The Baroque Trumpet and Trombone By John Tamilio III, Ph.D. There is a moment during H+H’s performance of Handel’s Messiah when two trumpet players emerge from opposite wings of the Symphony Hall balcony and play a fanfare. It’s one of my favorite parts of this famous oratorio. My heart skips a beat at the sound of the …
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A shocking discovery that its namesake composer Handel may have benefited from the slave trade led the Handel and Haydn Society to embark almost simultaneously on a research project and an act of musical restitution, “Crossing the Deep,” which is playing this weekend at Jordan Hall in two sold-out performances.
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Performances Feb 7 + 9 at NEC’s Jordan Hall Celebrate the Vocal and Instrumental Music of George Frideric Handel BOSTON | The Handel and Haydn Society welcomes acclaimed soprano Joélle Harvey to join the H+H Orchestra under the direction of Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen to present “Love, Handel,” a program of three passionate works by …
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When Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society found records detailing iconic composer George Frideric Handel’s ties to the slave trade, it responded in a way only the organization could: through music and performance.
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BOSTON | With the return of Crossing the Deep, the Handel and Haydn Society invites audiences to explore and reflect upon the stories, themes, and musical traditions of European sacred music by George Frideric Handel and spirituals by enslaved Africans in America created at the same time on both sides of the Atlantic. Performances take …
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H+H welcomes Ruben Valenzuela, Founder and Artistic Directorof Bach Collegium San Diego to conduct at NEC’s Jordan Hall BOSTON | Make the season bright with the beauty of Baroque music as the Handel and HaydnSociety welcomes Ruben Valenzuela, Founder and Artistic Director of Bach Collegium SanDiego to lead this year’s ‘Baroque Christmas’ concerts at NEC’s …
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Singers from the Greater Boston Community Join the H+H Orchestra and Chorus and H+H Youth Choruses Chamber Choir to Present Handel’s Messiah at Symphony Hall Thanksgiving Weekend BOSTON | For the 171st consecutive year, the Handel and Haydn Society presents Handel’s glorious Messiah at Symphony Hall November 29 + 30+ December 1, performing on period …
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H+H Orchestra and Chorus perform requiems by Michael Haydn and Mozart at Symphony Hall BOSTON | Handel and Haydn Society Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen and the H+H Orchestra and Chorus return to Boston’s Symphony Hall on Friday, September 27 and Sunday, September 29 to open H+H’s 210th consecutive season, a double feature of two …
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There are two reliable models to follow when laying your table for the holidays. There’s the full meal, with the table set for each course in order, and probably a dressed and carved centerpiece in there somewhere; on the flip side there’s the smorgasbord buffet of smaller-scale sweets and savories.
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