Category Archives: Compline Service

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

The Office of Compline for May 28, 2023

Whitsunday; The Day of Pentecost

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

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

HYMN: O Holy Spirit (Tune: DRUMCORDA) – David Frederick Ruddell Wilson (1871-1957); arr. Gregory Bloch (b. 1977)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VI; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (ca. 1560 – 1627)

ANTHEM: Love never ends – Alice Parker (b. 1925)

Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor

The Office of Compline for May 21, 2023

The Seventh Sunday of Easter; Sunday after Ascension

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

PSALM 47 – Plainsong, Tone V.2

HYMN: God is ascended (Tune: GEN HIMMEL AUFGEFAHREN IST) – German, 16th cent.; adapt. Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone IV; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (ca. 1560 – 1627)

ANTHEMS: Viri Galilaei – William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)

Jason Anderson, director • J. Scott Kovacs, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor

The Office of Compline for May 14, 2023

The Sixth Sunday of Easter

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

PSALM 66:1-11 – 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, Tone III; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (ca. 1560 – 1627)

ANTHEM: Victimae paschali laudes – William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • Theo Floor, cantor

The Office of Compline for May 7, 2023

The Fifth Sunday of Easter

ORISON: ‘The Call’ from Five Mystical Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

PSALMS 31:1-5, 15-16 – Plainsong, Tone IV.2

HYMN: Good Christians all, rejoice and sing! (Tune: GELOBT SEI GOTT) – Melchior Vulpius (c. 1560-1616)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone I; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (ca. 1560 – 1627)

ANTHEM: Love never ends – Alice Parker (b. 1925) [2nd performance]

Jason Anderson, director • Bill Turnipseed, reader • Ken Peterson, cantor

The Office of Compline for April 30, 2023

The Fourth Sunday of Easter

ORISON: The Lord is my shepherd – Bobby McFerrin (b.1950)

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

HYMN: All people that on earth do dwell (Tune: OLD 100TH) – mel. from Pseaumes octante trois de David, 1551, alt.; harm. after Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510-c. 1561); final fauxbourdon by John Dowland (1563-1626)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VI; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (ca. 1560 – 1627)

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

Jason Anderson, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • Derek Tilton, cantor

The Office of Compline for April 23, 2023

The Third Sunday of Easter

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

PSALM 116 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

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

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

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

Jason Anderson, director • Jeffrey Ricco, reader • James Wilcox, cantor

The Office of Compline for April 16, 2023

The Second Sunday of Easter

ORISON: That Easter Day with joy was bright (Tune: PUER NOBIS) – mel. from Trier MS., 15th cent.; adapt. Michael Praetorius (1571-1621); harm. George R. Woodward (1848-1934

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

HYMN: We walk by faith, and not by sight (Tune: SAINT BOTOLPH) – Gordon Slater (1896-1979)

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

ANTHEM: Sermone blando angelus – Thomas Tallis

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

The Office of Compline for April 9, 2023

Easter Day

PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)

PSALM 118:14-24 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1

HYMN: Ad cenam Agni providi – Plainsong, Mode VIII; harm. Guillaume Dufay (c. 1397-1474); ed. Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

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

ANTHEM: Christus surrexit – Jacob Handl (1550-1591)

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

The Office of Compline for April 2, 2023

The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday

ORISON: Christus factus est – Plainsong, Mode V

PSALM 88 – Plainsong, Tone I.7

RESPOND: In manus tuas – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558)

HYMN: Today, he who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon the tree – Byzantine chant, Tone VI; trans. John Muehleisen (b. 1955)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2

ANTHEM: We adore you, O Christ – Richard T. Proulx (1937-2010)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • Theo Floor, cantor

The Office of Compline for March 26, 2023

The Fifth Sunday in Lent

ORISON: Judica me Deus – Plainsong, Mode IV

PSALM 130 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Out of the depths I call (Tune: SAINT BRIDE) – Samuel Howard (1710-1782) and Geoffrey Shaw (1879-1943)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2

ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah (a7) – Costanzo Festa (c. 1485/1490-1545)

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