Bach masters find the heart that drives this Passion

Easter is over, but who cares if the timing of Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. John Passion is a little off?
The first of the Baroque master’s two surviving Passions (musical settings of the Passion of Christ) was performed with stirring conviction and exquisite attention to detail on Wednesday by the International Bach Academy Stuttgart Chorus and Orchestra at Segerstrom Concert Hall as part of the Philharmonic Society season. It’s not often that local audiences get to hear forces