[AGL] we've been to this before. live Baroque music. this Sarrurday, be there or be square

[Michael Eisenstadt]

 La Follia Austin Baroque  presents

                       A Baroque Lenten Concert
                              featuring
                Jan Dismas Zelanka'a Lamentations and
                Arias from Bach's St. Matthew Passion

                         with guest vocalists

                      Jennifer Thyssen, soprano
                       Stepahnie Prewitt, alto
                         David Stevens, tenor
                           Gil Zilkha, bass

                     and a full baroque orchestra

                      
                     Saturday, March 14, 8:00 pm
                          St. Mary Cathedral
                       203 E. 10th St., Austin

       Tickets at the door $18 general, $15 senior, $5 student

             Information at 879-6404 or www.lafollia.org

La Follia is joined by a vocal quartet and a complete baroque
orchestra to perform arias from J. S. Bach's magnificent St. Matthew
Passion and Jan Dismas Zelenka's Lamentations for Holy Week.

Far from a gloomy reflection on our sinfulness, this is tuneful,
gracious music, full of hope and inspiration.  The Lamentations for
Holy Saturday are rarely heard masterworks with text from the
Lamentations of Jeremiah.  The arias from the St. Matthew Passion
incomparably express the range and depth of emotion experienced in our
search for communion with the Divine.

The Artists

La Follia core members performing in this concert are Stephanie
Prewitt, mezzo-soprano; Boel Gidholm, violin; Marcus McGuff, flute;
James Brown, gamba; Scott Horton, archlute; and Keith Womer, organ.

Comprising the orchestra are Sarah Davol and Sarah Weiner, oboes; Lee
Lattimore, flute; Kevin Hall, bassoon; Laurie Young Stevens and Joan
Carlson, violins;  Andrew Justice, viola; Karen Hall, gamba and
violoncello; and David Dawson, contrabass.