1721: A VERY GOOD YEAR A tricentennial celebration of works by Bach, Telemann and dall’Abaco MAR 13–21 Recorded Live & Streaming On Demand 1721 saw the debut of an exceptionally fine crop of orchestral music, including Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos. We celebrate their 300th birthday with Brandenburg Concerto IV, a gorgeous violin concerto by Locatelli, and Telemann's witty orchestral suite "Les nations anciennes …

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A shining star in the Baroque constellation, Telemann is the centerpiece of this concert featuring five of H+H’s principal musicians. Fiery passions are laced throughout the rhythms, sure to warm a winter’s day. Performed on the instruments which would have been known by the composers and delivered with H+H’s signature artistry, this concert lights the way …

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Composed during the final weeks of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s life, the Stabat Mater is an important text that was widely set during the baroque era. Pergolesi’s Stabat mater is set for soprano and alto with strings and continuo, and we recorded one voice to a part to create an intimate rendition that is socially distanced. …

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Remember how music changed in the 1950’s to 1970’s, as Elvis Presley led to the Beatles? Well, the 1750’s to 1770’s were a lot like that, with the Baroque era of Handel and JS Bach evolving, in the hands of Mozart and JS Bach’s son CPE, into the Classical. Indeed, H+H itself, which in its …

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Experience the wild abandon of Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony—“the apotheosis of the dance itself,” Wagner called it. It fairly whirls with exuberance and energy when H+H musicians perform it with more than 200 years of cobwebs swept off the score. Enjoy this premiere visit by guest conductor Václav Luks. Music Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, …

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