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H&H In The News
“A high-tension performance that bristled with drama and sharp edges.”
Boston Globe, 5/2/2011
“Ethereal and haunting, like listening to an approach of angels.”
The Hub Review, 4/7/2011
“The Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra and guest conductor Richard Egarr made us feel like we were meeting this most overexposed of masterpieces for the first time.”
Boston Globe, 3/22/2011
Richard Egarr talks about Bach's the Well-Tempered Clavier
WGBH 99.5 All Classical, 3/20/2011
“Egarr’s wit was matched perfectly by the Society’s charm.”
The Boston Musical Intelligencer, 3/20/2011
“Bravo to Richard Egarr for showing this to me again, and to the Handel and Haydn Society for bringing him back to Boston!”
Fenway News, 3/20/2011
Richard Egarr, harpsichordist and Music Director of the Academy of Ancient Music, performs Handel's Suite in E, HWV 530, and a Suite in F by Louis Couperin.
WGBH 99.5 All Classical, 3/17/2011
“The man [Harry Christophers] is a magician, that's all there is to it.”
The Hub Review, 2/24/2011
“The night really belonged to the chorus, which sang throughout with subtlety, power, and dramatic agility.”
Boston Globe, 2/21/2011
“Harry Christophers’s commanding direction was strong, including a few highly dramatic gestures in the opening and closing choruses; Christophers’s pacing between selections was particularly effective in leading the performers as well as the audience through the musical-dramatic progression of the work.”
The Boston Musical Intelligencer, 2/21/2011
“Whether this is an intended goal or not, we’re helping to bring on the next generation of concertgoers and we’re helping to keep classical music alive in the minds of people,’’ Finney said. “These kids will, hopefully, remember this.’’
Boston Globe, 2/13/2011
Fourth through eighth graders at the Jewish Community Day School in Watertown prepared for the visit with H&H guides and CDs. “Some of the kids recognized oratorios from movies,” said Dorit Zmiri, middle school director. “The kids were extremely engaged.”
Jewish Advocate, 2/11/2011
“Watson cut a conducting profile that, as usual, was muscular, intelligent, and above all, heartily rhythmic; while this program didn't include any jigs or rondos, you still could have cut a rug to most of it - and it's somehow wonderful to watch a period band sway with the tunes they're playing as lustily as the Handel-and-Haydneers have learned to do.”
The Hub Review, 1/26/2011
“Your Night Only” at Lux Bond & Green, celebrating the partnership between the Handel and Haydn Society and luxury jeweler, Lux Bond & Green.
Dover-Sherborn Press, 1/12/2011
“According to the standards of the Massachusetts Department of Education, our Fine Arts Department qualifies for the opportunity to have the prestigious Handel and Haydn Society's assistance in the form of vocal coaching”
The Daily Item, 1/10/2011
“Handel and Haydn Society fruitfully deepened its relationship with artistic director Harry Christophers”
Boston Globe, 12/26/2010
“Sometimes it seems like musically this season will never end — only frankly, I didn't want A Bach Christmas, Handel and Haydn's intimate musical offering last weekend, to end.”
The Hub Review, 12/24/2010
“Throughout the evening, Finney conducted crisply, with a keen understanding of the Baroque style.”
Boston Globe, 12/18/2010
“You can see Christophers singing the entire work to himself as he conducts, and breathing it, too, and that body knowledge inflects everything he does.”
The Hub Review, 12/9/2010
“The soloists are good. The chorus on top form; and the orchestra full of energy and grace. ”
ClassicalNet, 12/8/2010
