MASS was created for the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on September 8, 1971. Recorded at John F. Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington, D.C., and Studio B, 49 E. 52nd Street, New York City, in August, September & October 1971. Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers / Ein Theaterstück für Sänger, Schauspieler und Tänzer / Une pièce de théâtre pour chanteurs, acteurs et danseurs. Text from the liturgy of the Roman Mass with additional texts by Stephen Schwartz and Leonard Bernstein. Includes Mass, A Theatre Piece For Singers, Players And Dancers, II. First Introit (Rondo), IV. Confession, V. Meditation No. 1, VI. Gloria, VII. Meditation No. 2, VIII. Epistle, IX. Gospel-Sermon 1-19, X Credo, XI. Meditation No. 3, XII. Offertory, XIII. The Lord's Prayer, XIV. Sanctus, XV. Agnus Dei, XVI. Fraction, XII. Pax: Communion.
- 1-1 1. Antiphon: Kyrie Eleison
- 1-10 2. Trope: "I Don't Know"
- 1-11 3. Trope: "Easy"
- 1-12 Orchestra Alone
- 1-13 1. Gloria Tibi
- 1-14 2. Gloria In Excelsis
- 1-15 3. Trope: "Half Of The People"
- 1-16 4. Trope: "Thank You"
- 1-17 Orchestra Alone (On A Sequence By Beethoven)
- 1-18 "The Word Of The Lord"
- 1-19 "God Said"
- 1-2 2. Hymn And Psalm: "A Simple Song"
- 1-3 3. Responsory: Alleluia
- 1-4 1. Prefatory Prayers
- 1-5 2. Thrice-Triple Canon: Dominus Vobiscum
- 1-6 1. In Nomine Patris
- 1-7 2. Prayer For The Congregation (Chorale: "Almighty Father")
- 1-8 3. Epiphany
- 1-9 1. Confiteor
- 2-1 1. Credo In Unum Deum
- 2-10 "Holy! Holy! Holy!..."
- 2-11 "Agnus Dei..."
- 2-12 "Things Get Broken"
- 2-13 "Secret Songs"
- 2-2 2. Trope: "Non Credo"
- 2-3 3. Trope: "Hurry"
- 2-4 4. Trope: "World Without End"
- 2-5 5. Trope: "I Believe In God"
- 2-6 (De Profundis, Part 1)
- 2-7 (De Profundis, Part 2)
- 2-8 1. Our Father...
- 2-9 2. Trope: "I Go On"
