Lead, Kindly Light

Score available to purchase at: https://zacharylandress.com/ My setting of the first stanza of St. John Henry Newman's poem 'The Pillar of the Cloud.' This piece was performed at Mass on 7/20/25 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary, Queen of the Universe. __________________________________________ Lead, kindly Light, amid th' encircling gloom; O lead me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home; O lead me on! Keep firm my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene, one step enough for me. __________________________________________ MUSIC: Zachary Landress TEXT: St. John Henry Newman (1801-1890) CHOIR: Choir of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Mary, Queen of the Universe CONDUCTOR: Dr. William Picher