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LA FOLLIA AUSTIN BAROQUE PRESENTS

BACH IN ENGLISH

APRIL 25 - 26 | REDEEMER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

In this concert, we explore 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).

We begin 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, we will perform the greatest arias by Bach for soprano and baritone. We 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.

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Event Details

• Date: Friday, April 25, 2025 - Saturday, April 2026, 2025
• Time: Friday 7:30 P.M. | Saturday 3:00 P.M.
• Venue: Redeemer Presbyterian Church
• Website: https://www.lafollia.org/upcoming-concerts

Ticket Information

• Cost: $10.00 - $30.00

Presenter Details

• Name: La Follia

Based in Austin, Texas, we perform music from the time of Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Haydn and Mozart. We use instruments and performance practices appropriate to the period, so you experience the music exactly as the composers experienced it. Winner of multiple Austin Critics Table awards including Best Ensemble, La Follia is, in the words of the Austin American-Statesman, “Baroque done right.”

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