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Sonido Barroco and Zion Lutheran Church present a complete performance of Bach’s beloved St. John Passion performed on period instruments.

In this concert, La Follia Austin Baroque explores the challenges and opportunities of performing Bach’s vocal works in English (a practice Bach very well could have approved, being a Lutheran whose teachings emphasized the Word being offered in the vernacular).

La Follia will open with two pieces sung in both German and English. Rev. Nathaniel Biebert, a Lutheran pastor and an expert in Reformation era German, will provide us with unique translations which will demonstrate the surprisingly complex issues surrounding effective English translations.

After this enlightenment, La Follia will perform the greatest arias by Bach for soprano and baritone. La Follia will sing some in English and some in the original German. Discover for yourself how this glorious music best speaks to you.

Gitanjali Mathur, soprano, and Gil Zilkha, baritone/bass are featured.