A Guide to Baroque Brass Instruments: Baroque Trumpet and Trombone
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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The Handel and Haydn Society is Now Accepting Applications for Second Annual H+H CitySing
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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The Boston Globe: Gorgeous imperfection from H+H
H+H delivers beauty, mischief, and fun.
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The Boston Musical Intelligencer: A “Symphony of Mice?”
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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The Handel and Haydn Society and Brooklyn-based ChamberQUEER Present BaroQUEER: Historically Informed
May 30th concert in Roxbury offers Baroque bops, new jams, and celebrates queerness in classical music All tickets are “pay what you wish” BOSTON | The iconoclastic Brooklyn collective ChamberQUEER (CQ) teams up with Grammy-winning Boston institution the Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) for BaroQUEER: Historically Informed. Co-curated by H+H programming consultant and superstar countertenor …
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OperaWire: Handel+ Haydn Society 2025 Review: “Spring” from The Seasons & Beethoven’s Mass in C
Sometimes it is hard to understand what was going on in the mind of an orchestral manager booking a concert. The last Handel + Haydn Society concert—despite its many musical merits—was an enigma, an afternoon full of conglomerate causes.
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Fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout Joins Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society in Season Finale Beethoven, Mozart + The Bear May 2 + 4 at Symphony Hall
H+H partners with the Massachusetts College of Art and Design to bring a juried exhibition of student artwork inspired by Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 to Symphony Hall, open during both concerts. BOSTON | Handel and Haydn Society Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen leads the H+H Orchestra in a showstopping season finale pairing works from the …
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Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society Announces 2025-26 Season
Highlights of third season under Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen include five soloist debuts, featured guests Raphaël Pichon and acclaimed soprano Carolyn Sampson, and the return of H+H CitySing, welcoming singers from throughout Greater Boston to perform with H+H. BOSTON | The Handel and Haydn Society is pleased to announce details of its 2025-26 Season, the …
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