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A âMessiahâ to count on! How Handel and Haydn Society kept up the tradition in its 167th year
By Malcolm Gay Globe Staff,Updated December 16, 2020, 2:01 p.m.
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Members of the Handel and Haydn chorus recorded their parts for television at GBH studios.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
Theyâve been through a lot together, The Handel and Haydn Society and its namesake George Frideric Handelâs âMessiah.â
The period-instrument orchestra first performed the resplendent âHallelujahâ chorus during its inaugural concert in 1815, presenting the American premiere three years later.
In the centuries since, H+H has often performed the storied oratorio, including, for the past 166 years uninterrupted, annual holiday performances that have sustained Bostonians through the Great Depression, two World Wars, 32 presidencies, the Civil War, and the Spanish Flu pandemic.