Reviews
Word Incarnate
…….the sound is clean, free-flowing, in good tune……..Kevin Clarke has molded this group into one which commands a mastery of Renaissance choral music.
Bernard Durman, The Diapson
Kindle our Hearts
…….elegant singing….Kevin Clarke has cultivated a 32-voice mixed chorus with the finesse you’d expect from one of those British professional choirs. And he’s made Incarnation a mecca for lovers of the English cathedral repertory that is the musical heritage of the American Episcopal Church.
Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News
Kindle our Hearts
The choir is splendidly disciplined, with a solid and bold tone, coherent blend, and fine ensemble…….The climaxes in anthems…….are nothing short of thrilling.
American Record Guide May/June 2000
Kindle our Hearts
An organist of flawless technique and peerless taste, Kevin Clarke also stands at the helm of one of the finest liturgical choirs in the Southwest. …….the choir achieves a luster and clarity that are the envy of many a choirmaster.
Kevin Sutton, American Choral Directors Association Journal, February 2001
The Glory of Gibbons
…….sung superbly…….pure tone and flawless blend, a joy to hear.
Victor Hill, The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians
Concert, February 2000
…….solid playing…….
Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News
Concert, May 2001
Three Good Friday Motets by Kevin Clarke…….were striking and effective.
Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News
Kindle our Hearts
…the mixed-voice chancel choir, that performs here, though you may mistake it for one of the better collegiate chapel ensembles from England, for that is the quality it achieves.
…this group meets the highest standard…….world class. You may hear such music equally well done in a few other churches in the United States, but likely no where any better.
Michael Barone, The American Organist July 2001
Hark! A thrilling voice
…….Clarke’s 40-voice chancel choir is a Platonic ideal of English choral tone, silken and supple, and it’s gorgeously recorded…….
Scott Cantrell, Dallas Morning News
With Angels and Archangels
Clarke’s choir has an enviable professional quality, and his is interpretation outstanding. Donald E. Metz, The American Record Guide Nov/Dec 2003
A Sacred Romance
Clarke plays a fine performance of 19th and 20th century French music, starting with one of the best performances of Franck’s Piece Heroique that I have heard for many years. .......the Carillon de Westminster is a winner......
David Baker The Organ May-August 2008
Compositions
String Quartet, Communion Service in F, Rite 1, Rite II, Jubilate Deo in F, O Trinity, most blessed light, commissioned by Trinity Church, Vero Beach, FL., Missa Brevis, Three Latin motets, They that go down to the sea, Matin responsory, Lo how a rose, Three Good Friday Anthems, Anglican chants, Introits and descants for the church year, Processional Tune in D, Processional on Haec Dies, Tuba Mirum, De Profundis, commissioned by the Helios Ensemble, A Christmas Fancy for choir and orchestra, Phos Hilaron, How can I keep from singing arr. strings, organ and choir. Numerous brass arrangements of hymns
A few works I have conducted.......
Mozart Requiem, Rutter Requiem, Gloria, Lauridsen Lux aeterna, Bach St Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, Magnificat, Cantatas, Christmas Oratorio, Handel Messiah, Israel in Egypt, Coronation Anthems, Chandos Anthems, Vivaldi Gloria, Beethoven Mass in C, Vaughan Williams Hodie, Fantasy on Christmas Carols, McCartney Liverpool Oratorio, Bernstein Chichester Psalms, Pärt Magnificat, Passio, Berliner Mass, Beatitudes, Pinkham Christmas Cantata, Stravinsky Mass, Haydn Masses, Mozart Masses, Brahms Requiem, Durufle Requiem, Faure Requiem, Stainer Crucifixion, Thompson The Peacable Kingdom, Rachmaninoff All Night Vigil, Britten Ceremony of Carols, Monteverdi Vespers, Beatus vir, Poulenc Gloria, Scarlatti Stabat mater.
Other works
Musical Theater: Bye, bye birdie, Trial by Jury, HMS Pinifore Symphonic: Poulenc, Pachelbel, Telemann, Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Holst, Hindemith, Vaughan Williams
