H+H follows Historically Informed Performance practices, commonly shortened to HIP. Because H+H performs music from the 17th though the early-19th centuries, current understanding of the musical traditions associated with those centuries underlies any performance decision.
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Subscriptions are now on sale for our 2025–26 Season and you can secure your spot online or by calling our Box Office. Plus, single tickets for our thrilling season opener, Handel’s Saul, are officially on sale now. Not sure which concerts to choose? Don’t worry–Joe from Marketing has got you covered! Joe shares his top …
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Prestigious two-year Stone Fellowship is 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 announces the selection of emerging instrumentalists Eliana Estrada (violin) and Sarah Ghandour (cello) as Stone Fellows for the 2025-2027 seasons, following a competitive live audition …
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Stephen Goist Named Principal Viola and Katherine Spencer Named Principal Clarinet BOSTON | The Handel and Haydn Society and Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen are pleased to announce the appointments of Stephen Goist as principal viola and Katherine Spencer as principal clarinet beginning in the 2025-26 Season. The musicians were selected by Cohen and separate committees …
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League’s Flagship Professional Development Program Established 25 Years Ago [Boston, MA] – Chris Petre-Baumer, Director of Marketing and Creative of the Handel and Haydn Society, is among an international cohort of 35 orchestra and arts professionals selected to participate in Essentials of Orchestra Management, the League of American Orchestras’ premier leadership development program. The ten-day …
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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 majestic flourish, imagining that this is how …
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Selected vocalists to perform portions of Handel’s Saul with H+H at Symphony Hall on Oct 3 + 5. Application materials are due by Saturday, May 31. BOSTON | The Handel and Haydn Society and Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the second annual H+H CitySing, welcoming 30 …
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H+H delivers beauty, mischief, and fun.
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The Handel and Haydn Society offered a stunning season closer Friday night at Symphony Hall that garnered not one but two standing ovations, the first occurring most unusually right before intermission.
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