Holiday Gift Guide: The Gift Of The Arts

" Handel and Haydn Society Period Instrument Orchestra and Chorus (Credit: Stu Rosner)

" Presented by Handel and Haydn Society Symphony Hall January 20 – January 22

" Concertmaster Aisslinn Nosky makes her H&H solo debut in Vivaldi’s virtuosic The Four Seasons. Audiences tour Italy, from Handel’s operas written during his time in Italy to J.C. Bach’s dramatic symphony written just after his stay in Italy. More…

Futurity (credit: Sam Hough)

Presented by American Repertory Theater Oberon in Cambridge March 16-April 15, 2012

Futurity is an original indie-rock musical by Brooklyn-band The Lisps. A theatrically staged song cycle, Futurity tells the story of a Union soldier in the Civil War who is an aspiring inventor. The work fuses traditional Americana, found text, experimental music, and The Lisps’ own brand of quirky co-ed pop "

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