Organ Recital: Richard J. Clark

with members of the Boston Archdiocesan Schola
and guest singers from the New York metropolitan area

Richard J. Clark (b. 1969)
Gregorian Impressions (2018)
     I. Pange lingua
     II. Adoro te devote
     III. Jesu dulcis memoria
     IV. Ubi caritas
     V. O filii et filiæ
     VI. Veni, creator Spiritus
     VII. Ave Maria

Richard J. Clark is the Director of Music of the Archdiocese of Boston and the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. He previously served for twenty-eight years at St. Cecilia Parish in Boston, Massachusetts as Music Director and Organist, where he oversaw a thriving music program and helped develop the Smith and Gilbert Organ of six divisions and fifty-four ranks. He is also currently Chapel Organist (Saint Mary’s Chapel) at Boston College where he has served
since 2004.

His compositions have been performed worldwide including performances in Russia of his organ work Ascent to Freedom by American virtuoso Mark Husey and various performances by the American Boychoir under the direction of Fernando Malvar-Ruiz. The American Organist magazine praises Gregorian Impressions for its "engaging developments", while Ministry & Liturgy Magazine has called his music "transformative" as well as "expertly arranged and prayerfully sung." His liturgical, choral, and organ works are published by World
Library Publications, Lorenz/The Sacred Music Press, CanticaNOVA Publications, RJC Cecilia Music, and Corpus Christi Watershed.

As performer, composer, and conductor, his eclectic appearances include St. Patrick's Cathedral (NY), Saint-Eustache (Paris), the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (D. C.), EWTN, the Celebrity Series of Boston, Fenway Park, and the New York Songwriters Circle at NYC's historic "The Bitter End."

His compositions have been broadcast on radio in New York, New England, and Europe, including Sounds from the Spires with Dr. Jennifer Pascual. He also appears with his wife, clarinetist Kara Gretschel Clark, on the Cathedral Encores CD featuring the 1875 E. & G.G. Hook, Opus 801, at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Boston). He also appears with trumpeter Richard Kelley in a recording of his Requiem pour une américaine à Paris.

Born in Greenwich Village, New York City, he grew up in Seaford, Long Island. He currently lives with his wife and four children in Milton, Massachusetts.

The Boston Archdiocesan Schola and Choir, under the direction of Richard J. Clark, sing at major Archdiocesan events including televised liturgies on Catholic TV. In 2019, they sang the Anthem at Fenway Park. They have sung at Trinity Church, Copley Square.