Richard Egarr, Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music, makes his Handel and Haydn debut, leading Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 23 from the fortepiano and conducting Mozart’s lively Symphony No. 1 and Beethoven’s delightful Symphony No. 8.

Mozart: Symphony No. 1
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23
Beethoven: Overture to Creatures of Prometheus
Beethoven: Symphony No. 8

Richard Egarr, conductor/fortepiano

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Friday, December 5 at 7:30pm      Symphony Hall
Saturday, December 6 at 3pm
Sunday, December 7 at 3pm

Audiences have been enjoying Handel and Haydn’s Messiah performances for 155 consecutive years. Famed British opera conductor Paul Daniel promises to deliver an unforgettable rendition of this beloved Boston tradition.

Kendra Colton, soprano
Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano
Brian Stucki, tenor
Brett Polegato, baritone

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Conductor John Finney and the Society’s acclaimed Chorus offer a joyous program of Bach’s timeless Christmas music. Celebrate the season with Bach’s glorious Magnificat and two festive cantatas.

Bach: Cantata 191, “Gloria in excelsis Deo”
Bach: Cantata 151, “Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt”
Bach: Magnificat, BWV 243

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Sir Roger Norrington leads a concert performance of Haydn’s magnificent opera L’anima del filosofo. Telling the mythical story of Orfeo and Euridice, this seldom-heard masterpiece boasts a gorgeous array of moving arias and grand choruses, to be performed by an outstanding cast of soloists and the Society’s Chorus.

Sarah Coburn, Euridice
Andrew Kennedy, Orfeo
Christopher Maltman, Creonte

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Experience a musical journey through Baroque Europe led by the versatile conductor Paul Goodwin. Travel to Germany with Bach’s extraordinary Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, to England with the expressive delights of Purcell, and to France with the instrumental poetry of Couperin.

Couperin: Concert dans le goût théâtral
Purcell: Funeral Sentences
Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Purcell: The Masque from Dioclesian

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Join dynamic conductor Grant Llewellyn as he explores the Romantic era with Brahms’ Symphony No. 1. Brahms spent 20 years perfecting this masterpiece to honor the legacy of Beethoven and Haydn. The program also features Mendelsson’s beautifully lyric Violin Concerto and a World Premiere of a new choral tribute to Handel.

Brahms: Symphony No. 1
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
Vignieri: Fanfare of Voices

Ilya Gringolts, Violin

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Explore the fiery drama and emotion of the Baroque with a program of masterworks by Handel, Telemann, Rebel and C.P.E. Bach. The eloquent young conductor Jean-Marie Zeitouni makes his Handel and Haydn debut leading this sparkling program, featuring gifted cellist Phoebe Carrai.

Handel: Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 6
Telemann: Burlesque de Don Quixote
C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerto in A Major
Rebel: Les Elémens

Phoebe Carrai, cello

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Discover Doctor Haydn’s London Academy with Sir Roger Norrington. Encounter the variety of Haydn’s first works inspired by his time in England. From his spectacular symphonies to his take on English folk songs, hear why audiences have flocked to hear Haydn’s music for more than 200 years!

Haydn: Symphony No. 99
Haydn: Scena di Berenice
Haydn: English Songs
Haydn: Symphony No. 92, “Oxford”

Nathalie Paulin, soprano

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Our season ends with a gala celebration of Haydn and his monumental oratorio, The Creation. Join Grant Llewellyn as he conducts the Chorus and Period-Instrument Orchestra in a FREE outdoor concert at Boston’s Hatch Shell! Be sure to save the date for this extraordinary event, part of a worldwide celebration in honor of Haydn’s 200th anniversary.

This is a non-subscription event.

Elizabeth Watts, soprano
Stan Olsen, tenor
Eric Owens, baritone

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Programs and artists subject to change.