Reviews

by David Patterson “This aperiodic visitor to live period instrument music-making found much to take in. The Handel and Haydn Society’s Sunday Symphony Hall outing with Harry Christophers definitely encouraged future visits—for more Haydn, especially. Thirty-eight symphonies apart, Nos. 49 and 87 offered thriving real-time, real-space illustrations of evolution. Earlier and later Haydn resounded. Mozart’s …

Ian Watson and Susanna Ogata (Coro) Is there room for another set of recordings of Beethoven’s Op. 30 violin sonatas? Certainly, when performed with the buoyancy and rhythmic acuity with which violinist Ogata and keyboardist Watson, both of the Handel and Haydn Society, infuse them. The drama underpinning the C-minor Sonata and the effortless charm …

Handel and Haydn Society, led from within its own ranks By Jeremy Eichler, The Boston Globe, October 31, 2017 Marketing efforts underway at the Handel and Haydn Society appear to be working, as Symphony Hall was impressively full on Sunday afternoon for a matinee concert with neither guest conductor nor guest soloist on the program. …