Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Leonard Bernstein's Vietnam War-era symphony comes to Disney Hall
LA Phil at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Credit: Jamie Pham.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readLA Phil at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Credit: Jamie Pham.
“Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers” was composed by Leonard Bernstein for the opening of the Kennedy Center in Washington in 1971. The LA Phil will start performing it at Disney Hall tonight. “Mass” is a product of its era: the Vietnam War, protests against the Nixon administration, and hippies.
Elkhanah Pulitzer is director of Leonard Bernstein’s
"Mass" at Disney Hall. Credit: Kristen Loken.
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The full episode
4 of 5LA Phil performs Leonard Bernstein's Vietnam-era 'Mass'- 0:00The long history of how LA's homeless crisis got to this point
- 7:26New York Times draws fury for explaining LA to Angelenos
- 15:49Month after mudslides, Santa Barbara gets back on its feet
- 26:31Leonard Bernstein's Vietnam War-era symphony comes to Disney HallYou’re reading this
- 40:41Can dockless bikes help solve LA’s traffic problem?