Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings

Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings at Unity Temple on the Plaza

Strings, candlelight, and the carols you've known forever—just not the way you heard them growing up. On December 19, the Fountain City Quartet brings a sixty-minute instrumental program to the Sanctuary of Unity Temple on the Plaza, and it's a seasonal experience that trades sing-along familiarity for chamber-music elegance.

The advertised repertoire includes Carol of the Bells, Deck the Halls, Joy to the World, O Holy Night, Silent Night, The First Noel, Away in a Manger, and The Twelve Days of Christmas. In the Fountain City Quartet's instrumental setting, the focus shifts from lyrics to melody and the interplay of strings. It's an evening that lets you listen rather than recite.

Flameless LED candles set the scene for the Fountain City Quartet's instrumental carols. Rather than following a singer, you can hear the quartet shape the familiar melodies with its strings. It's a compact holiday program that leaves room to notice how much expression those tunes carry without their words, from the energy of Carol of the Bells to the hush of Silent Night.

If you're looking for a holiday outing that feels polished without being formal, this program delivers. It's an hour of music you recognize, performed in a way that gives those carols new texture. Rediscover favorite carols in a candlelit string-quartet setting; get tickets for Candlelight: Christmas Carols on Strings.