WHAT’S OLD IS NEW AGAIN 2024-25 SEASON
WHAT MAKES US HIP?
Forget what you know about your typical classical music experience. Since 1815 (no, that’s not a typo), H+H has been a leader in the Historically Informed Performance (HIP) movement that strives to fulfill the vision of history’s great composers with the same freshness and energy that they felt when composing their music.
With vitality and contagious charisma, international star conductor Jonathan Cohen leads the incomparable H+H Orchestra and Chorus in concerts transporting you back in time as you hear the music on the instruments the composers wrote for—woodwinds actually made from wood, gut strings instead of steel, brass without valves, and more. Through a dazzling display of historical techniques, our brilliant musicians share their instruments with us like old friends, creating nuanced sounds that draw you in. With this special spark, even a beloved piece you’ve heard a hundred times will feel like a brand-new discovery.
Get HIP with H+H and join our refreshingly welcoming community of musical explorers this season.
– Audience Members:
“The applause and ovation at the end was as loud as a Bruins game! So well deserved. The city LOVES you.”
“The H+H Orchestra and Chorus are always exquisite, with joyful voices and sounds.”
“The mutual support and enjoyment shown by the conductor, the orchestra, and the chorus was a joy to watch.”
Jonathan Cohen, Artistic Director
Mozart
Requiem
Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen and the superb H+H Chorus “let perpetual light shine” in this stunning season opener, a double feature of moving masterpieces.
Performing this heartfelt music with the instruments for which it was composed, the H+H Orchestra and Chorus trace the influence of the opening requiem by Michael Haydn (our namesake’s brother) on Mozart’s main event.
SYMPHONY HALL
FRI, SEP 27, 2024 | 7:30PM SUN, SEP 29, 2024 | 3:00PM
Jonathan Cohen, conductor Lucy Crowe, soprano
Beth Taylor, mezzo-soprano
Duke Kim, tenor
Brandon Cedel, bass-baritone H+H Orchestra and Chorus
Michael Haydn: Requiem, MH 155
Mozart: Requiem, K. 626
Handel’s Messiah
For the 171st consecutive year, H+H brings Boston together with the magic of Messiah. This much-loved music fills Symphony Hall with new joy and passion in the voices of the H+H Chorus and Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen reprises his “seismic” rendition of this iconic celebration (The Boston Globe) alongside superstar soloists including Jeanine De Bique, “one of the most exciting sopranos to catch onstage these days” (Operawire)
SYMPHONY HALL
FRI, NOV 29, 2024 | 7:30PM SAT, NOV 30, 2024 3:00PM SUN, DEC 1, 2024 | 3:00PM
Jonathan Cohen, conductor Jeanine De Bique, soprano Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Nicholas Phan, tenor Sumner Thompson, baritone H+H Orchestra and Chorus
Handel: Messiah
Baroque Christmas
Festive German and Latin American Christmas traditions will delight you and provide a healthy dose of holiday cheer during this popular annual musical event. Led by conductor Ruben Valenzuela, a rising star “well known for his masterful Baroque music interpretations” (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
NEC’S JORDAN HALL THURS, DEC 19, 2024 | 7:30PM SUN, DEC 22, 2024 | 3:00PM
Ruben Valenzuela, conductor H+H Orchestra and Chorus
J.S. Bach: Cantata, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 62 Christoph Graupner: Overture in F Major
Antonio de Salazar: Conceptio Gloriosae
Francisco Lopez Capillas: Canticum Beatae Mariae Virginis: Magnificat a 8 Capillas: Cui Luna, Sol et omnia
Juan de Araujo: Ay andar, a tocar, a cantar, a baylar
Crossing the Deep
Parallel lives, shared stories, and transatlantic musical traditions intertwine in this revelatory choral drama. Premiered by H+H in 2023 to sold-out houses, Crossing the Deep explores the resonances and juxtapositions between sacred music by Handel and Negro spirituals by enslaved Africans in America, written at the same time and often using the same Biblical texts.
NEC’S JORDAN HALL
FRI, JAN 17, 2025 | 7:30PM SUN, JAN 19, 2025 3:00PM
Anthony Trecek-King, conductor and co-creator
Reginald Mobley, countertenor and co-creator
Regie Gibson, spoken word artist
Brianna Robinson, soprano H+H Orchestra and Chorus
Love, Handel
Love gone wrong has never sounded so right. From the unrequited longing of Il delirio amoroso to the breathless frisson of Tra le fiamme, Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen takes you on a thrilling tour through three pieces from Handel’s heart, music driven by passion and dramatic flair. Cohen serves as conductor, director, and storyteller all in one, working with the unmatched H+H Orchestra and audience favorite Joélle Harvey—who is “radiantly sublime” and “most impressive” (Los Angeles Times)
NEC’S JORDAN HALL FRI, FEB 7, 2025 | 7:30PM SUN, FEB 9, 2025 | 3:00PM
Jonathan Cohen, conductor Joélle Harvey, soprano
Handel: Cantata, Il delirio amoroso Handel: Concerto Grosso in G Major, Op. 6, No. 1 Handel: Cantata, Tra le fiamme
Brandenburg Concertos
Revel in the splendor of J.S. Bach’s complete Brandenburg Concertos, the best of the Baroque. Our riveting concertmaster Aisslinn Nosky joins brilliant principal keyboardist Ian Watson to steer a crew of top-tier musicians through virtuosic passages, captivating cadenzas, and towering waves of talent. No matter how many times you’ve heard them, the Brandenburgs never fail to amaze and delight.
NEC’S JORDAN HALL SAT, FEB 22, 2025 | 7:30PM
SANDERS THEATRE FRI, FEB 21, 2025 | 7:30PM SUN, FEB 23, 2025 3:00PM
Aisslinn Nosky and Ian Watson, co-directors
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6
Haydn + Beethoven
Reawaken your senses, reinvigorate your spirit, and celebrate spring with your H+H community! Harmonies burst through Symphony Hall like daffodils through the snow as Jonathan Cohen leads the superlative H+H Orchestra and Chorus in that sweetest of Haydn’s Seasons. Then, our “gem of a chorus…makes a truly glorious noise” (The Boston Musical Intelligencer) in Beethoven’s mesmerizing Mass in C Major.
SYMPHONY HALL FRI, MAR 28, 2025 7:30PM SUN, MAR 30, 2025 | 3:00PM
Jonathan Cohen, conductor Emőke Baráth, soprano
Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Haji, tenor Thomas Bauer, baritone H+H Orchestra and Chorus
Haydn: “Spring” from The Seasons Beethoven: Mass in C Major
PRIDE NIGHTS 2025
Mozart + The Bear
End the 2024–25 Season on a high note with three showstopping surprises. Kristian Bezuidenhout, known worldwide as one of today’s most exciting fortepianists, opens with Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4. Next, incidental music from Mozart tells a stirring story of power, betrayal, and revenge. And finally, Jonathan Cohen takes you to the carnival with a symphony nicknamed for dancing bears: ferocious majesty meets unexpected delight.
SYMPHONY HALL FRI, MAY 2, 2025 | 7:30PM SUN, MAY 4, 2025 | 3:00PM
Jonathan Cohen, conductor Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
Mozart: Suite from Thamos, King of Egypt Haydn: Symphony No. 82, The Bear
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Jeanine De Bique Ruben Valenzuela
Joélle Harvey
Kristian Bezuidenhout
Jonathan Cohen
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