CELEBRATING THE DIVERSE VOICES OF AMERICA, FROM FOLK SONGS AND SPIRITUALS TO MUSICAL THEATER AND JAZZ.

January 24 – 26, 2020

TRUE CONCORD CHOIR, CHAMBER PLAYERS AND MORRIS ROBINSON, BASS

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
TUCSON DESERT SONG FESTIVAL

In the darkness of mid-winter, when the sun seems to stand still, we warm the hearth with traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and other Celtic lands. Celebrate the solstice with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale at concerts throughout northern New Mexico.

In the darkness of mid-winter, when the sun seems to stand still, we warm the hearth with traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and other Celtic lands. Celebrate the solstice with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale at concerts throughout northern New Mexico.

In the darkness of mid-winter, when the sun seems to stand still, we warm the hearth with traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and other Celtic lands. Celebrate the solstice with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale at concerts throughout northern New Mexico.

In the darkness of mid-winter, when the sun seems to stand still, we warm the hearth with traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and other Celtic lands. Celebrate the solstice with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale at concerts throughout northern New Mexico.

In the darkness of mid-winter, when the sun seems to stand still, we warm the hearth with traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and other Celtic lands. Celebrate the solstice with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale at concerts throughout northern New Mexico.

In the darkness of mid-winter, when the sun seems to stand still, we warm the hearth with traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and other Celtic lands. Celebrate the solstice with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale at concerts throughout northern New Mexico.

In the darkness of mid-winter, when the sun seems to stand still, we warm the hearth with traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and other Celtic lands. Celebrate the solstice with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale at concerts throughout northern New Mexico.

In the darkness of mid-winter, when the sun seems to stand still, we warm the hearth with traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and other Celtic lands. Celebrate the solstice with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale at concerts throughout northern New Mexico.

In the darkness of mid-winter, when the sun seems to stand still, we warm the hearth with traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and other Celtic lands. Celebrate the solstice with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale at concerts throughout northern New Mexico.

The annual Christmas Service of Lessons and Carols at Williams College will be held in Thompson Memorial Chapel. The identical services features choral music by the Williams Concert and Chamber Choirs, congregational singing of familiar carols, and the traditional reading of the biblical Christmas story.

There is no admission charge for either service – but all are encouraged to bring an item of non-perishable canned or packaged food for local emergency food pantries.

The Williams Concert and Chamber Choirs perform an array of traditional arrangements under the direction of Lindsay Pope Director of Choral/Vocal Activities.

Students, faculty and staff from the College and members of the local community read the traditional “lessons” derived from the biblical Christmas story.  The Chaplain to the College delivers a meditation, and Fr. Gary Caster, Catholic Chaplain, serves as liturgist. As always, a free-will offering of money is received at the conclusion of each service.

The service, modeled on the traditional Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols first held on Christmas Eve in 1918 at King’s College Chapel in Cambridge, England, has been described as one that “presents the Christmas story in an ambiance of mystery, splendor, hope and joy.”  The Service of Lessons and Carols has been a beloved holiday tradition at Williams since the 1960’s.

Symphony Hall

Handel’s iconic Messiah is a treasured holiday tradition that H+H is observing for a 166th consecutive year, presented by our peerless orchestra, chorus, and soloists. With critically acclaimed Baroque master Masaaki Suzuki on the podium, you’ll enjoy this masterpiece the way the composer intended, with dazzling vocal solos, spine-tingling instrumental fireworks, and some of the most glorious choral writing of all time. It’s Boston’s must-see Messiah.

“The Handel and Haydn Society’s Messiah remains unmatched.”

– Yankee Magazine

Friday, Nov 29, 2019 at 7:30PM – Best Seat Availability
Saturday, Nov 30, 2019 at 3:00PM – Best Weekend Pricing
Sunday, Dec 1, 2019 at 3:00PM

Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
Elizabeth Watts, soprano
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Dashon Burton, bass-baritone
H+H Orchestra and Chorus

Handel: Messiah

It’s Mozart at his most charming and powerful. You’ll feel his spirit as Harry Christophers, our gifted orchestra, stunning chorus, and a quartet of stellar vocalists raise the curtain on our season. Connect with some of the composer’s most engaging music, played the way he himself would have heard it: the effervescent serenade Eine kleine Nachtmusik (“A Little Night Music”),impassioned concert arias, and the solemn Great Mass with high-wire singing and a transcendent “Et incarnatus est.”

It’s Mozart at his most charming and powerful. You’ll feel his spirit as Harry Christophers, our gifted orchestra, stunning chorus, and a quartet of stellar vocalists raise the curtain on our season. Connect with some of the composer’s most engaging music, played the way he himself would have heard it: the effervescent serenade Eine kleine Nachtmusik (“A Little Night Music”),impassioned concert arias, and the solemn Great Mass with high-wire singing and a transcendent “Et incarnatus est.”