparkling delicacy to thunderous drama and back again, with every melody feeling close, immediate, and richly cinematic.