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Blink! event
We're excited to be a part of the Mayor's Holiday Special Blink! event tomorrow. Join H&H and other special guests at Faneuil Hall for a light and sound show to welcome in the holiday season! H&H is scheduled to perform at 5:30pm. -
Bake-off Photo
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Black Friday -- Twitter
Check out our Black Friday sale! Holiday programs are selling fast, so act quickly! -
Hub Review
Thomas Garvey calls Labadie's conduction of Mozart Jupiter a "the kind of home-run that brings a crowd immediately to its feet." -
Critics' Pick
Handel Messiah and Bach Oratortio listed among @Bostonglobe's holiday picks. -
Quartet performing
The H&H Vocal Quartet is visiting Lawrence High School today for a performance and presentation from 10-11. This performance is free and open to the public! true? -
Holiday Season Tweet
Well, the holiday season is certainly upon us. What #holidaytraditions are you and yours looking forward to this year? -
Giving Tuesday
You've heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but what about Giving Tuesday? Consider giving to H&H one week from today on #GivingTuesday to kick off the giving season. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OO7jxUQXIP4#! -
Today in H&H History -- Twitter
Today in H&H History: Boston Music Hall, home of the Society until the 1900 construction of Symphony Hall, was dedicated in 1852. -
Today in H&H History Tweet
Today in H&H History: H&H's first performance of Haydn's The Storm. -
Thanksgiving H&H facebook
Handel and Haydn getting into the Thanksgiving spirit...
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Thanksgiving Facebook
Happy Thanksgiving from the Handel and Haydn Society. Wishing you all a safe, warm, and satiating holiday. -
Giving Tuesday Tweet
Don't forget #GivingTuesday next week! Tis the season for giving! -
Black Friday -- Twitter
Check out our Black Friday sale! Holiday programs are selling fast, so act quickly! -
Black Friday -- Facebook
Black Friday Sale! Get $25 tickets to Handel Jephtha, our season-closing concert, with the purchase of a ticket to Handel Messiah or Bach Christmas Oratorio. Our holiday programs are selling fast, so act quickly! Promo Code: BlackFriday, offer valid through Monday. http://www.handelandhaydn.org/blackfriday -
Messiah Week -- Twitter
It's #HandelMessiah week! There's still time to make H&H's performance of this beloved oratorio a part of your holiday festivities! -
Cyber Monday -- Twitter
Happy #CyberMonday. Just a reminder that H&H's $25 ticket offer still stands until the end of the day. LINK -
Messiah Spirit Week Monday -- Facebook/Twitter
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Messiah Week Facebook
Our 159th annual performances of Handel Messiah are this weekend! (Ticket update? Buy now?) Did you know: Handel composed the entire 3-hour Messiah in a mere 24 days? -
Giving Tuesday
Tis the season to give! -
Giving Tuesday -- Facebook
Happy #GivingTuesday! Tis the season for giving! Consider giving to H&H this year to help us sustain our educational programming and long-standing tradition of musical excellence. -
Giving Tuesday -- Twitter
Don't forget to participate in this year's #GivingTuesday! Tis the season. -
Messiah Spirit Week Tuesday -- FB/Twittter
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Messiah Tweet/FB Boston Herald ad
Check out this ad in the Boston Herald for #HandelMessiah from 1893. -
Messiah Week -- Twitter Halle
To stand or not to stand? Etiquette for the #HallelujahChorus is oft debated. What do you think? -
Quartet
The H&H Vocal Quartet is performing and giving a presentation at Stoklosa Middle School in Lowell today. -
Messiah Hoop skirts Tweet
Per a request made at the first Messiah in 1741, H&H asks that patrons attending kindly leave swords and hoop skirts at home in respect for the personal space of fellow audience members. -
H&H History Boston Music Hall
November 28, 1863: American premiere of Handel's Ode to St. Cecilia Day sung for the dedication of the great organ in Boston Music Hall. -
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Messiah Week -- Twitter
Gearing up for this weekend's 159th annual performance of Handel Messiah! #Didyouknow: Handel composed the entire 3-hour oratorio in a mere 24 days? -
Messiah FB Hoop Skirts
With the large turn-out expected at the very first Messiah in 1742, a request was made that those attending leave their swords and hoop skirts at home. H&H kindly asks that patrons for this weekend's performance at Symphony Hall respect this request as well. -
Messiah Week -- Twitter
Attention patons attending this weekend's performance of Messiah: Please leave swords and hoop skirts at home to respect your fellow audience members. (Link to info re: Messiah premiere) -
Messiah Tweet
What is your favorite part of #HandelMessiah? -
Messiah Week -- Facebook
With the large turn-out expected at the premiere of Handel's Messiah in 1742, a request was made that those attending leave their swords and hoop skirts at home. H&H kindly asks that patrons for this weekend's performance at Symphony Hall respect this request as well. -
Messiah Facebook -- favorite part?
