Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
H&H was the first American group to perform Handel's
Messiah,
in 1818, and has
made it an annual holiday tradition since 1854. If you'll be in town in December,
check for ticket availability as soon as you start planning your trip.
300 Massachusetts Ave.
&
617/266-3605.
www.handelandhaydn.org. Tickets $15-$83. T: Green Line E to Symphony or Orange
Line to Mass. Ave.
ADDITIONAL OFFERINGS
The
Boston Lyric Opera
(
&
800/447-7400
Telecharge or 617/542-6772; box office,
270 Tremont St.; www.blo.org) nurtures and showcases emerging talent in its classical
and contemporary productions. The season runs from November to May at Citi Per-
forming Arts Center's Shubert Theatre, 265 Tremont St. Tickets cost $34 to $126.
Less familiar works make up the repertoire of
Opera Boston
(
&
800/432-7250
Telecharge or 617/451-3388; www.operaboston.org), which performs at the Cutler
Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont St. Tickets go for $29 to $114.
Boston Baroque
(
&
617/484-9200;
www.bostonbaroque.org), a Grammy-nomi-
nated period orchestra with a chamber chorus, performs at New England Conserva-
tory's Jordan Hall and Harvard's Sanders Theatre. Tickets cost $25 to $72.
CONCERT & PERFORMANCE SERIES
The starriest names in classical music, dance, theater, jazz, opera, and world music
play Boston as part of the
Celebrity Series
(
&
617/482-2595
or 617/482-6661 for
Celebrity Charge; www.celebrityseries.org). It's a subscription series that also offers
tickets to individual events, which go on sale in September. Performances take place
at Symphony Hall, New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, the Wang and Shubert
theaters, and other venues.
World Music
(
&
617/876-4275;
www.worldmusic.org) showcases top-flight musi-
cians, dance troupes, and other performers from around the globe. Shows (70 a year) are
at the Somerville Theater, the Berklee Performance Center, Sanders Theatre, the Cutler
Majestic Theatre, and other venues.
The
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,
280 The Fenway (
&
617/278-5102
[info line] or 278-5156 [box office]; www.gardnermuseum.org; T: Green Line E to
Museum), features music in the Tapestry Room most Sundays at 1:30pm and some
Thursdays at 7pm from September through May. Sunday performances are chamber
music by the museum orchestra, professionals, and students; on Thursdays, jazz and
new music take over. Tickets (including museum admission) are $23 adults, $18 sen-
iors, $10 students with ID, $5 children 5 to 17 (children under 5 not admitted). Free
podcasts are available through the website. See p. 144 for a full museum listing.
FREE (& ALMOST FREE) CONCERTS
Radio stations
sponsor free outdoor music all summer. Specifics change frequently,
but you can count on hearing oldies, pop, jazz, alternative, rock, and classical music
at various convenient venues, including City Hall Plaza, Copley Square, and the
Hatch Shell, at lunch, after work, and in the evening. Check the papers when you
arrive, listen to a station that sounds good to you, or just follow the crowds.
Students and faculty members at two prestigious musical institutions perform fre-
quently during the academic year; admission is usually free. For information, contact
the
New England Conservatory of Music,
290 Huntington Ave. (
&
617/585-1260;
http://concerts.newenglandconservatory.edu), or the
Longy School of Music,
1
Follen St., Cambridge (
&
617/876-0956,
ext. 500; www.longy.edu). Also check list-
ings for free or cheap student performances at other area colleges.
