Joélle Harvey, Hilary Cronin, Christopher Lowrey, Robert Murray, Roderick Williams & Reginald Mobley Lead Handel and Haydn Society’s 2026-27 Season

The Handel and Haydn Society (H + H) has announced its 2026-27 season. Here are the vocal performances: Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen conducts Händel’s “L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato” with the H+H Orchestra and Chorus. The cast includes soprano Joélle Harvey. Massachusetts Poet Laureate Regie Gibson joins as speaker. Performance Dates: Oct. 2 & 4, 2026 Conductor Laureate Harry {…}

Oct 15, 2025

Handel and Haydn Society 2025 Review: Saul

Say whatever you want — to me, the story of David and Jonathan is the most beautiful queer love story ever told. Last spring, the Handel and Haydn Society celebrated queerness, but only this fall did they actually perform a work that — at least to me — unapologetically embraced queerness: Händel’s “Saul.” The result was satisfying in a different {…}

Apr 20, 2025

Cassandra Extavour, Reginald Mobley, & Brian Mummert Among Soloists in ‘BaroQUEER: Historically Informed’

ChamberQUEER and the Handel and Haydn Society team up to present “BaroQUEER: Historically Informed.” The concert featuring music by composers ranging from George Frideric Handel and Jean-Baptiste Lully to Julius Eastman and Caroline Shaw. Performers include soprano Cassandra Extavour, countertenors Reginald Mobley and Doug Dodson, tenor Gregório Taniguchi, and baritones Brian Mummert and Dana Whiteside. The program celebrates queer perspectives {…}

Apr 18, 2025

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 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 {…}

Mar 9, 2025

Handel and Haydn Society President & CEO Set to Retire

The Handel and Haydn Society is set to have a new leader at the helm for the first time in nearly a decade as it was announced that President and CEO David Snead is set to retire. Snead was named by Musical America as one of the Top 30 Professionals of the Year back in 2021, a distinction to go {…}

Jan 17, 2025

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

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 {…}

Dec 31, 2024

Handel and Haydn Society to Revive ‘Crossing the Deep’

Handel and Haydn Society is set to present “Crossing the Deep” on Jan. 17 and 19, 2025. The showcase, which takes place at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, was created in 2023 by Conductor Dr. Anthony Trecek-King and countertenor Reginald Mobley as a response to the revelation that Handel had owned stock in companies involved the in slave trade. {…}

Dec 3, 2024

Ruben Valenzuela to Lead Handel and Haydn Society’s “Baroque Christmas”

Handel and Haydn Society is set to present “Baroque Christmas” on Dec. 19 and 22, 2024. The showcase will be headlined by Ruben Valenzuela, the Founder and Artistic Director of Bach Collegium San Diego for a program of Bach Cantatas and Antonio de Salazar’s “Conceptio Gloriosae,” Francisco Lopez Capillas’ “Canticum Beatae Mariae Virginis Magnificat,” and Juan de Araujo’s “Ay andar, {…}

Nov 25, 2024

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

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 {…}

Sep 20, 2024

Handel and Haydn Society Announces ‘You Are the Music’ Fundraiser

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 {…}

Oct 11, 2023

Handel & Haydn Society 2023 Review: Israel in Egypt

The vocal music scene in Boston is not bad, but it is far from vibrant. Vocalists do the best they can. But there are few operas, especially for a city that has a big-five orchestra. This is one of the reasons why Handel and Haydn Society’s “Israel in Egypt” was a highly anticipated event. In his first performance as artistic {…}

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