Mass (Concert Selections)

Doreen Rao's newly adapted and edited concert version of Bernstein's epic theatre piece brings us this monumental music in a shortened and manageable edition for chorus, soloists and chamber orchestra. In her effort to bring themusic of Leonard Bernstein to school, community and church choirs, Rao has managed to maintain the integrity of the mass form and the dramatic tension between faith and doubt by bringing us 40 minutes of what the late Rose Kennedy called a "stupendous" work - a work that celebrates diversity, inclusion and Bernstein's passion for peace.