The only piece of music from the baroque period performed every year since its creation, Handel’s Messiah was originally written for actors. Hence, we’ll capitalize on the drama, the transformation from dark to light, and the humanistic journey that is a triumph to complete, each and every time.

Baroque Music Montana and Roots in the Sky team up with a period band and top-notch soloists from across the nation to present the region’s first period-instrument, highly crafted Handel’s Messiah.

Soloists:

Sarah Brailey, soprano

Elisa Sutherland, alto

James Reese, tenor

Reginald Mobley, countertenor

Edmund Milly, bass

Choir: Roots in the Sky

Period Orchestra:

Carrie Krause, Rachel Fellows-Schnackel, Loy Koch, David Greenberg, Anna Okada & Reynaldo Patiño – baroque violin

Lindsey Strand Polyak & Kathy Mellander – baroque viola

Adaiha MacAdam-Somer & Adam Collins – baroque cello

Jerry Fuller – baroque bass

Curtis Foster & Caroline Giassi – baroque oboe

Perry Sutton & Jens Jacobson – baroque trumpet

Dongsok Shin – harpsichord & organ

Jeff Vick – timpani