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Title:
The Abyssinian Mass [CD]
Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
[New York] : Blue Engine Records, [2016]
[New York] : Distributed in the USA by RED Distribution
℗2016
Physical Description:
2 compact discs (123 min., 26 sec.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
1 videodisc (46 min., 11 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Title from disc label.
"An original composition by Wynton Marsalis"--Container.
Program notes by Leon Wieseltier and libretto (60 unnumbered pages : color illustrations) inserted in container.
DVD comprises excerpts from the concert.
Performers:
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra ; Wynton Marsalis, trumpet ; Chorale Le Chateau ; Damien Sneed, conductor ; with Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III.
Contents:
Devotional -- Call to worship -- The Lord's prayer -- Processional : "We are on our way" -- Invocation and chant -- Responsive reading : Matthew 5:3-12 : the Beatitudes -- Gloria Patri -- Prayer : "Pastoral prayer" -- Choral response : "Through him I've come to see" -- Anthem : "Glory to God in the highest" -- Scripture : Isaiah 56:7 -- Meditation : "Lord have mercy" -- Sermon : "The unifying power of prayer." Part I, "This house is God's house" ; Part II, "The power of prayer" ; Part III, "Everyone has a place" -- Invitation : "Come and join the army" -- Offertory. The Father ; The Son ; (You gotta watch) The Holy Ghost -- Doxology -- Recessional : "The glory train" -- Benediction -- Amen.
Language:
English
