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 …
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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. …
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H+H uses period instruments to create an historically-informed presentation of Baroque and Classical music—as close as possible to the composer’s original intent. Interestingly, not all the instruments are available as working antiques. Sometimes we make new instruments to function and sound like the originals.
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“All were well up to the demands of the music, eliciting a thunderous justly-earned standing ovation the likes of which has rarely so rocked Symphony Hall. Suzuki was about as dynamic and expressive as one could imagine, and Concertmaster Aisslinn Nosky, with her typical ferocious attack, merely added to her already well-established reputation as H&H’s …
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ami Bennitt, Motor Media, ami@motormmm.com | 617.797.8267 AMADEUS LIVE The H+H Orchestra and Chorus Will Perform the AMADEUS Soundtrack Live with the Academy Award-Winning Film on the Authentic Period Instruments Like Those Mozart Himself Heard and Composed for Featuring Ian Watson on Fortepiano, Who Played on the Original AMADEUS Soundtrack Conducted …
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