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Leonard Bernstein's Mass

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A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers
Last month 200 Yale University students - average age 21 - gave the European premiere of Bernstein's Mass. Cameras were in the Vienna Konzerthaus to record a special TV version for BBC.
Mass is not a mass in the ordinary sense: it is an entertainment for the young-minded. The text, from the liturgy of the Roman mass with additional words by Stephen Schwartz and the composer, is about faith and people's reaction to it.
Introduced by Leonard Bernstein
The Yale Symphony Orchestra is joined by members of the Vienna Singakademie and the Vienna Knabenchor (BG XXl)
Michael Hume sings the part of The Celebrant
John Mauceri conducts

(Bernstein Benediction: page 3)
(Colour)

Contributors

Composer/Presenter:
Leonard Bernstein
Additional words:
Stephen Schwartz
Musicians:
Yale Symphony Orchestra
Singers:
Members of the Vienna Singakademie
Singers:
The Vienna Knabenchor
Conductor:
John Mauceri
Choreographer:
Nora Peterson
Staged by:
James Shaffer
Costumes:
William Ivey Long
Designer:
Enno Poersch
Lighting:
Peter Catlett
Producer:
David Griffiths
Director:
Brian Large
The Celebrant:
Michael Hume
Source: Radio Times

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