Staff are embodying today's theme for Messiah Spirit Week, the aria "How beautiful are the feet," by wearing flashy footwear, What is your favorite part of Handel Messiah? -
Messiah Friday -- Facebook
It's here! We're so excited for one of our favorite weekends of the year and one of Boston's most beloved holiday traditions. We hope you can join us for H&H's 159th annual performance of Handel Messiah. -
Messiah Weekend -- Facebook and Twitter
If you're attending a performance of #HandelMessiah this weekend, remember to come early to hear H&H's young singers caroling through Symphony Hall. -
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Messiah Friday FB -- video program notes
"Here is one item, incident to Christmas, which the irregularities of the elements cannot cause to fail. For the Messiah is, in Boston, as much our festival as the feast. It is, like the first snow or the winter solstice, an institution." from a 1911 review of H&H's Handel Messiah LINK TO VIDEO -
Messiah Saturday -- Tweet
Live tweet from the performance -- crowd, carolers, shop, etc. -
Messiah Closing Sunday
Another successful Handel Messiah weekend at H&H. Thanks to all who joined us for this 159-year-old tradition. Here's to the next 159! -
Messiah Broadcast
Couldn't get tickets to this weekend's performance (or want to hear it all again)? Tune in for a live broadcast on... -
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H&H History
On this day in H&H History in 1980: The performance of Messiah was broadcasted from Symphony Hall in the first digital satellite transmission! -
H&H History
On this day in H&H History: Placido Domingo was the tenor soloist in Messiah in 1985. -
Devo Appeal Challenge
Support H&H and triple your impact! Make a new or increased gift by Dec 31, and it will be matched 2-1 by an anonymous donor. Take advantage of this opportunity to give back and support bringing extraordinary concerts and educational outreach programs to the community. -
Shelter Music Boston FB
A big congratulations to our friends at @ShelterMusicBoston on being named the 2013, and first ever, Classical Music Social Innovator! -
H&H history
First performance of Il ritorno di Tobia in New England -- 1975 -
HARRY CBE
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Development Appeal Challenge
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H&H History: Avery Fisher Hall
Lincoln Center debut: Messiah at Avery Fisher Hall -
VAP Soloists
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Devo Appeal, Last chance
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H&H History
On this day in H&H History: the Society performed at the State House in Boston to usher in the new century. -
H&H History: Emancipation Proclamation
On this day in H&H History: The Society performed for the Emancipation Proclamation celebration with Ralph Waldo Emerson, orator. (1863) -
Purcell/The Who
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H&H History: Mozart Req
First performance of Mozart's Requiem in Boston -- 1857 -
H&H History: Mendelssohn's St. Paul
1843: H&H performs Boston premiere of Mendelssohn's St. Paul. -
Opposite Day
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H&H History: Handel Samson
1845: First performance of Handel Samson in America -
Mozart's Birthday
Happy Birthday Mozart! VIDEO? -
H&H History: Beethoven's 9th
First performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Boston -- 1853 -
H&H History
On this day in H&H History: the Handel and Haydn Society was Incorporated in 1816 by a Special Act of the General Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. PICTURE ??? -
H&H History: Mendelssohn's Elijah
1848: First performance of Mendelssohn's Elijiah in Boston -
H&H History: Irael in Egypt
H&H performs Boston premiere of Israel in Egypt. http://www.handelandhaydn.org/shop/music/israel-in-egypt -
H&H History: Haydn Creation
On this day in H&H History: In 1819, the Society performed the American premiere of Haydn's Creation. PICTURE -
H&H History -- Handel Jephtha
First performance of Handel's Jephtha in America: 1867 -
H&H History: Stabat Mater
1843: H&H performs the Boston premiere of Rossini's Stabat Mater. **something about last year's performance? -
Alison Balsom Sound the Trumpet Album of the YEar
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H&H History
It's our 198th birthday! On this day in H&H History: The Handel and Haydn Society is founded in 1815 "to promote the love of good music and a better performance of it." -
H&H History: Missa Longa
1829: First performance of Mozart's Missa longa in C, K. 262 in America -
H&H History: John Q. Adams
H&H performed at the memorial services for President John Quincy Adams at Fanueil Hall in 1848 -
H&H History: WHH Funeral
1841: H&H performs at the funeral for William Henry Harrison -
H&H History
H&H performed at the memorial services for President Lincoln -- 1865 -
H&H History: Bunker Hill
1833: H&H performed a benefit concert to aid the completion of the Bunker Hill Monument -
H&H History: James Monroe
On this day in H&H History: In 1817, the Society performs a commissioned work, President Monroe's March for President James Monroe. -
H&H History: John Adams/TJ memorial
On this day in H&H History: the Society performs at the memorial service for John Adams and Thomas Jefferson held in Boston's Faneuil Hall (Daniel Webster, orator). 1826 -
H&H History
1827: Lowell Mason, noted music educator and editor, is elected President of the Society. -
H&H History: 200th Boston Anniversary
1830: H&H performs at the 200th Anniversary celebration of the settling of Boston. PICTURE of Boston, 1630
