Prepared for performance by Denis Stevens
The Deller Consort:
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
John Whitworth (counter-tenor)
Alexander Young (tenor)
The Schola Polyphonica
Director, Henry Washington
An Instrumental Ensemble
The Mass is preceded by a recorded Introductory batik by Alec Robertson Stravinsky, in his recently composed Mass, affects the conscious neo-medievalism which is enhanced by comparison with Machaut's Mass. The new version of the latter work uses wind instruments and tonal percussion which have their counterpart in the carvings and stained glass of countless Gothic cathedrals. D. S.