Bach: Mass in B Minor
Friday, October 18, 8.00pm Symphony Hall
Sunday, October 20, 3.00pm Symphony Hall

A tour de force for chorus, orchestra and soloists, Bach's majestic Mass in B Minor stands as one of the outstanding musical creations of all time.

Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Dominique Labelle, soprano
Madeline Bender, soprano
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Jeffrey Thompson, tenor
Sanford Sylvan, baritone

Barbara Bonney sings Mozart & Haydn
Friday, November 8, 8.00pm Symphony Hall
Sunday, November 10, 3.00pm Symphony Hall

One of today's leading interpreters of Mozart and Haydn, soprano Barbara Bonney makes her eagerly anticipated Handel and Haydn Society debut.

Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Barbara Bonney, soprano

MOZART: Overture and Ballet music from "Idomeneo"
MOZART: "Exsultate, jubilate"
HAYDN: Berenice, che fai? (Scena di Berenice)
HAYDN: Symphony No. 38

Handel: Messiah
Wednesday, December 4, 7.30pm Symphony Hall
Friday, December 6, 7.30pm Symphony Hall
Saturday, December 7, 3.00pm Symphony Hall
Sunday, December, 8, at 3.00pm Symphony Hall

The Handel and Haydn Society ushers in the holiday season with its 149th annual performances of Handel's Messiah in the splendor of Boston's Symphony Hall.

Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Tonna Miller, soprano
Ryland Angel, countertenor
John Tessier, tenor
Philip Cutlip, baritone

An English Christmas
Friday, December 20, 8:00 p.m. NEC's Jordan Hall
Saturday, December 21, 8:00 p.m. NEC's Jordan Hall
Sunday, December 22, 3:00 p.m. NEC's Jordan Hall

The Society Chorus brings joy and cheer to your holiday season with a festive program of exquisite choral works from the Renaissance and arrangements of popular Christmas carols.

Grant Llewellyn, conductor

Program to include:
BYRD: Hodie Christus natus est
WILLIAM MATHIAS: A Babe is Born
WILLOCKS: Deck the Halls
Coventry Carol (Pageant of Shearmen and Tailors)

Ballet Music from the French Court
Friday, January 31, 8:00 p.m. NEC's Jordan Hall
Sunday, February 2, 3:00 p.m. Sanders Theatre

Regal in spirit, this program combines the sparkling sounds of the French Baroque with elegantly styled period dance.

Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Members of The Boston Conservatory Dance Theater

DESTOUCHES: Les Elements (Boston premiere)
CHARPENTIER: La Descente d'Orphee aux Enfers, Les Plaisirs de Versailles, Medée
RAMEAU: Les Fêtes d'Hébé

Jazz Valentine: Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars
Friday, February 14, 8.00pm Symphony Hall
Sunday, February 16, 3.00pm Symphony Hall

Former members of Dizzy Gillespie's legendary band join the Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra to salute the great master in a program featuring jazz standards and electrifying Baroque.

Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars
Featuring John Faddis, Slide Hampton, John Lee, and others

Musical Offerings
Friday, February 28, 8.00pm NEC's Jordan Hall
Sunday, March 2, 3.00pm Sanders Theatre

An instrumental ensemble from the Society Orchestra plays landmark works written for King Frederick the Great of Prussia and Joseph II of Austria.

Grant Llewellyn, directing

BACH: The Musical Offering, BWV 1079 (Super Thema Reale)
HAYDN: String Quartet, Op.76, No.3, "Emperor"

Mendelssohn & Hogwood
Friday, March 14, 8.00pm Symphony Hall
Sunday, March 16, 3.00pm Symphony Hall

Conductor Laureate Christopher Hogwood offers a program of symphonic gems from the 19th century with BSO Principal Horn James Sommerville performing Weber's challenging Concertino for Horn.

Christopher Hogwood, conductor
James Sommerville, period horn

MENDELSSOHN: Hebrides Overture
GADE: Symphony No. 4 in B-flat Major
WEBER: Concertino for Horn
MENDELSSOHN: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, "Italian"

Bach: Miniature Masterpieces
Friday, March 28, 8.00pm NEC's Jordan Hall
Sunday, March 30, 3.00pm Sanders Theatre

Associate Conductor John Finney explores smaller scale marvels by J.S. Bach as a companion program to the Mass in B Minor.

John Finney, conductor

Missa Brevis in A Major, BWV 234
Cantata 196 "Der Herr denket an uns"
Sonata for Two Flutes and Continuo in G Major, BWV 1039

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Friday, April 11, 8.00pm Symphony Hall
Saturday, April 12, 3.00pm Symphony Hall
Sunday, April 13, 3.00pm Symphony Hall

Handel and Haydn presents Boston's first period-instrument performance of Beethoven's beloved "Choral Symphony," also Schoenberg's Friede Auf Erden, a brief work of great tonal beauty.

Grant Llewellyn, conductor
Soloists to be announced

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 ("Choral")
SCHOENBERG: Friede auf Erden, Op. 13

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