Encore! Handel & Haydn Society Bicentennial Display at BPL

With only one week left, the Boston Public Library's exhibit on the Handel & Haydn Society provides a fascinating retrospective of the illustrious group's 200 year history. It is the oldest performing arts organization in the country. The choral society began on February 16, 1815, when the Second Baptist Singing Society performed the music of George Frideric Handel and Joseph Haydn at a concert in Boston. The performance was such a success that a second concert with 250 singers and musicians fo

With only one week left, the Boston Public Library's exhibit on the Handel & Haydn Society provides a fascinating retrospective of the illustrious group's 200 year history. It is the oldest performing arts organization in the country. The choral society began on February 16, 1815, when the Second Baptist Singing Society performed the music of George Frideric Handel and Joseph Haydn at a concert in Boston. The performance was such a success that a second concert with 250 singers and musicians fo…