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Suddenly, as the orchestra rehearsed the Saint-Saëns second piano concerto, the maestro walked angrily off the stage.

Cleverly, the understated production never distracts from the lyrics, with ringing piano chords and gossamer strings that tesselate seamlessly with Burns' soulful melodies.

Though her mother arranged lessons in piano, dancing, tennis and golf, “I was hopeless at everything,” she wrote.

The prepared piano, albeit without Mr. Muhly, returned in a crucial if less central role for the roughly half-hour “Te Deum,” which on Friday was crisply rendered with entirely Estonian forces led by Mr. Kaljuste.

His 2023 release, “The Other One”—for which he conducted an ensemble including saxophones, bassoons, strings, percussion and piano—landed on the year-end best-of lists of several classical music critics.