Boston's Acclaimed Handel and Haydn Society Will Perform the AMADEUS Soundtrack Live with the Academy Award-Winning Film on Authentic Period Instruments Like Those Mozart Composed For
November 10, 11, 12, 2017 | Symphony Hall, Boston
BOSTON, Oct. 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Handel and Haydn Society proudly announces the must-see event of 2017, AMADEUS LIVE, featuring the acclaimed H+H orchestra and chorus performing the soundtrack live, to the film, using authentic period instruments from Mozart's time – the kinds of instruments Mozart himself heard and composed for. The concert will be conducted by Richard Kaufman, and features Ian Watson on fortepiano, who played on the original Amadeus film recording in 1984. Further, Handel and Haydn Society's performance of AMADEUS LIVE is the only in the world performed by a period orchestra and chorus.
Performances take place on November 10 and 11 (7:30pm) and November 12 (3pm) at Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston. Tickets range from $25-$119 and may be purchased by calling 617-266-3605, visiting handelandhaydn.org, or in person at 9 Harcourt Street in Boston (M-F 10am-6pm). Student and group discounts are available.
Winner of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture, Amadeus is universally acclaimed as the best movie about classical music ever made. Audiences will enjoy this spectacular marriage of sight, sound, and epic movie-making in a thrilling new way—with the film projected on a vast HD screen as the soundtrack is performed live by the H+H orchestra and chorus. According to USA Today, Amadeus is "about as close to perfection as movies get."
"We're beyond thrilled for this unique opportunity to showcase the H+H Orchestra and Chorus – performing as only they do, on instruments true to the time the music was written, lending the performance authenticity and power," said David Snead, President and CEO of the Handel and Haydn Society. "This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and we're glad to offer it to Boston audiences this fall. And to top it off, H+H's own fortepianist Ian Watson played on the original film soundtrack in 1984. Now, he will perform the music live, 33 years later."
Amadeus Live is an Avex Classics International Production. Film with Live Orchestra.
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