The Handel and Haydn Society will celebrate the holiday season with a special performance of “A Baroque Christmas” on Dec. 22, 2020. The concert will be led by Principal Keyboard and Associate Conductor Ian Watson and will feature members of the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra. The program will include works by Dall’Abaco, Charpentier, Biber, Torelli, and Telemann, and will be {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society has announced that it will be partnering with broadcasting and production company GBH to stream “Handel’s ‘Messiah’ for Our Time.” Premiering on GBH 2 on December 20, 2020, the performance will be available on YouTube, Facebook, Classical WCRB, and H+H’s website. The work is a holiday tradition for the company running 167 years since it {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society will celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in America on Nov. 8, 2020 at 3 p.m. ET. The online showcase will be led by the company’s Programming Consultant Reginald Mobley and will feature music that celebrates Queer Women, Women of Color, and Women of Boston. Among the works included are Isabella Leonarda’s “Venite, laetantes” and {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society has announced that, due to the closure of Symphony Hall and the health directives of the Governor and Mayor, the company will be presenting its 2020-21 season entirely online, where it will be available to stream free of charge. “As we move the entire season online, we continue to look for new and creative ways {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society has announced that its Board of Governors has elected Robert N. Shapiro as its next Chairman of the Board. Shapiro has been on the board since 1997 and is a Senior Consultant and Retired CEO of Ropes Wealth Advisors. A trustee of the Peabody Essex Museum for over 25 years, Shapiro is also a member {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society has announced that it will stream five new concerts through the fall, featuring company musicians performing works from Handel, Bach, Vivaldi, and more. The weekly streams are free, but the suggested donation for listeners is $10; season subscribers and donors of over $100 will receive additional content and early access to performances. “We are committed {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society Youth Chorus New Voices group has partnered with a TiTi Ta Children’s Choir of Popayán, Colombia for a one of a kind musical education experience that showcase students from both choirs in a special virtual choral concert that will be streamed Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020 at 11:00 am. The performance will include Nurt Villani conducting {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society has announced two major decisions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. First, with the closure of Symphony Hall to live audiences through the end of November, the Handel and Haydn Society will make changes to the first two programs of its season. Second, Harry Christophers, who was to have ended his tenure as Artistic {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society has announced that its performances of “Bach Christmas” will now take place at St. Cecilia Parish in Boston’s Back Bay on Dec. 17 and 20, 2020. The concerts were originally scheduled to take place at NEC’s Jordan Hall, but the concert venue will be closed for the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. St. Cecilia {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society has announced that it has been awarded a $19k grant from the League of American Orchestras, which it intends to use to further efforts toward equity, diversity, and inclusion in the arts. The grant comes as part of the second round of The Catalyst Fund, a grant-making program by the League, made possible by grants {…}
The Handel and Haydn Society has announced the recipients of the 2020 Youth Choruses Scholarship Awards. The awards, which are presented annually by the H+H Education Committee, were presented to four musicians who are members or alumni of the Youth Choruses. Scholarships range between $1,000 and $3,000. The two recipients of the Barbara E. Maze Award for Musical Excellence are {…}