2022-23 Season Brochure

2022 23 SEASON

MAGIC. RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES.

MAGIC IS IN THE AIR An extraordinary orchestra. A breathtaking chorus. Brilliant conductors. All connected to each other and to you, creating an energy like no other. This is not your invitation to attend a concert. This is your invitation to experience a boundless creative journey. To connect with some of history’s greatest composers.

And some of today’s greatest musicians. This is something more than music. This is the new season of the Handel and Haydn Society.

Each performance promises a striking blend of orchestral and vocal virtuosity led by one of today’s great conductors. Period instruments, performed by musicians dedicated to connecting you as directly as possible with the great composers and the soul of their music, create a lighter, more transparent sound that wipes off the cobwebs and restores the music’s brilliance. The experience is historically accurate. And utterly new. It’s beautifully intimate. And wildly unforgettable. These are the masterpieces you know, performed in a way you can’t imagine.

Experience the energy and magic for yourself.

Please join us for the 2022-23 season.

2022 23 SEASON “ IT’S HARD TO SIT THROUGH THESE MASTERPIECES AND NOT FEEL, FOR THE MOMENT, THAT LIFE IS REALLY GOOD.”

— The Arts Fuse

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“ NO CONDUCTOR IN BOSTON HAS QUITE THE FEEL FOR THIS MUSIC AS CHRISTOPHERS, AND H+H’S RESPLENDENT PERFORMANCE SHOWED JUST HOW RICH AND FULL OF LIFE BACH’S MUSIC CAN BE.”

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And there is no handling fee for those add-on tickets • Delight Guaranteed – we’re so sure you’ll love the H+H experience that if you aren’t completely satisfied after your first concert, return the rest of your tickets and we’ll give you your money back •E njoy exclusive streaming performances for free – subscribers get exclusive streaming access to our concerts at no additional charge. This ensures that you’ll be able to enjoy the music you love long past the live performance.

A HIP ESCAPE H+H stands at the forefront of the Historically Informed Performance (HIP) movement, treating audiences to a timeless, one-of-a-kind listening experience. The orchestra plays on period instruments – the very kind that the great Baroque and Classical composers once wrote for. Woodwinds are made of wood, not metal or plastic. Brass instruments don’t have valves. Strings are crafted of gut, rather than steel.

As you’d imagine, this gives the music a wholly different sound.

But there’s more to the story. Our orchestra is smaller – with 25 to 50 musicians as opposed to the 100 found in contemporary orchestras. These musicians share a stage with a chorus of just 25 to 30 members. There’s an intimacy to each H+H performance that’s a throwback to the great performances of the past.

And how sweet, how unexpected, the sound! Beloved masterpieces take on a whole new life. You feel different textures.

Hear subtle and graceful variations. And notice beautiful nuances. You’ve never heard music like this. Until now.

Welcome to music the way history’s greatest composers – including Handel and Haydn – intended.

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THE GLORIES OF BACH

THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO

Our season opener captures the sizzle that listeners first experienced in Leipzig’s famous Zimmermann’s Coffee House, where Bach himself led these marvelous suites, which H+H will perform on the period instruments Bach wrote for. No. 3 includes the sublime Air on the G String, and both suites feature dances that are, by turn, ebullient, elegant, and festive. The celebration also includes one of Bach’s most jubilant motets and radiant masses.

H+H presents its first-ever complete performances of Mozart’s comic masterpiece, infused with H+H’s trademark authenticity and vitality. You’ll love the “upstairs, downstairs” intrigue, disguises, crazy plot lines, and, most of all, Mozart’s seductive music, starring Ying Fang, fresh from her triumphs in the role at the Paris Opera and the Met.

It’s often said that H+H’s way with music wipes the dust off the masterpieces, restoring their original vibrancy and virtuosity. Nowhere is that more evident than in Handel’s Messiah. It doesn’t matter that we gave the U.S. premiere or that this will be our 169th consecutive year performing it. What matters is that you’ll experience all the passion, drama, tragedy, and joy Handel wrote into this epic story. Without a doubt, this is Boston’s must-see Messiah.

THURSDAY, NOV 17, 2022 AT 7:00PM NOTE TIME FRIDAY, NOV 18, 2022 AT 7:00PM NOTE TIME

“ The Handel and Haydn Society’s Messiah remains unmatched”

– Yankee Magazine

Raphaël Pichon, conductor Ying Fang, soprano (Susanna) Krzysztof Baczyk, bass (Figaro) Other soloists TBD H+H Orchestra and Chorus

FRIDAY, NOV 25, 2022 AT 7:30PM SATURDAY, NOV 26, 2022 AT 3:00PM SUNDAY, NOV 27, 2022 AT 3:00PM

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FRIDAY, OCT 7, 2022 AT 7:30PM SUNDAY, OCT 9, 2022 AT 3:00PM Bernard Labadie, conductor Lauren Snouffer, soprano Cody Bowers, countertenor Andrew Haji, tenor Michael Sumuel, bass H+H Orchestra and Chorus

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro (semi-staged)

J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068 J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069 J.S. Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied (“Sing Unto the Lord a New Song”), BWV 225 J.S. Bach: Mass in G Major, BWV 236

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Václav Luks, conductor Soloists TBD H+H Orchestra and Chorus Handel: Messiah

A BAROQUE CHRISTMAS

BEETHOVEN + MOZART

BEETHOVEN EROICA

Our musical gift for the holidays is sure to brighten your spirits with the joy of the season: Bach’s exhilarating cantata—a partnership of soprano and solo trumpet in friendly “rivalry,” enlivened by H+H’s period instruments—ends in a spectacular fugue on the word “Alleluia”; tours-de-force for Robin Johannsen: Silete Venti, in which her opening words quite literally silence turbulent instrumental forces; and a heavenly Gloria. Plus Handel’s Concerto grosso and the H+H premiere of the lively Simphonie by much-admired Bach contemporary Jan Zelenka.

