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The Office of Compline for June 28, 2009

28 June 2009
4th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Christ, mighty Savior, Light of all creation” (Christe, Lux mundi, plainsong, Mode VII, Freiburg MS., 14th century)
PSALM: 91 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 4)
HYMN: “Blessed city, heavenly Salem” (Urbs beata Jerusalem, plainsong, Mode II, Nevers MS., 13th century)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1)
ANTHEM: “Agnus Dei” from the Mass for three voices by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 – 1623]

The Office of Compline for June 21, 2009

21 June 2009
3rd Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Fred McIlroy IV
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Now the day is over” (Tune: Merrial, Sir Joseph Barnby [1838 – 1896])
PSALMS: 134 & 4 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “To you before the close of day” (Te lucis ante terminum, Compline office hymn, plainsong, Mode VIII, Antiphonale Sarisburiense, Vol. II)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [b. 1937])
ANTHEM: “Holy is the True Light” (Sir William H. Harris [1883 – 1972])

The Office of Compline for June 14, 2009

14 June 2009
2nd Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock / Jason Anderson (anthem & final responses)
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Slowly the rays of daylight fade” (M. Searle Wright [1918 – 2004])
PSALM: 149 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “The duteous day now closeth” (tune: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, melody attributed to Heinrich Isaac [1440/50 – 1517]; harmonized by Johann Sebastian Bach [1685 – 1750])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 – 1623] — Tonus Peregrinus)
ANTHEM: “If we could shut the gate” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

The Office of Compline for June 7, 2009

7 June 2009
Holy Trinity

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Tym Mackey

ORISON: “O Trinity of blessed light” (O lux beata Trinitas, plainsong, Mode VIII)

PSALM: 93 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 3) & 150 (C. V. Stanford, arr. Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “All praise to thee, my God, this night” (tune: Tallis Canon, Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 – 1585])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (tune: Marilyn, setting by Peter Hallock)

ANTHEM: “Gloria tibi, Domine” (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 – 1623])

The Office of Compline for May 10, 2009

10 May 2009
5th Sunday of Easter

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Jason Anderson

ORISON: “Now the day is over” (M. Searle Wright [1918 – 2004])
PSALM: 66: 1 – 11 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “My song is love unknown” (John Ireland [1879 – 1962])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tomkins [1572 – 1656]; Tone VI)
ANTHEM: “Ubi caritas” (polyphonic setting of the chant by Maurice Durufl [1902 – 1986])

The Office of Compline for May 3, 2009

3 May 2009
4th Sunday of Easter
Good Shepherd Sunday

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “O Trinity of blessed light” (O lux beata Trinitas, plainsong, Mode VIII)
PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “The King of love my shepherd is” (tune: St. Columba, Traditional Irish Melody)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (anonymous setting, Tone VI)
ANTHEM: “Surrexit pastor bonus” (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ca. 1525 – 1594])

The Office of Compline for March 29, 2009

29 March 2009
5th Sunday in Lent

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Nathan Jensen

ORISON: “God be in my head” (Douglas Fullington)
PSALM: 119: 9 – 16 (plainsong setting)
HYMN: “Jesus, Redeemer of the world” (Jesu, nostra redemptio, plainsong, Mode VIII, Worcester MS, 13th century)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)
ANTHEM: “Si iniquitates observaveris” (Samuel Wesley [1766 – 1837])

The Office of Compline for March 15, 2009

15 March 2009
3rd Sunday in Lent

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

ORISON: “Peace be within this sacred place” (Alice Parker [b. 1925])
PSALM: 19 (plainsong, Tone III A 4)
HYMN: “To you before the close of day” (Te lucis ante terminum, Compline office hymn, plainsong, Mode VIII, Antiphonale Sarisburiense, Vol. II)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [b. 1937])
ANTHEM: “Hear my prayer, O Lord” (Thomas Thompkins [1572 – 1656])

The Office of Compline for January 25, 2009

25 January 2009
3rd Sunday after the Epiphany

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Fr. Ralph Caskadden
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Jesus, thou Joy of loving hearts” (Christe redemptor, Sarum plainsong, Mode I)
PSALM: 19 (plainsong, Tone III A 4)
HYMN: “Jesus calls us; oer the tumult …” (tune: Restoration, melody from The Southern Harmony, 1835)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 – 1623] – Tonus Peregrinus)
ANTHEMS: 1) “He that hath my commandments” (William Mundy [ca. 1529 – 1591])
2) “If ye love me” (Nathan Jensen [b. 1968])

The Office of Compline for January 18, 2009

18 January 2009
2nd Sunday after the Epiphany
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 19th)

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “The eternal gifts of Christ the King” (terna Christi munera, Medieval plainsong, Mode VII)

PSALM: 46 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “There is a balm in Gilead” (Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 – 1585], Mode VII)

ANTHEM: “Holy is the true light” (Sir William H. Harris [1883 – 1972])