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Handel & Haydn Society 2025 Review: Spring from The Seasons & Beethoven’s Mass in C

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Sometimes it is hard to understand what was going on in the mind of an orchestral manager booking a concert. The last Handel and Haydn Society concert—despite its many musical merits—was an enigma, an afternoon full of conglomerate causes. We all gathered for the sake of Haydn’s “Spring” (from his oratorio “The Seasons”) and Beethoven’s “Mass in C Major.” When {…}

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Joélle Harvey Headlines Handel & Haydn Society’s ‘Love Handel’

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Handel and Haydn Society will present “Love, Handel” on Feb. 7 and 9, 2025 at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall. The showcase will be headlined by soprano Joélle Harvey, who joins the ensemble and artistic director Jonathan Cohen in a program that includes two secular cantatas as well as Händel’s opus 6 concertos. Finally, there will be performances of {…}

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Ying Fang & Jacquelyn Stucker Lead Handel & Haydn Society’s ‘The Marriage of Figaro’

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The Handel and Haydn Society is to perform a semi-staged production of “The Marriage of Figaro.” Raphaël Pichon, founder and artistic director of Pygmalion, will lead the performances on Nov. 17 and 18 at Boston’s Symphony Hall. The H+H Orchestra and Chorus will be joined by soprano Ying Fang as Susanna, soprano Jacquelyn Stucker as Countess Almaviva, bass-baritone Cody Quattlebaum {…}

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Ying Fang & Lauren Snouffer Lead Handel & Haydn Society’s 2022-23 Season

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(Credit: Dario Acosta) The Handel and Haydn Society has announced its 2022-23 season featuring important vocal performances. The season opens an all-Bach program at Symphony Hall. Bernard Labadie conducts The Glories of Bach with featured soloist soprano Lauren Snouffer, countertenor Cody Bowers, tenor Andrew Haji, and bass Michael Sumuel. Performance Dates: Oct. 7 & 9, 2022 Raphaël Pichon will return {…}

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Handel & Haydn Society to present Handel’s Messiah

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The Handel and Haydn Society is set to perform Händel’s Messiah for the holiday season. The concert is a hallmark of the H+H season that dates to its first concert in 1815 which featured the famed “Hallelujah” chorus. This year’s performance will be special as Harry Christophers returns to Symphony Hall for his 13th and final season as Artistic Director {…}

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Handel & Haydn Society’s Beethoven Concert Reports Record Audience

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(Credit: Robert Torres) The Handel and Haydn Society’s Beethoven Symphony No. 9 concert brought an attendance of more than 10,000 audience members to welcome back concert. The August 27 concert marked a record number for the organization according to the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR)officials. The evening, which took place at the (DCR) Hatch Memorial Shell, saw the {…}

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Handel & Haydn Society to Perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

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(Credit: Grant Leighton) On August 27, The Handel and Haydn Society will celebrate the return of the Boston arts scene with a free concert at the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreations Memorial Hatch Shell. The concert will showcase Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and will feature four vocal soloists along with the H+H Chorus and members of the H+H Youth {…}