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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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Handel and Haydn Society to Present ‘Messiah,’ Launches ‘CitySing’ Program

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The Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) will present Händel’s ‘Messiah’ at Symphony Hall starting on November 29, 2024. The production, which will run through Dec. 1 will feature period instruments and soloists including soprano Jeanine De Bique, countertenor Reginald Mobley, tenor Nicholas Phan, and baritone Sumner Thompson. The company also revealed the introduction of  “CitySing,” a new initiative conceived by {…}
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Handel and Haydn Society 2024 Review: Mozart & Michael Haydn’s ‘Requiem’

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(Photo credit: Robert Torres) Sometimes we ought to live and let die twice in a night—or, perhaps, let die and then live twice? The Handel and Haydn Society’s (H+H) program is, in many ways, logical: Michael Haydn’s “Requiem” and then Mozart’s. There is much kinship between the pieces; however, even for the most skeptical of critics, it is hard to {…}
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Handel and Haydn Society Announces ‘You Are the Music’ Fundraiser

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The Handel and Haydn Society has announced “You Are the Music,” the most ambitious and comprehensive fundraising campaign in H+H’s 210-year history. The campaign has generated a total of $47 million in generous donations from members of the Board and other major gifts during its quiet phase. “You Are the Music” is well positioned to raise a total of $53 {…}
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Handel and Haydn Society to Present Händel’s ‘Messiah’

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The Handel and Haydn Society is set to celebrate the holiday season with performances of Händel’s “Messiah” at Symphony Hall. The performances are set to take place on Nov. 24, 25, and 26 with newly appointed Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen leading the H+H Orchestra and Chorus. The performances will mark Cohen’s first time conducting “Messiah” with H+H and he noted, {…}

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