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The Office of Compline for November 19, 2023

The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Bring us, O Lord God – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

PSALMS 134 & 4 – Peter R. Hallock

HYMN: I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath (Tune: OLD 113TH) – Melody from Strassburger Kirchenamt, 1525; harm. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

NUNC DIMITTIS (2-part with bells) – Peter R. Hallock

ANTHEM: A Hymn for an Anonymous Musician [World Premiere] – Erin Aas (b. 1972)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeff Ricco, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor

The Office of Compline for November 12, 2023

The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: O day of God, draw nigh (Tune: SAINT MICHAEL) – Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510-c. 1561); harm. William Henry Monk (1823-1889)

PSALM 70 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Rejoice, rejoice, believers and let your lights appear (Tune: LLANGLOFFAN) – mel. from Hymnau a Thonau er Gwasanaeth yr Eglwys yng Nghymru, 1865; harm. The English Hymnal, 1906

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tonus peregrinus; harm. William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)

ANTHEM: Audivi vocem de caelo – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • Tyler Morse, cantor

The Office of Compline for November 5, 2023

All Saints’ Sunday

ORISON: Let saints on earth in concert sing (Tune: DUNDEE) – melody from The CL Psalmes of David, 1615; harm. Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1592-c. 1635)

PSALM 149 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Who are these like stars appearing? (Tune: ZUECH MICH, ZEUCH MICH) – mel. from Geistreiches Gesang-buch, 1698; harm. William Henry Monk (1823-1889), alt

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone I; harm. William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)

ANTHEM: Vidi turbam magnam (Part I) – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594)

Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • John Garlid, cantor

The Office of Compline for October 29, 2023

The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Slowly the rays of daylight fade – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)

PSALM 1 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

HYMN: The eternal gifts of Christ the King (Tune: AETERNA CHRISTI MUNERA) – Plainsong, Mode VII

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.4

ANTHEM: ‘Õnnis on inimene’ from Taaveti laul – Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962); arr. for men’s voices by Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977)

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

The Office of Compline for October 22, 2023

The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Dear Lord and Father of mankind – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)

PSALM 96 – Plainsong, Tone V.1

HYMN: I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Come unto me and rest” (Tune: THE THIRD TUNE) – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Elway Bevin (c. 1555-1638)

ANTHEM: The Road Home (Tune: PROSPECT) – adapt. Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)

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

The Office of Compline for October 15, 2023

The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Maker of all things, God most high – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

PSALM 23 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: The King of love my Shepherd is (Tune: SAINT COLUMBA) – Irish melody; stzs. 1-5 harm. Hymnal 1940; stz. 6 harm. Peter R. Hallock

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VI; harm. Anon. 16th cent. composer

ANTHEM: O bone Jesu – Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)

Jason Anderson, director • William Turnipseed, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

The Office of Compline for October 8, 2023

The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Dedication – Joshua Haberman (b. 1982)

PSALM 80:7-14 – Plainsong, Tone IV.4

HYMN: As those of old their first fruits brought (Tune: FOREST GREEN) – English mel.; adapt. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Arthur Wills (1926-2020)

ANTHEM: Descendi in hortum nucum – Giovannia Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)

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

The Office of Compline for October 1, 2023

SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS

ORISON: The Guardian Angel – Ina Boyle (1889-1967)

PSALM 91 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Ye holy angels bright (Tune: DARWALL’S 148TH) – mel. John Darwall (1731-1789); harm. William Henry Monk (1823-1889) and Martin Fallas Shaw (1875-1958)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone I; harm. Carolus Andreas (d. 1627)

ANTHEM: Salvator mundi – Giovanni Bassano (c. 1558-1617)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeff Ricco, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

The Office of Compline for September 24, 2023

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Now cheer our hearts this eventide – Nathan Jensen (b. 1968)

PSALM 145 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Now the day is over – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III; harm. Carolus Andreas (d. 1627)

ANTHEM: Nisi Dominus – Giovanni Matteo Asola (c. 1532-1609)

Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

The Office of Compline for September 17, 2023

The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Hildegard of Bingen, Mystic and Scholar, 1179

ORISON: O Pastor animarum, Mode I – Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)

PSALM 103 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.5

HYMN O ignee Spiritus, Mode I – Hildegard von Bingen

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.4

ANTHEM: O speculum columbe – Frank Ferko (b. 1950)

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