(Credit: Sam Brewer) The Handel and Haydn Society has named Jonathan Cohen as its 15th Artistic Director. The two-time Gramophone Winner and Grammy nominee will take on the role in 2023-24. The company noted that at 44, Cohen, who is the Music Director of Les Violon du Roy and Artistic Director of the Tetbury Festival, is one of the youngest people {…}
In honor of Harry Christophers’s career as Artistic Director of the Handel and Haydn Society, the CORO record label is releasing a digital collection of some of H+H’s greatest recordings with the celebrated conductor. Christophers was appointed Artistic Director at H+H in 2009 and held the position for 13 years. He stepped down as Artistic Director following the 2021-22 season {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society is set to open its 2022-23 season with “Glories of Bach” on Oct. 7 and 9, 2022 at Symphony Hall in Boston. The program, led by founder and artistic director of Arcangelo Jonathan Cohen, will feature the Handel and Haydn Orchestra taking on three works by Bach including Cantata 140, Cantata 61, and his Orchestral {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society’s New Voices Summer Chorus is back live for students entering grades 2-5 on Saturdays in July. The chorus will meet at the United Parish in Brookline and the program will culminate with a free concert on Saturday, July 30 at United Parish, showcasing the skills and knowledge the children. The program will be led by {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society will present Haydn’s “The Creation” on April 29 and May 1 at Boston’s Symphony Hall. The showcase will represent the last performances of Harry Christophers as artistic director of the company. The performance will be headlined by soprano Joélle Harvey, tenor Robert Murray, and bass-baritone Matthew Brook. Christophers was the artistic director of the Handel {…}
Handel and Haydn Society has announced an upcoming traditional Emancipation Proclamation Concert dedicated to President Abraham Lincoln’s famous speech in 1863. The concert, which will take place on Dec. 31, 2021 at the historic Trinity Church Boston in Copley Square, will star Tenor Marlon Matthews alongside the H+H Chorus. Anthony Trecek-King conducts. The performances will feature “My Lord What a {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society has received a transformative gift of $10 million in honor of Artistic Director Harry Christophers. The money was donated outright and anonymously and will help create the Harry Christophers Fund for Artistic Excellence. The donation was announced before Friday’s performance of Handel’s “Messiah” at Boston’s Symphony Hall and at the same time, the organization named {…}
(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 {…}
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 Handel and Haydn Society has announced the recipients of their Youth Choruses Scholarship Award, in recognition of achievement and commitment to the vocal arts. The Barbara E. Maze Award for Musical Excellence went to Helen Peppler. Currently a student of the Carnegie Mellon School of Music, Peppler will receive a scholarship for $3,000. The Candace MacMillen Achtmeyer Award went {…}
On Feb. 21, the Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) and Early Music America (EMA) will celebrate the contribution of musicians of color with a panel discussion featuring leading Black musicians in the field of early music. The discussion will be led by Dana Whiteside and will feature conversations with Joseph McHardy, Reginald Mobley, Patricia Ann Neely, Rachel Redmond, and Jonathan {…}