SPRINGFIELD — If you enjoy a more intimate music listening session, then two Candlelight concerts at 52 Sumner this weekend may be for you.
Live music will be provided by the Listeso String Quartet and the room will be lit by thousands of candles — electric candles for safety — on stage and scattered around the venue.
Candlelight, a series of live classical concerts produced by Fever, has two performances in store for Springfield audiences on Saturday.
“Candlelight: Coldplay and Imagine Dragons” begins at 6 p.m., followed by a second concert, “Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics” at 8:30 p.m.
“Our Coldplay and Imagine Dragons Candlelight show is our most popular right now,” said Alexandra Baker, senior project manager at Fever.
Candlelight has previously held successful concerts at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, with future concert scheduled at the venue.
Angela Park, program director at 52 Sumner, said she and the board of directors are “excited” to welcome Candlelight Concerts to their venue.
“Our space is known for its warm, intimate atmosphere, making these performances feel more personal and inviting. As an organization, we are committed to providing unique and diverse talent to our community, fostering a deeper appreciation and love for the arts,” she said.
Candlelight and 52 Sumner were a perfect match, said Baker, as Fever strives to find diverse and unique spaces for its musicians to perform.
“When looking for them, we prioritize architecture, interesting spaces, ideally ones reflecting the community like 52 Sumner and the Basketball Hall of Fame. And when I researched and came across 52 Sumner, it seemed perfect because it was a former church and we do live performance in churches all around the world,” Baker said.
Among the songs to be performed during the daytime program include “Clocks, “Adventures of a Lifetime,” “Fix You,” “The Scientist,” “feelslikeimfallinginlove,” “Sky Full of Stars,” and “Viva la Vida,” all by Coldplay. Imagine Dragon tunes will include “Radioactive,” “Eyes Closed,” “Nice to Meet You,” “Follow You,” “Bad Liar,” and “Believer.”
The tentative program for the evening spooktacular includes “Thriller” by Michael Jackson, “Funeral March of the Marionette” by Charles Gounod, “Tubular Bells” theme by Mike Oldfield from “The Exorcist,” the “Stranger Things” theme song, “Beetlejuice” theme by Danny Elfman, “The Addams Family” theme by Vic Mizzy, the “Halloween” movie theme by John Carpenter, “Prelude” by Bernard Herrmann from the movie “Psycho,” the “Ghostbusters” movie theme by Ray Parker, Jr., “Danse Macabre” by Camille Saint-Saens, “Night on Bald Mountain” by Modest Mussorgsky, and “Time Warp” from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” by Richard O’Brien and Richard Hartley. The concert will also highlight a medley of songs by Danny Elfman from “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” and “String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor (Dresden Quartet ) Op. 110: II. Allegro Molto” by Dmitri Shosstakovich.
The Saturday shows run for approximately one hour and each requires separate admission.
Don’t feel the need to bring extra batteries for the candles in case one goes out.
“Batteries last at least a few shows,” Baker joked.
Tickets for each concert are $38, $48 and $59 and are available online at feverup.com.
Add $10 to those prices if you want an instant photo of you or your group in the candlelight environment, and $20 to bring home a pack of three premium electric candles.
52 Sumner is located on 52 Sumner Ave. across from the former Friendly’s building. For more information, visit 52sumner.com, or for more information on Candlelight concerts, visit https://feverup.com/en/springfield-ma
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