Handel and Haydn Society to Perform the Great Bach Concertos and Cantatas
September 28 and 30, 2018 l Symphony Hall, Boston Press performance Friday, September 28 at 7:30 p.m. [Boston, MA – August 14, 2018] Five legendary Bach compositions in one performance! The Handel and Haydn Society kicks off its 2018-19 season with The Great Bach Concertos and Cantatas on Friday, September 28, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. …
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The Boston Globe: Vivid Handel and Haydn chorus lifts ‘Hercules’
When Harry Christophers took over the artistic reins of the Handel and Haydn Society almost a decade ago, he pledged to recommit the group to the music of its namesake composers. No need to search farther afield, the argument went, when there is still plenty of treasure to excavate in one’s own backyard. He might …
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Boston Classical Review: H&H’s “Hercules”
Handel’s oratorios, which recast tales of heroic deeds for eighteenth-century English audiences, are products of their time and place. But his Hercules offers a dire warning that still manages to speak across the centuries: Jealousy will drive you mad. Friday night at Symphony Hall, the Handel and Haydn Society and its conductor, Harry Christophers, offered …
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Debra Nagy Appointed Principal Oboe of the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra
[Boston, MA – April 20, 2018] The Handel and Haydn Society has announced that Debra Nagy has won its Principal Oboe position, effective July 1, 2018. Nagy was selected by a committee following a series of auditions. H+H is noted for performing Baroque and Classical music on period instruments. In its search for a new …
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Handel and Haydn Society to Perform Handel’s Hercules
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Erin Callanan, Callanan & Klein Communications erin@callananklein.com l 617.431.1171 HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY TO PERFORM HANDEL’S HERCULES Friday, May 4, 2018 Sunday, May 6, 2018 Grammy™ Award-Winning Bass Baritone Jonathan Lemalu Joins as Featured Soloist [Boston, MA – April 2018] Grammy Award winner Jonathan Lemalu, one of New Zealand’s most internationally …
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The Boston Globe: Handel and Haydn ‘Fairy Queen’ is delightful
Oberon and Titania may be immortal, but Henry Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen” more readily shows its age. The 1692 masque based on Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” has both a paper-thin plot and a score that could grow tedious in the wrong hands. Luckily for the Jordan Hall audience Friday night, the Handel and Haydn …
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