>   Purchase Individual Tickets
   >   Contact us
 
  2007-2008 Season
  Past Seasons
  Subscriber Benefits
  Groups
  Impromptu Student Pass
  Concert Halls
  Directions/Parking
  Events
  Performance Database




 
Friday, October 14  8.00pm          Cutler Majestic Theatre
Saturday, October 15  8.00pm     at Emerson College     
Sunday, October 16  3.00pm


Chen Shi-Zheng returns to direct a new, fully staged production of Purcell's powerful and ultimately tragic love story, Dido and Aeneas. Inventive videography and lighting create stunning special effects, including a frightening storm and a blazing fire in the final scene.

Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Chen Shi-Zheng, stage director
Paula Murrihy, Dido
Heather Buck, Belinda
Nmon Ford, Aeneas

 

Nmon Ford

CLICK HERE for more information about this program.

top





Sunday, November 27  3.00pm          Symphony Hall
Friday, December 2  7.30pm
Sunday, December 4  3.00pm

Experience "the most compelling local performance" ( Boston Globe) of this beloved holiday tradition. Make it yours!

Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Awet Andemicael, soprano
Krista River, alto
Nathan Granner, tenor
Kevin Short, baritone

 

Krista River

CLICK HERE for more information about this program.

top




Saturday, December 3  3.00pm          Symphony Hall
CLICK HERE for more information about this program.


A SPECIAL NON-SUBSCRIPTION EVENT!
The audience is invited to sing along with the Handel and Haydn Chorus. Enjoy popular carols such as Joy to the World and Silent Night, as well as selections from Handel's Messiah. Also thrill to the joyful sounds of a Handel and Haydn brass ensemble, the Back Bay Ringers handbell choir, and the talented voices of the Handel and Haydn Youth Chorus.

SPECIAL OFFER! For every 2 full price tickets, you can get up to 2 tickets at half price!

(Please note: This is a non-subscription concert. It cannot be included in any ticket package and no additional discount is offered beyond the "Special Offer" detailed above.)





Sunday, December 18  3.00pm          NEC’s Jordan Hall
Wednesday, December 21  8.00pm

Add new sparkle and meaning to your family's holiday celebrations as Grant Llewellyn conducts festive choral music for the season and recites—with a Welshman's passion—Dylan Thomas' A Child’s Christmas in Wales.

Grant Llewellyn, conductor

 

CLICK HERE for more information about this program.

top




Friday, January 13  8.00pm          Symphony Hall
Saturday, January 14 3.00pm*
Sunday, January 15  3.00pm

Thrill to music’s most famous four-note theme and experience Beethoven’s dazzling Violin Concerto with virtuoso Richard Tognetti.

*On Saturday the popular Harvard professor, Thomas Forrest Kelly, provides behind-the-scenes insights into Beethoven's life and the inspiration for his Fifth Symphony. This engaging, interactive program features live musical examples from the Fifth and other composers' works.

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 5
BEETHOVEN: Violin Concerto (Friday and Sunday only)

Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Richard Tognetti, violin

 

Richard Tognetti

CLICK HERE for more information about this program.

top




Friday, February 3  8.00pm          NEC’s Jordan Hall
Sunday, February 5  8.00pm

Principal wind players from the Handel and Haydn Orchestra play Mozart’s great Serenade in C Minor and engaging wind arrangements of his classic operas.

Mozart: Fantasia in C Minor for piano solo, KV 475
Mozart: Serenade in C Minor, “Nachtmusique,” KV 388
Mozart: Quintet in E-sharp for piano and winds, KV 452
Selections from The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, and other works

Stephen Hammer, directing
John Gibbons, fortepiano

 

CLICK HERE for more information about this program.

top





Friday, February 17  8.00pm          Symphony Hall
Sunday, February 19  3.00pm

Join us as we celebrate Mozart's 250th birthday with great choruses and solo arias from his beloved operas, The Magic Flute and Idomeneo, as well as ballet music from Ascanio in Alba- first performance in 235 years!

Mozart: Thamos, King of Egypt
Mozart: Selections from Idomeneo
Mozart: Selections from The Magic Flute
Mozart: Voi avete un cor fedele, K. 217
Mozart: Jener Donnerworte Kraft from Die Schuldigkeit des Ersten Gebotes, K. 35
Mozart: Ballet Music from Ascanio in Alba

Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Richard Clement, tenor

 

Karina Gauvin

CLICK HERE for more information about this program.

top





Friday, March 10  8.00pm          Symphony Hall
Sunday, March 12  3.00pm

Discover two early, inventive symphonies by Haydn and two lively keyboard concertos by Mozart, featuring Kristian Bezuidenhout who thrilled audiences in 2004 with performances of Beethoven's “Emperor” Concerto.

Haydn: Symphonies No. 6 and 7, and 8 (Morning and Noon)
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24

Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

 

Kristian Bezuidenhout

CLICK HERE for more information about this program.

top





Friday, April 7  8.00pm          NEC’s Jordan Hall
Sunday, April 9  3.00pm

Listen, learn and enjoy. Grant Llewellyn invites you to ask questions during the performance by popular demand.

HANDEL: Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 4
CORELLI: Sonata for Violin Op. 5, No. 9 in A Major
VIVALDI: Concerto in G Minor, RV 153
FASCH: Concerto for Lute and Strings in F Major
GUERINI: Sonata for Cello
CAPORALE: Sonata for Cello in D Minor
CORELLI: Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 11 in B Flat
VIVALDI: Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor, RV 531

 

Grant Llewellyn

CLICK HERE for more information about this program.

top





Friday, April 21  7.00pm          Symphony Hall
Sunday, April 23  2.00pm

Bach’s statement of personal piety and devotion, the monumental St. Matthew Passion is one of the pillars of Western music.

Grant Llewellyn, conductor
James Gilchrist, Evangelist
Philip Cutlip, Jesus
Dominique Labelle, soprano
Paula Murrihy, mezzo-soprano
Jeffrey Thompson, tenor
Stephen Powell, baritone

 

James Gilchrist

CLICK HERE for more information about this program.

top

 

Site index
Our supporters