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May 17, 2019

The Boston Globe: Hope for the future of classical music performance

When the final note of a superb performance of Mozart’s Masonic Funeral Music by Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society had finished echoing through Symphony Hall, the respectful silence was broken by the lone voice of a young boy who, sounding appropriately amazed, simply said “Wow!”

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May 17, 2019

CBS Evening News: A young concertgoer yelled “Wow!” His grandfather was more surprised than anyone.

They are some of the best classical musicians in the country. But at one recent performance by The Handel and Haydn Society in Boston, the most memorable moment didn’t come from anyone on stage at Symphony Hall. It came from the audience, right at the very end of Mozart’s Masonic Funeral Music.

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May 15, 2019

WCRB: Bach’s Complete Cello Suites at the MFA with Guy Fishman

Guy Fishman, Principal Cellist with the Handel and Haydn Society, discusses his upcoming marathon performance of Bach’s six masterpieces at the Museum of Fine Arts, and why performing these pieces on an instrument from the composer’s time is special.

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May 11, 2019

Entertainment Tonight: ‘Orchestra Kid’: How One “Wow” Became a Viral Sensation

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May 5, 2019

Der Spiegel Online: Boston Orchestra finds the “Wow!” Child

Als Mozarts Maurerische Trauermusik endete, entfuhr dem Kind ein “Wow!”. Nun hat ein Orchester aus Boston herausgefunden, wer so begeistert war. Der junge Fan darf auf weitere Freudenmomente hoffen.

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May 10, 2019

USA Today: Kid yells ‘wow’ after orchestra plays Mozart song, charms crowd

A 9-year-old couldn’t help but exclaim “wow” after hearing a Boston orchestra play Mozart, and it was all caught on the concert’s recording.

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May 11, 2019

MASSlive: The best social media reactions to viral clip of kid saying ‘wow’ after moving Mozart concert at Boston’s Symphony Hall

The story hit just the right note with those who heard it. But whose young voice was it that touched the hearts of both orchestra and audience alike at a concert of the Handel and Hayden Society at Symphony Hall in Boston Sunday?

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May 10, 2019

The Boston Globe: ‘We have found the “wow” child!’ Handel and Haydn Society tracks down enthusiastic concertgoer

It was the “Wow!” heard ’round the concert hall — and now they know who said it.The Handel and Haydn Society has located the young boy who captured the hearts of concertgoers and delighted the Internet when he let out an audible “Wow!” after the orchestra finished a piece by Mozart during a Boston Symphony …

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May 9, 2019

NPR: Child Who Yelled ‘Wow’ At Mozart Concert Charms Boston Audience

The country’s oldest orchestra, Handel and Haydn Society, reached the end of Mozart’s “Masonic Funeral,” when a child exclaimed, “Wow.” The group is looking for the child to give them a recording.

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May 10, 2019

WCVB: Meet the boy behind Boston’s symphony ‘wow’ moment.

A performing arts group has found the child who was literally wowed by a recent classical music concert. The Handel & Haydn Society had just finished a rendition of Mozart’s “Masonic Funeral” at Boston’s Symphony Hall on Sunday when a youngster blurted out: “WOW!”

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