Songs Include : 1. Te Deum, For 2 Choruses, Strings, Prepared Piano & Tape - Arvo Pärt 2. Silouans Song, For String Orchestra - Arvo Pärt 3. Magnificat, For Chorus - Arvo Pärt 4. Kyrie - Arvo Pärt 5. Gloria 6. First Alleluia Vers 7. Second Alleluia Ver 8. Veni Sancte Spiritu 9. Credo 10. Sanctus 11. Agnus Dei

You might expect that Pärt's meditative, detached style—with little distinction between consonance and dissonance or overt emotion—wouldn't wear well through a 70-minute Passion in Latin without even a break between tracks. (There's only one.) The roles are distinguished only by scoring: the Evangelist's narration is taken by four singers and a few instruments in various combinations; Pilate is a deliberate tenor; Jesus, a cavernous bass singing very slowly. However, if you listen calmly and attentively, this work will transport you. When Jesus sings (slowly, on a simple five-note scale), "It is finished," and the Evangelist quartet intones on a single note, "And bowing his head he gave up the spirit," it's heartbreaking. The choir's huge crescendo through the final nine-word prayer is stunning. —Matthew Westphal

This program features a selection of Piazzolla's most completely realized compositions in thrilling new arrangements for piano trio, performed by some of Europe's most distinguished soloists and including the famous "Le Grand Tango" (one of the Four Tangos). Astor Piazzolla was accused of "strange ideas" when he presented his "tango nuevo" in Argentina in the 1950s, blending elements of classical music, jazz, and rock with the sadness and desperation of the traditional tango. Piazzolla's tangos were no longer mere dance music, but works of art for the concert hall, and many classical musicians now embrace them in their programs.