Mass (Naxos Audio CD 2-disc set)
Mass (Naxos Audio CD 2-disc set)
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Jubilant Sykes (baritone)
Morgan State University Choir
Peabody Children's Chorus
Morgan State University Marching Band
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
When Leonard Bernstein was asked by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to compose the inaugural piece for the opening of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D. C., he wrote ‘The Mass is also an extremely dramatic event in itself—it even suggests a theater work’.
Premièred on 8 September 1971, with additional words by Stephen Schwartz of Godspell fame, Mass is a remarkable visionary piece with a kaleidoscope of musical styles that touches on themes of political protest, existential crisis, and religious faith lost and found.
Gramophone Magazine Disc of the Month - September 2009
