Mass a theatre piece for singers, players and dancers / Leonard Bernstein ; Pandream ; Enrico Castiglione, stage and television director ; text from the Roman liturgy with additional texts by Stephen Schwartz and Leonard Bernstein.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoWest Long Branch, NJ : Kultur Video, [2004]
Description1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorBernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Mass.
Other author/creatorCastiglione, Enrico director.
Other author/creatorSchwartz, Stephen librettist.
Other author/creatorWebster, Douglas, performer.
Other author/creatorBrott, Boris conductor.
Other author/creatorCorolla - Piccole Voci, performer.
Other author/creatorAccademia di Santa Cecilia performer.
Other author/creatorPan Dream (Firm)
Other author/creatorKultur Video.
Variant title Title on disc menu: Bernstein Mass
Variant title Title on container: Mass at the Vatican City
Contents Opening credits -- Devotion before Mass. Antiphon: Kyrie eleison ; Hymn and psalm: A simple song ; Responsory: Alleluia -- First introit (Rondo). Prefatory prayers ; Thrice-triple canon: Dominus vobiscum -- Second introit. In nomine Patris -- Confession. Confiteor ; Trope: I don't know ; Trope: Easy -- Meditation no. 1 -- Gloria. Gloria tibi ; Gloria in excelsis ; Trope: Half of the people ; Trope: Thank you -- Meditation no. 2 -- Epistle: The Word of the Lord -- Gospel sermon: God said -- Credo. Credo in unum Deum ; Trope: Non credo ; Trope: Hurry ; Trope: World without end ; Trope: I believe in God -- Meditation no. 3 (De Profundis, part 1) -- Offertory (De Profundis, part 2) -- The Lord's prayer. Our Father ; Trope: I go on -- Sanctus -- Agnus Dei -- Fraction: Things get broken -- Pax: Communion: Secret songs.
Abstract Originally commissioned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to commemorate the memory of John F. Kennedy, Mass mixes aspects of classical, pop, jazz, rock and blues music. Structured like a Roman Catholic Mass, it contains both text from the Roman liturgy as well as original pieces. Rarely performed due to the enormity of the production, Mass features more than two hundred performers among the large orchestra, a rock band, a blues band, 18 soloists, 80 chorus singers, and a company of 45 dancer-singers.
CreditsDirector of photography, Carlo Di Palma ; costume and set designer, Enrico Castiglione.
Performer Douglas Wester, celebrant ; various soloists ; La Corolla-Piccole Voci ; Choir and Orchestra of the Santa Cecilia Conservatory ; Boris Brott, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event notePerformed at Paul VI Hall, Vatican City as part of the Jubilee 2000 celebrations of the Roman Catholic Church.
Audience Not rated.
Technical detailsDVD video; region 1, widescreen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital.
LanguageSung in English and Latin ; closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
ISBN0769728235
ISBN9780769728230
UPC 032031282391
Publisher numberD2823 Kultur Video

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