A mostly glorious Gloria
Conductor Harry Christophers (Photo: Stu Rosner)I've dawdled over reviewing the Handel and Haydn Society's rendition of Vivaldi's Gloria (which took its final bow over a week ago) largely because I couldn't really wrap my mind around the evening that surrounded it. The core of the concert, at least, was clear: Harry Christophers had built a program of Vivaldi and Handel (who were roughly contemporaries) ar…