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The Office of Compline for May 6, 2012

May 6, 2012 No comments

5th Sunday of Easter

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: The Call (from Five Mystical Songs, Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958])

PSALM: 22:22-30 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Thou art the Way, to thee alone from sin and death we flee” (Raphael Courteville [1677 - 1772])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting, Mode I, by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [c. 1560 - 1627])

ANTHEM: “Ubi caritas” (polyphonic setting of the chant by Maurice Duruflé [1902 - 1986])

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The Office of Compline for April 29, 2012

May 2, 2012 No comments

4th Sunday of Easter

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Nathan Jensen

ORISON: “The King of love my shepherd is” (tune: St. Columba, Traditional Irish Melody)

PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Jesus, our mighty Lord” (tune: Monks Gate, Traditional Sussex Melody, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Morley [1553 - 1604]; Tone I Ending 5)

ANTHEM: “Surrexit pastor bonus” (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [1532 - 1594])

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The Office of Compline for April 15, 2012

April 15, 2012 No comments

2nd Sunday of Easter

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “We walk by faith, and not by sight” (tune: St. Botolph, Gordon Slater [1896 - 1979])

PSALM: 118: 14 – 24 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1)

HYMN: “O sons and daughters, let us sing” (O filii et filiae, melody from Airs sur les hymnes sacrez, odes et noëls, [1623])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

ANTHEM: “Sermone blando” (Thomas Tallis)

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The Office of Compline for April 8, 2012

April 8, 2012 No comments

Sunday of the Resurrection
Easter Day

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Jeremy Matheis

ORISON: Easter Canticle (Peter Halloxk [b. 1924])

PSALM: 114 (plainsong, Tonus Peregrinus)

HYMN: “Come, ye faithful, raise the strain” (Gaudeamus pariter, melody from J. Horne Gesangbuch [1544])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623], Tonus Peregrinus)

ANTHEM: “Dum transisset Sabbatum” (John Taverner [ca. 1490 - 1545])

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The Office of Compline for April 1, 2012

April 1, 2012 No comments

Sunday of the Passion

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

PROCESSIONAL: ”Vexilla regis” (“The royal banners forward go”), from ”Via crucis” (Franz Liszt [1811 - 1886])

PSALM: 22: 1 – 21 (plainsong, Mode IV Ending 1)

HYMN: “Today He who hung the earth” (Byzantine chant, Tone VI)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627], Tone VI)

ANTHEM: “In manus tuas” (John Sheppard [ca. 1515 - 1559])

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The Office of Compline for March 25, 2012

March 25, 2012 No comments

5th Sunday in Lent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Mode II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 51 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Now let us all with one accord” (Ex more docti mystico, plainsing, Mode II, Verona MS., 12th century)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627])

ANTHEM: A setting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah (Costanzo Festa [ca. 1486/90 - 1545])

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The Office of Compline for March 18, 2012

March 18, 2012 No comments

4th Sunday in Lent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Mode II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 121 (Henry Walford Davies [1869 - 1941])

HYMN: “Lord Jesus, think on me” (tune: Southwell, from M. William Damon’s Psalter [1579])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1)

ANTHEM: “I will lift up mine eyes” (Ernest Walker [1870 - 1949])

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The Office of Compline for March 11, 2012

March 11, 2012 No comments

3rd Sunday in Lent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Mode II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 19 (plainsong, Tone III Ending A 4)

HYMN: A Hymn to God the Father (“Wilt Thou forgive that sin”) (John Hilton [1599 - 1657])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1)

ANTHEM: A setting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah (Jacobus Archadelt [ca. 1504 - ca. 1567])

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The Office of Compline for March 4, 2012

March 10, 2012 No comments

2nd Sunday in Lent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Mode II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 22: 22 – 30 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Kind Maker of the world” (A la venue de Noël, melody from Fleurs des noëls, 1535)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)

ANTHEM: A setting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

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The Office of Compline for February 26, 2012

February 26, 2012 No comments

1st Sunday in Lent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Mode II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 25: 1 – 8, 10 – 12, 14, 21 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Lord, who throughout these forty days” (tune: St. Flavian, melody from Day’s Psalter, [1562]; adapted and harmonized by Richard Redhead [1820 - 1901])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)

ANTHEM: “In jejunio et fletu” (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

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