On February 7 and 9, the Handel+Haydn Society in Boston will perform works by the former under their artistic director, conductor, cellist and keyboardist Jonathan Cohen, in a program featuring the soloist Joélle Harvey and titled “Love, Handel.” (“Love, Handle”?) Recently, I met Cohen—whose interpretations of the Baroque and Classical repertoire are unusual for their lyrically unspooling lines—for an interview. We talked about the tutelage of William Christie, whether the American early music scene is behind the European one, and his penchant for the long phrase.
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