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The Office of Compline for January 19, 2025

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: Songs of thankfulness and praise (Tune: SALZBURG) – mel. Jakob Hintze (1622-1702); harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

PSALM 36:5-10 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

HYMN: All praise to you, O Lord (Tune: CARLISLE) – Charles Lockhart (1745-1815)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956)

ANTHEM: Tribus miraculis – Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

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The Office of Compline for January 12, 2025

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The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Jesus

ORISON: ‘I come,’ the great Redeemer cries (Tune: THIS ENDRIS NYGHT) – English mel.; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and Martin Fallas Shaw (1875-1958)

PSALM 29 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Christ, when for us you were baptized (Tune: CAITHNESS) – melody from The Psalmes of David in Prose and Meeter, 1635; harm. The English Hymnal, 1906

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VI; harm. Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

ANTHEM: The Baptism of Christ – Peter R. Hallock

Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • John Garlid, cantor

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The Office of Compline for January 5, 2025

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The Eve of the Epiphany

ORISON: Brightest and best of the stars of the morning (Tune: MORNING STAR) – James Proctor Harding (1850–1911)

PSALM 96 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

HYMN 112: In the bleak mid-winter (Tune: CRANHAM) – Gustav Holst (1874-1934

NUNC DIMITTIS (Tune: MARILYN) – Peter R. Hallock

ANTHEMS:
The Three Kings – Peter Cornelius (1824-1874); arr. Ivor Atkins (1869-1953) and Jason Anderson
Quem pastores laudavere – arr. Susan LeBarr (b. 1981)

Jason Anderson, director • Vern Nicodemus, reader • Tyler Morse, cantor

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The Office of Compline for December 29, 2024

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The First Sunday after Christmas Day

PROCESSIONAL: Once in royal David’s city (Tune: IRBY) – mel. Henry John Gauntlett (1805-1876); harm. Arthur Henry Mann (1850-1929)

PSALM 147 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Of the Father’s love begotten (Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM) – Sanctus trope, 11th cent.; adapt. Piae Cantiones, 1582; arr. Richard T. Proulx (1937-2010) [see Tintinnabulum]

NUNC DIMITTIS (Tune: MARILYN) – Peter R. Hallock

ANTHEMS:
O beatam et sacrosanctum diem – Peter Philips (1561-1628)
When Christ was born of Mary free – John Joubert (1927-2019)

Jason Anderson, director • Scott Kovacs, reader • Theo Floor, cantor

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The Office of Compline for December 22, 2024

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The Fourth Sunday of Advent

PROCESSIONAL: O come, O Wisdom from above (Tune: VENI EMMANUEL) – New trans. of the O Antiphons by Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976), sung to Plainsong, Mode I, from Processionale, 15th cent.; arr. and harm. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

CANTICLE: Magnificat – Plainsong, Tone II.1 with O Rex gentium (antiphon for Dec 22)

HYMN: Lo, how a Rose e’er blooming (Tune: ES IST EIN ROS) – melody from Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1599; harm. Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) and Carl Orff (1895-1982)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard Proulx (1937-2010)

ANTHEM: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging – German folk melody; arr. Philip Lawson

Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • Ken Peterson, cantor

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The Office of Compline for December 15, 2024

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The Third Sunday of Advent

ORISON: Rejoice in the Lord always – Plainsong, Mode I

CANTICLE 9: The First Song of Isaiah – Plainsong, Tone VII.3 and Peter R. Hallock (1923-2014)

HYMN: The King shall come when morning dawns (Tune: SAINT STEPHEN) – William Jones (1726-1800); verse 2 harm. The American Vocalist, 1849; verse 4 harm. Harvey Grace (1874-1944)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard Proulx (1937-2010)

ANTHEM: Gaudete in Domino – Giaches de Wert (1535-1596)

Jason Anderson, director • Bill Turnipseed, reader • James Wilcox, cantor

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The Office of Compline for December 8, 2024

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The Second Sunday of Advent

ORISON: People of Zion, look up – Plainsong, Mode VII

CANTICLE 16: The Song of Zechariah – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1

HYMN: Prepare the way, O Zion (Tune: BEREDEN VÄG FÖR HERRAN) – mel. from Then Swenska Psalmboken, 1697; harm. Koralbok för Svenska Kyrkan, 1939, alt.; adapt. Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard Proulx (1937-2010)

ANTHEM: Ecce Dominus veniet – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Jason Anderson, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor