Holy Rosary houses annual Bozeman stop of Montana Early Music Fest
Musikanten Montana has announced the 18th Annual Montana Early Music Festival will take place January 16th–19th. The span of regional shows entitled “Viva Vivaldi!” will feature the music of Antonio Vivaldi.For the fifth consecutive year, the ensemble will travel to four Montana cities – Bozeman, Butte, Missoula and Helena. Concerts are at 7:30pm at Holy Rosary in Bozeman (Thursday, Jan. 16th), Immaculate Conception in Butte (Friday, Jan. 17th), and St. Francis Xavier in Missoula (Saturday, Jan. 18th). The final festival concert is in Helena at 4pm on Sunday, Jan. 19th, at the Cathedral of St. Helena.
Musikanten Artistic Director Kerry Krebill conducts favorite Festival soloists and the 2019 MEMF Chorus and Orchestra. The orchestra musicians are Early Music specialists, coming to Montana from around the country, and play instruments of Vivaldi’s time – Baroque strings and horns, trumpets, oboes d’amore and oboes di caccia, recorders and portatief organ. Musikanten Montana presents these pieces as Historically Informed Performances.
Seating for the concerts is general admission, with a reserved section for Musikanten Angel donors ($100 and above). Tickets will be available at the door. Call (406) 442-6825 or visit www.musikantenmt.org for more information.
In addition to the music of Vivaldi, the instrumentalists of MEMF will perform a Salon Concert on Monday, January 20th at one of Helena’s beautiful homes in the Mansion District. RSVP with an email to musikantenmt@aol.com if you plan to attend. Seating is limited. •