Mass for Pentecost Sunday. In Memory of Russ

Performed by Richard “Dickie” Landry

Richard “Dickie” Landry World première live concert

in occasion of the G20 INTERFAITH FORUM 2021

Richard Landry tells: «Mass for Pentecost Sunday was commissioned by Dominique de Menil and completed in 1986. I met her during the rehearsals for Einstein on the Beach. Dominique and her husband John had decided to build a museum in Houston for their extensive collection. I knew her curator Walter Hopps and by chance we met at the airport in Houston and he told me that she was accepting commissions for compositions for the celebration of the opening of the museum. I said I would let Philip and Steve Reich know and Walter said, “you think about it.” I thought about what I should do and came up with the idea of a Mass. She invited me to meet in Houston to overlook the selection of music for the week of celebration. There was a fanfare from Pierre Boulez, the Mercer Ellington band for the big dance, blues, and string quartets. During one of the final meetings, Dominique asked me what I was interested in doing. I said that I could do a solo concert but what I really wanted to do was a Mass. She exclaimed “in French?” and I said “no, in Latin.” She jumped up, clicked her heels, and said “you got it – how much?”
This was my first true composition. Friends suggested that I look at the Macintosh computer which had just come out. I bought one and I found notational and sequencing software, and by using those tools I finished the Mass in nine months».

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