The Handel and Haydn Society in Boston has announced its 2021-22 season returning to live performances.

For the purposes of this article, we will only focus on vocal performances.

For the 168th consecutive year, the company will celebrate the holiday season with performances of Handel’s “Messiah,” at Symphony Hall. For the last time as Artistic Director, Harry Christophers will lead the H+H Orchestra and Chorus in this masterpiece alongside soloists Carolyn Sampson, Reginald Mobley, James Way, and Roderick Williams.

Performance Dates: Nov. 26, 27 & 28, 2021

French conductor Raphaël Pichon will make his US and H+H debut in Bach Christmas. The conductor will lead the H+H Orchestra and Chorus in J.S. Bach’s exultant Magnificat. The concert will also perform Giovanni Gabrieli’s “Hodie Christus natus est.” The December 3 concert will be at the St. Cecilia Parish in Boston, while the December 5 performance will be at First Church Cambridge.

Performance Dates: Dec. 3 & 5, 2021

The music of Haydn and Mozart takes center stage with Aisslinn Nosky performing Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1 and Harry Christophers leading the H+H Orchestra. The concert will also include Haydn’s Symphony No. 103, Drum Roll and Haydn’s Theresienmesse, the solemn mass with soloists Mary Bevan, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, and Jeremy Budd.

This program will be recorded live and become the final installment of H+H’s acclaimed recordings of Haydn masses, and the penultimate recording of Mozart concertos.

Performance Dates: Jan. 28 & 30, 2022

Jonathan Cohen conducts CPE Bach’s Magnificat, featuring festive trumpets and drums, J.S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 1, BWV 1066, and Vivaldi’s Gloria, RV 589 with soloists Joélle Harvey, Nicholas Phan, and Tyler Duncan.

Performance Dates: April 1 & 3, 2022

The Handel and Haydn Society Chorus make its debut at Carnegie Hall with Bernard Labadie conducting Bach’s St. Matthew Passion.

Performance Dates: April 7, 2022

The Harry Christophers era will conclude at Symphony Hall in Boston with Haydn’s The Creation. The oratorio will star Joélle Harvey, Robert Murray, Tyler Duncan, and Matthew Brook.

Performance Dates: April 29 & May 1, 2022