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Composer: Bernstein, Leonard

Missa brevis

Sao Paulo Symphony Chorus

Conductor: Alsop, Marin

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Playing Time: 00:01:58

Catalogue Number: NVF0096

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Adapted from the Lark music, Bernstein composed his Missa brevis for mixed chorus a cappella (divided into as many as eight parts), solo countertenor, bells and "incidental percussion" (the exact nature of which is left somewhat to the discretion of the conductor). Open fifths at the beginning of the Kyrie immediately establish the quasi-medieval character which continues throughout the work.