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The Service of Compline, as performed at St. Mark’s Cathedral; Sundays at 9:30 -10:00 p.m.

The Office of Compline for July 3, 2022

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The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: ‘Phos hilaron,’ from The Evening Service – Stephen Sturk (b. 1950)

PSALM 66:1-11 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: All through the night (Tune: AR HYD Y NOS) – Welsh melody; arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

NUNC DIMITTIS from The Evening Service – Stephen Sturk

ANTHEM: ‘In pace’ from Three Latin Motets – Grayston Ives (b. 1948)

Jason Anderson, director • WIlliam Turnipseed, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor

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The Office of Compline for June 26, 2022

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The Third Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: O gladsome Light (Tune: LE CANTIQUE DE SIMÉON) – mel. Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510-1559); harm. Claude Goudimel (1514-1572)

PSALM 16 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

HYMN: The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended (Tune: COMMANDMENTS) – Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510-1559)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.6

ANTHEM: Sometimes I feel like a motherless child – African-American Spiritual, arr. Brian Fairbanks (b. 1968)

Jeremy Matheis, director • Joel Matter, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

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The Office of Compline for June 19, 2022

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The Second Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: ‘Phos hilaron’ from Music for Compline – Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969)

PSALM 22:22-30 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

OFFICE HYMN: ‘Te lucis ante terminum’ from Music for Compline – Kevin Siegfried

NUNC DIMITTIS – Dana Marsh (b. 1965)

ANTHEM: There is a balm in Gilead – African-American Spiritual; arr. Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956)

Jeremy Matheis, director • J. Scott Kovacs , reader • Thomas Adams, cantor

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The Office of Compline for June 13, 2022

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The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday

ORISON: O Trinity of blessed Light – Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956)

PSALM 113 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

HYMN: Holy God, we praise thy Name (Tune: GROSSER GOTT) – mel. from Katholisches Gesangbuch, 1686; harm. Charles Winfred Douglas (1867-1944), after Conrad Kocher (1786-1872); vs. 4 harm. Rejoice in the Lord, 1985

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VII; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560-1627)

ANTHEM: Let us now laud and magnify with music – William Mundy (c. 1529-c. 1591)

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

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The Office of Compline for June 5, 2022

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Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday

ORISON: Veni Sancte Spiritus – Plainsong, Mode I

PSALM 104:25-32, 35-37 – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)

HYMN: O thou who camest from above (Tune: HEREFORD) – Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Christopher Tye (c. 1505-c. 1573)

ANTHEM: O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

Jason Anderson, director • Josh Sandoz , reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor

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The Office of Compline for May 29, 2022

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The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day

Special Liturgy: Lament for Uvalde, Texas

PROCESSIONAL: O clap your hands – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)

PSALM 68:1-20 – Peter R. Hallock

HYMN: O Lord Most High, eternal King (Tune: AETERNE REX ALTISSIME) – Plainsong, Mode I

NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone VI; harm. Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)

ANTHEM: Viri Galilaei – William Byrd (1543-1623)

Jason Anderson, director • William Turnipseed , reader • Derek Tilton, cantor

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The Office of Compline for May 22, 2022

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The Sixth Sunday of Easter

ORISON: God himself is with us (Tune: TYSK) – from Psalm und Choralbuch, 1719; arr. Gregory Bloch

PSALM 97 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Lift your voice rejoicing, Mary (Tune: FISK OF GLOUCESTER) – Thomas Foster (b. 1938)

NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone VII; harm. Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

ANTHEM: Regina caeli – Robert White (c. 1538-1574)

Jason Anderson, director • Vern Nicodemus, reader • Thomas Adams, cantor

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The Office of Compline for May 15, 2022

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The Fifth Sunday of Easter

ORISON: ‘O Light, O Way, O Truth, O Life’, from Ten Orisons – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)

PSALMS 148 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: O what their joy and their glory must be (Tune: O QUANTA QUALIA) – mel. from Antiphoner, 1681; harm. John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)

NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Mode V

ANTHEM: Jesu dulcis memoria – Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969)

Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • James Wilcox, cantor

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The Office of Compline for May 8, 2022

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The Fourth Sunday of Easter: Good Shepherd Sunday

ORISON: Christians to the Paschal victim (Tune: VICTIMAE PASCHALI LAUDES) – Plainsong, Mode I; melody att. Wigbert (d. 1050?)

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

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

NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone V; harm. Vicente Ripollés (1867-1943)

ANTHEM: The Good Shepherd – Alice Parker (b. 1925)

Jeremy Matheis, director • Vern Nicodemus, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

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The Office of Compline for May 1, 2011

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The Third Sunday of Easter

ORISON: This joyful Eastertide (Tune: VRUECHTEN) – mel. from Psalmen, 1685; harm. Charles Wood (1866-1926)

PSALM 33:1-11 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Christ is alive! Let Christians sing (Tune: TRURO) – Psalmodia Evangelica, 1790; vs. 5 harm. Harvey Grace (1874-1944)

NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone II; harm. Matteo Palotta (1688-1758)

ANTHEM: Christus resurgens – Jean Richafort (c. 1480-c. 1550)

Jason Anderson, director • David Gary, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor

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