Raphaël Pichon Conducts the Handel and Haydn Society in Beethoven Symphony No. 7
October 24 and 25 performances at Symphony Hall include Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 featuring guest fortepianist Tanguy de Williencourt in his H+H debut. BOSTON | Renowned French conductor Raphaël Pichon returns to Boston to lead the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra in an all-Beethoven program at Symphony Hall on Friday, October 24 and Saturday, …
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12 Surprising Facts You Need to Know about Handel’s Messiah
By Sally Bradford Few masterworks of Baroque music can rival Handel’s Messiah for its eternal popularity. The Handel and Haydn Society has performed Messiah over 450 times in our 211-year history. Our annual performances during Thanksgiving weekend have become a beloved holiday tradition, as Boston as Fenway Park! Many of us are familiar with Messiah, but some may …
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Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society Opens 211th Consecutive Season with Grand Performances of Handel’s Dramatic Oratorio, Saul
Five guest soloists, the H+H Youth Choruses Chamber Choir, and second H+H CitySing ensemble join an expanded H+H Orchestra and Chorus to present Saul on Oct 3 and 5 at Symphony Hall. BOSTON | Handel and Haydn Society Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen is set to lead a full stage of musicians to open H+H’s 211th …
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H+H at Artis-Naples (Naples, FL)
George Frideric Handel’s Messiah — the greatest story ever told in song — returns to Hayes Hall in a landmark performance by Boston’s Grammy-winning Handel and Haydn Society, now presenting this Baroque masterwork for its remarkable 172nd consecutive season. Led by conductor Jonathan Cohen, the 211-year-old ensemble will be joined by its celebrated chorus and …
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H+H at Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (West Palm Beach, FL)
Celebrate the holidays with a traditional Messiah from the longest running series in America! Since their opening concert on Christmas Day, 1815, Handel’s Messiah has been synonymous with the Handel and Haydn Society. For the first time ever at the Kravis Center, experience Handel + Haydn’s magical and complete Messiah. Learn more
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H+H at Shalin Liu Performance Center (Rockport, MA)
One of the nation’s preeminent period orchestras, Boston’s own Handel + Haydn Society presents Handel’s iconic, treasured holiday tradition in a special chamber arrangement for chamber orchestra and chorus led by Associate Conductor Ian Watson. Learn more
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H+H at Concerts at the Point (Westport, MA)
An audience favorite, musicians from the Handel and Haydn Society return to enthrall us with a program of Baroque and Classical gems in historically informed performance. This elite chamber ensemble will bring to life the music of history’s greatest composers with the same dedication, freshness, and energy that they felt when composing their music. Stay tuned …
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H+H at Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall)
In its Zankel Hall debut, H+H is led by Jonathan Cohen in a program of J. S. Bach and Telemann cantatas that evoke a powerful, otherworldly beauty, paired with one of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, which H+H calls “the best of the Baroque … magnificent musical vignettes [that] never fail to delight and amaze.” Learn more
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Experience Historical Boston: Six Things to Do
Ten years after the Pilgrims landed on the shores of Cape Cod, another group of English Puritans led by John Winthrop arrived in Massachusetts and made the Shawmut Peninsula home. They soon founded the town of Boston in September 1630. As one of America’s oldest cities, Boston lays claim to many American “firsts” including the …
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