Handel & Haydn Announce 2012-2013 Season, To Include Bach’s Magnificat

Bach Magnificat
October 12, 2012, 8pm at Symphony Hall
October 14, 2012, 3pm at Symphony Hall
Harry Christophers, conductor
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
Bach: Cantata 71, Gott ist mein König (God Is My King)
Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata 18
Bach: Jesu, joy of man's desiring from Cantata 147
Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata 75
Bach: Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243

Mozart Jupiter
November 9, 2012, 8pm at Symphony Hall
November 11, 2012, 3pm at Symphony Hall
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Program to include:
Henri-Joseph Rigel: Symphony in C Minor, Op. 12, No. 4
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, Jupiter

Handel Messiah
November 30, 2012, 7.30pm at Symphony Hall
December 1, 2012, 3pm at Symphony Hall
December 2, 2012, 3pm at Symphony Hall
Harry Christophers, conductor
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Karina Gauvin, soprano
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
James Gilchrist, tenor
Sumner Thompson, baritone
Handel: Messiah

Bach Christmas Oratorio
December 13, 2012, 8pm at Jordan Hall
December 16, 2012, 3pm at Jordan Hall
John Finney, conductor
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Bach: Cantatas I, II, and VI from ChristmasOratorio

Purcell The Indian Queen
January 25, 2013, 8pm at Jordan Hall
January 27, 2013, 3pm at Sanders Theatre
Harry Christophers, conductor
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Henry Purcell: "Scene of the Drunken Poet" from The Fairy Queen
Daniel Purcell: "The Masque of Hymen" from The Indian Queen
Henry Purcell: "The Frost Scene" from King Arthur
Henry Purcell: The Indian Queen (Music for Acts 1–5)

Haydn in Paris
February 22, 2013, 8pm at Symphony Hall
February 24, 2013, 3pm at Symphony Hall
Harry Christophers, conductor
Aisslinn Nosky, violin
Haydn: Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Le matin
Haydn: Violin Concerto No. 4 in G Major
Haydn: Overture to L'isola disabitata
Haydn: Symphony No. 82 in C Major, The Bear

Beethoven Symphony No. 7
March 15, 2013, 8pm at Symphony Hall
March 17, 2013, 3pm at Symphony Hall
Richard Egarr, conductor
Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 82

Vivaldi Virtuosi
April 5, 2013, 8pm at Jordan Hall
April 7, 2013, 3pm at Jordan Hall
Ian Watson, director and harpsichord
Vivaldi: Sinfonia, Il coro delle Muse, RV. 149
Locatelli: Introduzione in D Major, Op. 4, No. 5
Avison: Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D Major, after Scarlatti
Geminiani: Concerto grosso detto La follia
Vivaldi: Concerto for violin, cello, and organ in C Major, RV. 554a
Torelli: Sinfonia for two violins and cello
Durante: Concerto a cinque in A Major
Vivaldi: Concerto in B Minor for 4 violins, RV. 580

Handel Jephtha
May 3, 2013, 7.30pm at Symphony Hall
May 5, 2013, 3pm at Symphony Hall
Harry Christophers, conductor
Handel and Haydn Society Chorus
Robert Murray, tenor (Jephtha)
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezzo-soprano (Storge)
Joélle Harvey, soprano (Iphis)
William Purefoy, countertenor (Hamor)
Handel: Jephtha

Works by Composer:

Avison
Concerto Grosso No. 6 in D Major, after Scarlatti

J.S. Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068
Cantata 71, Gott ist mein König (God Is My King)
Sinfonia fromCantata 18
Jesu, joy of man's desiring from Cantata 147
Sinfonia fromCantata 75
Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Cantatas I, II, and VI from Christmas Oratorio

Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 82

Durante
Concerto a cinque in A Major

Geminiani
Concerto grosso detto La follia

Handel
Messiah
Jephtha

Haydn
Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Le matin
Violin Concerto No. 4 in G Major
Overture to L'isola disabitata
Symphony No. 82 in C Major, The Bear

Locatelli
Introduzione in D Major, Op. 4, No. 5

Mozart
Symphony No. 41, Jupiter
Masonic Funeral Music, K. 477
Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622

Daniel Purcell
"The Masque of Hymen" from The Indian Queen

Henry Purcell
"Scene of the Drunken Poet" from The Fairy Queen
"The Frost Scene" from King Arthur
The Indian Queen (Music for Acts 1–5)

