Hand it to the Cleveland Museum of Art. When it comes to the Viva! and Gala Around Town Series, organizers there know not only where it's best to hold an event, but also when. Arvo Part's "Passio," a ...

Considered by many as the apotheosis of his style, Arvo Pärt’s Passio inhabits an austere place even by the Estonian composer’s own standards. Dating from 1982, it is so self-consciously retrogressive ...

Edward Breen and Fabrice Fitch revisit the premiere recording of Arvo Pärt’s Passio, set down by the Hilliard Ensemble in 1988 The Hilliard Ensemble solemnly perform what must surely be the bleakest, ...

The Passion by the most successful contemporary composer Arvo Pärt was performed in Graz Cathedral. It was conducted by the Graz Cathedral conductor Melissa Dermastia. The starting point is clear. The ...

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I borrowed the CD of Passio from my local library as a teenager, when the Hilliard Ensemble’s premiere recording first came out. It was my first encounter with Pärt and I wasn’t impressed, but to be ...

People can debate whether the Gospel according to St. John is the most anti-Semitic of the four. But Arvo Part’s “Passio,” a 1982 Renaissance redux Latin setting of the John text, heard Saturday at St ...

The TMC celebrates the 80th birthday of acclaimed Estonian composer Arvo Pärt with a performance of his stunning 1982 setting of the St. John Passion, Passio. Organ, Choir, Festival Quintet and a ...

Arvo Pärt's 1982 setting of the St John Passion is performed relatively rarely, perhaps because it doesn't translate so well to the secular environment in which most art and music is appreciated ...