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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-02-08 18:08:24
Dance Music of the Germania Musical Society
[…] Piano transcriptions of popular waltzes, quicksteps, polkas, marches, and galops as originally performed by the Germanians sold well in the sheet music market in those days before recordings. Selections from these will provision the concert on March 3rd, in sparkling arrangements done by the artists. Germania flutist Carl Zerrahn, whose lively transcriptions will give us much pleasure, later served as conductor of both the Harvard Musical Association Orchestra (until its dissolution in 1892) and the Handel and Haydn Society. And for the record, the Germania Musical Society joined the Handel and Haydn Society in 1848 for Boston’s first performance of Beethoven’s Ninth. Nancy Newman’s recent book Good Music for a Free People: The Germania Musical Society in Nineteenth-Century America treats the subject with great thoroughness: The musicians desired to bring their music to the audiences of a democratic republic at this turbulent time. Eager to avoid the egotism […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-02-03 21:52:07
In the latter part of Friday night’s concert at Jordan Hall, the Handel and Haydn Society attained a rarefied sublimity, as countertenor Reginald Mobley, in absolutely gorgeous voice, and relaxed of manner, imbued “Cara Sposa” from Handel’s Rinaldo, HWV 7 with heartfelt engagement. In the lovliest parts of his tessitura, and with astonishing breath control, [] The post appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
2023-12-13 19:17:00
New York Philharmonic. Fabio Biondi, conductor. December 12, 2023.
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. Orchestra (Seat R103, $90.25).End of concert. At 9:30 pm. Note the two trumpeters on the left.ProgramMessiah (1741) by Handel (1685-1759).ArtistsHera Hyesang Park, soprano; Hannah Ludwig, alto; John Matthew Myers, tenor; Joshua Conyers, baritone.Handel and Haydn Society ChorusLet me start off by saying this was an enjoyable concert. A group of highly competent musicians put together a traditional program to celebrate the holiday season; and one could argue a lot of good will was in the air as a near-capacity audience listened to great music, or got reminded what the Messiah was about by Handel's masterpiece.Having said that, there are some aspects of this performance I wanted to record for future reference.One can start with the conductor, who evidently is also a concert violinist. The best way to describe the result of Biondi's direction is Handel was brought forward by 100 years, to the romantic period. […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2023-11-27 19:59:34
Amazingly, this musician [moi] had lived in Boston for 48 years before hearing Handel’s Messiah live. The renowned Handel and Haydn Society’s enduringly popular annual transversal rewarded the wait. [] The post appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
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