Henri-Joseph Rigel
Symphony in CMinor, Op. 12, No. 4

Torelli
Sinfonia for two violins and cello

Vivaldi
Sinfonia, Il coro delle Muse, RV. 149
Concerto for violin, cello, and organ in C Major, RV. 554a
Concerto in B Minor for 4 violins, RV. 580

2012–2013 Guest Artists, Soloists, and Conductors:

Harry Christophers, conductor
Richard Egarr, conductor
John Finney, conductor
Karina Gauvin, soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
Joélle Harvey, soprano
Eric Hoeprich, clarinet
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Robert Murray, tenor
Aisslinn Nosky, violin
William Purefoy, countertenor
Daniel Taylor, countertenor
Sumner Thompson, baritone
Ian Watson, director and harpsichord
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezzo-soprano

HARRY CHRISTOPHERS
Harry Christophers enters his fourth season as Artistic Director of the Handel and Haydn Society with the 2012–2013 Season. Since September 2006, when he led a sold-out performance in the Esterházy Palace at the Haydn Festival in Eisenstadt, Austria, he has conducted Handel and Haydn each season and, following his appointment in 2008, Christophers' tenure as Artistic Director began with the 2009–2010 Season. Christophers and Handel and Haydn have since embarked on an ambitious artistic journey with a showcase of works premiered in the United States by the Handel and Haydn Society over the last 198 years, and the release of the first of a series of recordings on CORO leading to the 2015 Bicentennial. Christophers is founder and conductor of the UK-based choir and period instrument ensemble The Sixteen. He has directed The Sixteen throughout Europe, America, and the Far East, gaining a distinguished reputation for his work in Renaissance, Baroque, and 20th-century music. In 2000, he instituted The Sixteen's "Choral Pilgrimage," a tour of British cathedrals from York to Canterbury. With that ensemble, he has recorded close to 100 titles for which he has won numerousawards, including a Grand Prix du Disque for Handel Messiah, numerous Preise der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik (German Record Critics Awards), the coveted Gramophone Award for Early Music, and the prestigious Classical Brit Award (2005) for his disc entitled Renaissance. In 2009, he received one of classical music's highest accolades, the Classic FM Gramophone Awards Artist of the Year Award, and The Sixteen won the Baroque Vocal Award for Handel Coronation Anthems, a CD that also received a 2010 Grammy Award nomination. Harry Christophers is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Granada Symphony Orchestra and a regular guest conductor with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and the Orquestra de la Comunidad de Madrid. In October 2008, Christophers was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music from the University of Leicester. Most recently, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford and also of the Royal Welsh Academy for Music and Drama.

ABOUT HANDEL AND HAYDN SOCIETY
Handel and Haydn Society (H&H) is a professional Period Instrument Orchestra and Chorus and an internationally recognize­d leader in the field of Historically Informed Performance, a revelatory style that uses the instruments and techniques of the composer's time. Founded in Boston in 1815, H&H is considered the oldest continuously performing arts organization in the United States and has a longstanding commitment to excellence and innovation: it gave the American premieres of Handel's Messiah (1818), Haydn's The Creation (1819), Verdi's Requiem (1878), and Bach's St. Matthew Passion (1879). Handel and Haydn today, under Artistic Director Harry Christophers' leadership, is committed to its mission to perform Baroque and Classical music at the highest levels of artistic excellence and to share that music with as large and diverse an audience as possible. H&H is widely known through its local subscription series, tours, concert broadcasts on WGBH/99.5 Classical New England and National Public Radio, and recordings. Its recording of Sir John Tavener's Lamentations and Praises won a 2003 Grammy Award and two of its recordings, All is Bright and Peace, appearedsimultaneously in the top ten on Billboard Magazine's classical music chart. In September 2010, H&H released its first collaboration with Harry Christophers on the CORO label, Mozart Mass in C Minor-the first in a series of live commercial recordings leading to H&H's Bicentennial in 2015. The 2010–2011 Season marked the 25th anniversary of Handel and Haydn's award-winning Karen S. and George D. Levy Educational Outreach Program, which brings music education, vocal training, and performance opportunities to 10,000 students annually throughout Greater Boston and beyond.

The Handel and Haydn Society is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts.