Candlelight: Featuring Mozart, Bach, and Timeless Composers at Arts Center of Oak Park

Candlelight: Featuring Mozart, Bach, and Timeless Composers is an immersive classical concert that pairs the warmth of candlelight with live chamber music, as a string quartet performs a curated journey through some of Western music’s most beloved works—from Baroque brilliance to Romantic drama and luminous Impressionist favorites. The program spotlights instantly recognizable passages like selections from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 and Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik and the achingly beautiful “Lacrimosa” from his Requiem, then builds to the iconic drive of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, the sweeping emotion of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, and the dreamy shimmer of Debussy’s “Clair de Lune,” rounded out with a vibrant movement from Ravel’s String Quartet—a timeless setlist designed to feel both elegant and deeply moving in an intimate, candlelit atmosphere.