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Dates:Sunday, December 20, 2020 - Sunday, December 20, 2020
Hours:7:00pm
In/Outdoor:Indoor
Cost:see below
Category:Music & Concerts
Handel’s iconic Messiah is a treasured holiday tradition that H+H is observing for a 167th consecutive year, presented by our peerless orchestra, chorus, and soloists.

In a year when people need comfort more than ever, GBH and the Handel and Haydn Society today announced a collaboration to create a transformative take on the holiday tradition for television and video streaming.

“Handel’s Messiah for Our Time” will premiere on GBH 2 on December 20, 2020 at 7 p.m. and stream on YouTube, Facebook, wgbh.org, classicalWCRB.org, and handelandhaydn.org.

The oldest continually performing arts organization in the United States, the Handel and Haydn Society has a long history with Handel’s Messiah. H+H performed the “Hallelujah” Chorus in its first concert in 1815 and held the American premiere on Christmas Day in 1818.

Since 1854, H+H has performed Messiah for 166 straight years, in spite of a Civil War, two World Wars, the Great Depression, 32 presidencies, and the 1918 pandemic.

More than 7,000 people attend performances every year and the concert has reached more than a million people in Boston over the past two centuries. Yet in 2020, in light of COVID-19, this spectacular holiday tradition was in jeopardy.

Even virtually, you’ll still 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.

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Free

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handelandhaydn.org/streaming-concerts/

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301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115 map

Broadcasting on GBH Television Channel 2 and WGBY in Springfield. Also streaming on social media channels for GBH and H+H, including Facebook, YouTube, and Vimeo.

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