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 October 27, 2025

The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
visitation of the Rt Rev. Phil LaBelle, IX Bishop of Olympia

ORISON: ‘Psalm 122’ from Six Hymns to Doctor Watts – Alice Parker (1925-2023)

PSALM 84 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: God is love (Tune: UBI CARITAS [MURRAY]) – Dom Gregory Murray OSB (1905-1992)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Dana Marsh (b. 1965)

ANTHEM: Love Never Ends – Alice Parker (1925-2023)

Jason Anderson, director • William Turnipseed reader • John Garlid, cantor

The Office of Compline for October 19, 2025

The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Be present, O merciful God – Roupen Shakarian (b. 1950)

PSALM 15 (Setting I) – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

OFFICE HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum (Before the ending of the day) – Roupen Shakarian

NUNC DIMITTIS – Roupen Shakarian

ANTHEM: Levavi oculos meos – Orlando di Lasso (c. 1532-1594)

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

The Office of Compline for October 12, 2025

The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: ‘Now the day is over,’ from Ten Orisons – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)

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

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 – Plainsong setting, Tonus peregrinus; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560-1627)

ANTHEM: A Colloquy with God – Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)

Jason Anderson, director • Tyler Morse reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor

The Office of Compline for October 5, 2025

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

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

PSALM 57 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

OFFICE HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum (Before the ending of the day) – Plainsong, Mode VIII; harm. Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)

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

ANTHEM: I laid me down to rest – William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)

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

The Office of Compline for September 28, 2025

Eve of Saint Michael and All Angels

ORISON: Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels (Tune: CHRISTE SANCTORUM) – Sarum plainsong, Mode I

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

HYMN: Angel-voices ever singing (Tune: ANGEL VOICES) – Edwin George Monk (1819-1900); arr. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977)

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

ANTHEM: Factum est silentium – Philippe de Monte (1521-1603)

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

The Office of Compline for September 21, 2025

Saint Matthew

ORISON: Come, pure hearts, in joyful measure (Tune: ALLES IST AN GOTTES SEGEN) – mel. attr. Johann Balthasar König (1691-1758), alt; harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

PSALM 111 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: O Christ, the Word Incarnate (Tune: MUNICH) – harm. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone VI (a5); harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560-1627)

ANTHEM: In all his works – Gabriel Jackson (b. 1962)

Jason Anderson, director • Scott Kovacs, reader • Joey Blundell, cantor

The Office of Compline for September 14, 2025

Holy Cross Day

ORISON: Hope of the world, thou Christ of great compassion (Tune: DONNE SECOURS) – mel. from Trente quatre pseaumes de David, 1551; harm. Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572)

PSALM 98 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: We sing the praise of him who died (Tune: BRESLAU) – mel. from Lochamer Gesangbuch, ca. 1450; harm. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) and Dom Anselm Hughes (1889-1974), alt.

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

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

Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Carl Bolstad, cantor

The Office of Compline for September 7, 2025

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Now cheer our hearts this eventide (Tune: ACH BLEIB BEI UNS) – Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1589; harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

PSALM 115 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: For the beauty of the earth (Tune: LUCERNA LAUDONIAE) – David Evans (1874-1948)

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

ANTHEM: i thank you God for most this amazing day –Tyler Morse (b. 1990)

Jason Anderson, director • Scott Kovacs, reader • Tyler Morse, cantor

The Office of Compline for August 31, 2025

The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: The shadows of the evening hours – Joshua Haberman (b. 1982)

PSALM 33:12-22 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Abide with me (Tune: EVENTIDE) – William Henry Monk (1823-1889)

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

ANTHEM: Salva nos, Domine, vigilantes – Jacob Handl (1550-1591)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Metheis, reader • Carl Bolstad, cantor

The Office of Compline for August 24, 2025

The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

August 24, 2025 • The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16C) Women’s Compline Choir

ORISON: Angels of Peace – Song from the Shaker Community of Enfield, CT (c. 1844); arr. Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969)

PSALM 103:1-8 – Sheila Bristow (b. 1969) [premiere]

HYMN: Now the day is over (Tune: MERRIAL) – Joseph Barnby (1838-1896); arr. Jeffrey Reynolds (b. 1943)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VIII; harm. Carolus Andreae (d. 1627)

ANTHEM: Oración por la Paz – Joan Szymko (b. 1957)

Rebekah Gilmore, director • Jamie Balducci, reader • Natalie Ingrisano, cantor