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Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society Announces 2026-27 Season on 211th Birthday

Highlights of fourth season under Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen include H+H’s third CitySing with Mendelssohn’s Elijah, the world premiere of a co-commission, Messiah with Conductor Laureate Harry Christophers, and Bach’s complete Brandenburg Concertos. BOSTON | Founded on March 24, 1815 “to promote the love of good music and a better performance of it,” the Handel …

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A Guide to Handel’s Water Music

Experience the refreshing beauty of this Baroque piece live in Boston with H+H. Picture this: it’s 1717, and King George I is floating down the River Thames on a royal barge while a second barge carries 50 musicians performing spectacular music. The King commissioned Baroque era composer George Frideric Handel (most famous for Messiah) to write the music …

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Celebrate Pride and Community with Handel’s Water Music Presented by the Handel and Haydn Society at Symphony Hall, April 10 + 12

Concerts feature a special performance by local high school singers of the inaugural H+H Youth Choruses Chorale Festival. BOSTON | Welcome spring and celebrate Pride and community at Handel’s Water Music, presented by the Handel and Haydn Society at Symphony Hall on Friday, April 10 and Sunday, April 12. H+H Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen leads …

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The Handel and Haydn Society Youth Choruses Expands Programming to Support Choral Music Education in Public High Schools

Brockton, Framingham, and South Shore high schools to participate in inaugural HHYC Chorale Festival, including a performance with H+H at Symphony Hall BOSTON | The Handel and Haydn Society Youth Choruses (HHYC) will host its inaugural Chorale Festival in February, designed to enrich choral music education in Massachusetts public high schools. The HHYC Chorale Festival …

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The Handel and Haydn Society Welcomes English Soprano Carolyn Sampson for ‘Mozart + Haydn’ at NEC’s Jordan Hall, January 9 + 11

H+H Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen leads the period ensemble in a program of Baroque and Classical works to begin the new year BOSTON | Radiant “Alleluias” will fill the hall as renowned English soprano Carolyn Sampson joins the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra for ‘Mozart + Haydn’ at NEC’s Jordan Hall on Friday, January 9 …

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