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Handel and Haydn Society Launches ‘CitySing’ and‬ Brings Boston Together for Annual Performances of‬ ‭ Handel’s‬‭ Messiah‬ ‭

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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Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society Opens‬ ‭ 210th Season with ‘Mozart Requiem’‬

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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Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society Announces You Are the Music

Largest fundraising effort in H+H’s 210 year history positioned to raise $53 million to elevate artistic quality and provide accessible, broadly inclusive programming BOSTON | The Handel and Haydn Society today announced You Are the Music, the most ambitious and comprehensive fundraising campaign in H+H’s 210 year history. Generating a total of $47 million in …

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Jonathan Cohen and the Handel and Haydn Society Ring in the Holidays With Messiah

November 24 + 25 + 26, 2023 at Symphony Hall Press performance is Friday, November 24 at 7:30 PM Email for high-resolution images, interviews, press tickets, and more information (Boston) The celebrated holiday tradition returns as the Handel and Haydn Society perform Handel’s glorious Messiah at Symphony Hall November 24, 25 and 26, 2023. Newly …

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Handel and Haydn Society Names Violinists Carmen Lavada Johnson-Pájaro and Amelia Sie Inaugural Stone Fellows

(Boston – July 12, 2023) The Handel and Haydn Society has named violinists Carmen Lavada Johnson-Pájaro and Amelia Sie the first ever Stone Fellows. A first of its kind among period-instrument orchestras, the Fellowship will foster the development of early-career musicians whose socio-cultural identities have been historically underrepresented in the field. Johnson-Pájaro and Sie will …

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Handel and Haydn Society Youth Choruses Partners with Hampshire Young People’s Chorus for Day of Music and Learning

Saturday, March 4, 2023 (Boston) The Handel and Haydn Society Youth Choruses are partnering with the Hampshire Young People’s Chorus from Northampton for a joint concert in Amherst, MA on March 4. The choruses will combine to perform several selections on the concert including “Music of Life” by B.E. Boykin, “Sesere Eeye” arranged by Mark …

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Handel and Haydn Society Announces 2023-24 Season

Season Marks the First For Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen (Boston) – The Handel and Haydn Society announces its 2023-24 season, the first under new Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen. Cohen is just the 15th to hold that position in Handel and Haydn Society’s 209 years and has selected an eclectic group of works for the season’s …

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