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Join Your Parish Choir! • Why We Sing as a Faith Community
As many parishes struggle, your presence, your voice, your witness to the love of Christ is that much more important!
Richard Kelley & Richard J. Clark release album • Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
AVAILABLE NOW on all major digital platforms — Defying category and convention, famed Boston trumpeter Richard Kelley and Cathedral organist and composer Richard J. Clark explore the depths of human frailty, struggle, and dignity in their second album “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made.”
From the Bell Tower – Boston Cathedral Singers Release First Album
Available on all digital formats including: • Apple iTunes • Amazon Music • Spotify • Tidal Napster • Pandora • Anghami • qobuz BOSTON – A beacon of light during the height of the pandemic, four singers at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross sought artistic refuge in the Cathedral bell tower where its bells toll each…
Kelley & Clark in Concert • Boston Preview Event
OSTON — Friday, September 29, 2017 • 7:00 p. m. • Richard Kelley, trumpet, and composer/organist Richard J. Clark team up again at St. Cecilia Church, Boston in a concert of American composers Clark, Hovhaness, Pinkham, and Sowerby. This concert offers Boston audiences a preview of their upcoming performance at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New…
Lumen Christi—Paschal Candle Procession
Follow @RichardJaClark Lumen Christi is available exclusively through CanticaNOVA Publications 2010 Translation of the Roman Missal: “Lumen Christi. The Light of Christ. Deo Gratias. Thanks be to God.” Gary Penkala writes: “The Paschal Candle Procession at the Easter Vigil is a solemn and joyful liturgical moment. After having struck the New Fire and prepared the Paschal…
Compline Hymn for Lent | Christe qui lux es et dies
Follow @RichardJaClark HRISTE QUI LUX ES ET DIES (Christ, who art the light and day) is based on the ancient Compline Hymn for Lent, likely dating back to the Fourth Century. Although it was not retained in the Roman Breviary, its continued widespread use is perhaps attributed to its antiquity, exquisite poetry, and simple beauty,…
All Souls | Requiem for Trumpet and Organ
equiem pour une américaine à Paris is a seven-movement work composed for trumpet and organ, it is reminiscent of an early Twentieth Century French Romantic style. Although quite faithful to many of the Gregorian Chants, this is not a liturgical work, but a concert work. It would be difficult to match the music to the…
Mass in Honor of Pope Saint John Paul II on “Sounds from the Spires” and the Youth-Based Chant Movement
Follow @RichardJaClark ASS IN HONOR of Pope Saint John Paul II” was recently featured on “Sounds from the Spires” on SIRIUS XM 129 Radio, The Catholic Channel. I had the opportunity to speak with the program’s host, Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Director of Music for Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. In addition, special guest,…
Mass in Honor of Pope Saint John Paul II
Follow @RichardJaClark VER SINCE MY WIFE was expecting our third child, I began composing this mass setting in thanksgiving to God for my son, Sean Paul to whom it is dedicated. While composed in a chant style, each melody is reminiscent of a simple lullaby. (The Sanctus is perhaps the best example.) Like chant, when…