Saturday, March 21, 2015

Keeping classical cool: Oldest US arts group turns 200

Exhibition designer Linda Ziemba, left, and acoustical consultant Matthew Azevedo confer as they help set up the Handel & Haydn Society bicentennial exhibit at the Boston Public Library in Boston, Friday, March 20, 2015. America's oldest continuously operating arts organization turns 200 on Tuesday. But its bicentennial isn't just about looking back _ it's about figuring out how to make classical and Baroque music cool for the iTunes generation and beyond. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) BOSTON (AP) — Before Beyonce, there were the Beatles. Before the Beatles, there was Brahms. And before Brahms was even born, there was the Handel & Haydn Society.








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