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Saturday, March 12. Handel & Haydn present Hogwood and Haydn. Featuring conductor laureate Christopher Hogwood and his new arrangement of Haydn’s Seven Last Words and readings by Reverend Peter J. Gomes. 8 p.m. Sanders Theatre. $30-60, students...
...also use “period instruments” to make their music sound like it did at the time of the piece’s premiere. And despite its misleading name, the society, founded in 1815, has a repertoire that extends far beyond the works of Handel and Haydn...
...trademark quality of the Handel and Haydn Society is their anachronism. The group strives to be as historically accurate as possible, using performance techniques that were common hundreds of years ago, but have fallen out of practice today...
Boston Baroque performs works from the pre-twentieth century canon, but like the Handel and Haydn Society its repertoire is not limited to the Baroque. The group has been described by the magazine Stereo Review as “perhaps the outstanding period-instrument ensemble in this country.” This season, in addition to Bach and Vivaldi, the group will also perform works by Gluck and Beethoven, composers from the classical era. What this ensemble does to promote baroque music in particular, however, is thrilling. Trust...
Specializing in the music of the classical period, the Cambridge Society for Early Music presents a tribute to the 18th and 19th century works of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. The one-night concert will feature guest instrumentalist Kenneth Drake on the fortepiano. Tickets $25, $20 for students and senior citizens. Call (617) 495-9400. 7:30 p.m. Adolphus Busch Hall, 29 Kirkland...