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The Handel and Haydn Society and Brooklyn-based ChamberQUEER Present BaroQUEER: Historically Informed

May 30th concert in Roxbury offers Baroque bops, new jams, and celebrates queerness in classical music All tickets are “pay what you wish” BOSTON | The iconoclastic Brooklyn collective ChamberQUEER (CQ) teams up with Grammy-winning Boston institution the Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) for BaroQUEER: Historically Informed. Co-curated by H+H programming consultant and superstar countertenor …

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Fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout Joins Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society in Season Finale Beethoven, Mozart + The Bear May 2 + 4 at Symphony Hall

H+H partners with the Massachusetts College of Art and Design to bring a juried exhibition of student artwork inspired by Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 to Symphony Hall, open during both concerts. BOSTON | Handel and Haydn Society Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen leads the H+H Orchestra in a showstopping season finale pairing works from the …

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Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society Announces 2025-26 Season

Highlights of third season under Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen include five soloist debuts, featured guests Raphaël Pichon and acclaimed soprano Carolyn Sampson, and the return of H+H CitySing, welcoming singers from throughout Greater Boston to perform with H+H. BOSTON | The Handel and Haydn Society is pleased to announce details of its 2025-26 Season, the …

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Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society Now Accepting Applications from String Instrumentalists for 2025-2027 Stone Fellowship

Prestigious two-year Fellowship designed to foster the development of early-career musicians with ethnicities historically underrepresented in the field of period performance. BOSTON | The Handel and Haydn Society is now receiving applications from string instrumentalists for the 2025-2027 cohort of the H+H Stone Fellowship, a prestigious two-year fellowship for emerging musicians pursuing careers in period …

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Herald Spring and Celebrate Pride at the Handel and Haydn Society’s ‘Haydn + Beethoven’ Concerts March 28 + 30 at Symphony Hall

H+H Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen conducts two grand choral works: “Spring” from Haydn’s The Seasons and Beethoven’s Mass in C Major. Pride celebrations at the concerts in partnership with the Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce include a collaborative art activation with Artists for Humanity and a community sing. BOSTON | As longer days and budding …

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The Handel and Haydn Society Presents J.S. Bach’s Complete Brandenburg Concertos

Performances at Sanders Theatre and NEC’s Jordan Hall Showcase the Best of Baroque Instrumental Music. BOSTON | The Brandenburgs are back! For the third consecutive year, the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra is set to perform J.S. Bach’s complete set of six Brandenburg Concertos, playing on period instruments and using techniques to present the concertos …

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American Soprano Joélle Harvey‬ ‭Joins Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society for‬ “Love, Handel” ‭ ‬ ‭

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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