Our brilliant concertmaster solos in H+H’s premiere of Mozart’s youthful violin concerto, full of engaging melodies and grace. The bold tempos and dynamics of Beethoven’s First Symphony caused a stir in Vienna, and you’ll hear it as those surprised audiences did, sounding as vibrant and lively as on the day of its premiere. Opening the concert: H+H’s first ever performance of the spirited music of Marianna Martines, highly regarded in her times as a composer, keyboardist, and singer who was Haydn’s downstairs neighbor and part of Mozart’s musical circle.

Feel the power of Beethoven’s “heroic” symphony, celebrating “the memory of a great man”—from its two bolts-out-of-the-blue opening chords to the brilliant finale—as H+H, led by Václav Luks, breathes exhilarating life into this majestic masterpiece. We begin with power of another kind: a storm at sea, as the symphony’s nickname promises. The composer (a friend of Mozart) raises thunderous effects of all kinds, reserving the mightiest for the last movement, with the bass drum front and center.

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THURSDAY, DEC 15, 2022 AT 7:30PM SUNDAY, DEC 18, 2022 AT 3:00PM

FRIDAY, JAN 6, 2023 AT 7:30PM SUNDAY, JAN 8, 2023 AT 3:00PM

Jonathan Cohen, conductor Robin Johannsen, soprano H+H Orchestra

Aisslinn Nosky, director and violin H+H Orchestra

Zelenka: Simphonie a 8 concertanti in a minor Handel: Silete Venti (“Be Silent, Winds”) Handel: Gloria for soprano and solo strings Handel: Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op. 3, No. 4 J.S. Bach: Cantata 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (“Exult in God in all Lands”)

Martines: Sinfonia in C Major Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 211 Beethoven: Symphony No. 1

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FRIDAY, JAN 20, 2023 AT 7:30PM SUNDAY, JAN 22, 2023 AT 3:00PM Václav Luks, conductor H+H Orchestra Wranitzky: Symphony in D Minor, La Tempesta Beethoven: Symphony No. 3, Eroica

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THE COMPLETE BACH BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS

NEC JORDAN HALL | SANDERS THEATRE Could there be a more perfect collection of concertos than the Brandenburgs? Bach’s treasury of instrumental music—dazzlingly inventive, virtuosic, exuberant—when played on period instruments promises an unparalleled immersion into the great master’s music. And hearing them all on one program, performed on the instruments Bach knew, is priceless!

FRIDAY, FEB 17, 2023 AT 7:30PM, NEC JORDAN HALL SUNDAY, FEB 19, 2023 AT 3:00PM, SANDERS THEATRE Aisslinn Nosky and Ian Watson, co-directors H+H Orchestra J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1-6, BWV 1046-1051

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MOZART + MENDELSSOHN

BACH EASTER ORATORIO

The gaiety, humor, and sparkle of Mozart’s concerto comes to life via the magical sound of the fortepiano, the instrument for which he composed this work. You’ll especially relish the last movement, which incorporates the song of Mozart’s pet starling! It has been 155 years since H+H performed the glorious “Reformation” symphony, with its stirring “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” finale.

Rising to a lofty crescendo, the chaconne by the 18th-century French composer, conductor, and opera director Pierre Berton makes for an especially regal concert opening.

You’re invited to Bach’s Easter Oratorio. The awe-inspiring music evokes a powerful gamut of universal emotions—from laments and astonishment, to jubilation and victory, underscored by bright trumpets and drums—even dance rhythms. Opening the concert is Bononcini’s affecting Stabat Mater.

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FRIDAY, MAR 17, 2023 AT 7:30PM SUNDAY, MAR 19, 2023 AT 3:00PM David Stern, conductor Andreas Staier, fortepiano H+H Orchestra Berton: Nouvelle Chaconne in E Minor Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453 Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 5, “Reformation”

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FRIDAY, MAR 31, 2023 AT 7:30PM SUNDAY, APR 2, 2023 AT 3:00PM Rinaldo Alessandrini, conductor Soloists TBD H+H Orchestra and Chorus Bononcini: Stabat Mater JS Bach: Easter Oratorio, BWV 249

ADD-ON CONCERT

CROSSING THE DEEP

JOHN F. KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND MUSEUM H+H is proud to present this premiere event. Two hundred fifty years ago, European composers were writing music inspired by the Bible. At the same time, enslaved Africans in America were inventing a new art form—the spiritual—from the same texts. H+H takes you on a dramatic—and revelatory—journey exploring the shared wealth of Old and New World music—from cherished spirituals to Handel’s uplifting anthems and more.

Truly a tribute to the universal power of music!

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THE ELIXIR OF LIFE. THE RESULT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF MAGIC.” —The Boston Globe

Subscribers get early access to tickets for this noteworthy occasion.

THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2023 AT 7:30PM SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 2023 AT 3:00PM Anthony Trecek-King, conductor and co-creator Reginald Mobley, countertenor and co-creator Regie Gibson, narrator H + H Orchestra and Chorus

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Full Season Series (9 concerts) Enjoy the complete H+H experience at Symphony Hall, NEC Jordan Hall, and Sanders Theatre.

Includes FREE parking for all Symphony Hall concerts, a savings of $150. The Full Season FLOOR & CIRCLE BALCONY includes all concerts in this brochure.

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