Handel's Messiah - The Musician as Storyteller - Apollo's Fire

Excerpts from Chapter 2 of the DVD by Apollo's Fire and Jeannette Sorrell. This DVD accompanies the new December 2010 CD release of Handel's Messiah by Apollo's Fire, on the Avie label. Sorrell and Apollo's Fire perform on period instruments, and approach Messiah as the theatrical entertainment that Handel intended. "The Messiah we've been waiting for." - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Passionate... Sorrell leads with a keen blend of fidelity and imagination." - The Cleveland Plain Dealer Interviews with: Jeannette Sorrell, conductor Elizabeth Shammash, mezzo-soprano Jeffrey Strauss, baritone Johanna Novom, violin Karina Fox, viola Apollo's Fire Baroque Orchestra www.apollosfire.org