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 February 12, 2023

The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: ‘Thy mercies fill the earth, O Lord’ from Six Hymns to Doctor Watts – Alice Parker (b. 1925)

PSALM 119:1-16 – Plainsong, Tone II.1

HYMN: Book of books, our people’s strength (Tune: LIEBSTER JESU) – mel. Johann Rudolph Ahle (1625-1673); harm. George Herbert Palmer (1846-1926) and J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

NUNC DIMITTIS – John Munday (c. 1555-1630)

ANTHEM: I will meditate – Richard T. Proulx (1937-2010)

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

The Office of Compline for February 5, 2023

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: God moves in a mysterious way (Tune: LONDON NEW) – mel. from The Psalmes of David in Prose and Meeter, 1635; harm. John Playford (1623-1686) and Martin Shaw (1875-1958)

PSALM 112:1-9 – Plainsong, Tone I.7

HYMN: Help us, O Lord, to learn (Tune: SAINT ETHELWALD) – William Henry Monk (1823-1889)

NUNC DIMITTIS – plainsong, tone V.1

ANTHEM: He that hath my commandments – William Mundy (c. 1529-c. 1591)

Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • Derek Tilton, cantor

The Office of Compline for January 29, 2023

The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: Blest are the pure in heart – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)

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

HYMN: Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round (Tune: SONG 1) – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625); harm. Ralph Vaughan William (1872-1958)

NUNC DIMITTIS [Tone II setting] – Tyler Morse (b. 1990)

ANTHEM: Lord, it is night – Donald Skirvin (b. 1946) [2nd performance]

Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Thomas Adams, cantor

The Office of Compline for January 22, 2023

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: The people who in darkness walked (Tune: DUNDEE) – mel. The CL Psalmes of David, 1615; harm. Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1592-c. 1635)

PSALM 27:1-13 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1

HYMN: Eternal light, shine in my heart (Tune: JACOB) – Jane Manton Marshall (1924-2019)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VII; harm. Thomas Morley (1557-1602)

ANTHEM: Surge, illuminare – William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)

Jason Anderson, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

The Office of Compline for January 15, 2023

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: God of mercy, God of grace (Tune: LUCERNA LAUDONIAE) – David Evans (1874-1948)

PSALM 40:1-12 – Plainsong, Tone II

HYMN: Jesus, priceless treasure (Tune: JESU, MEINE FREUDE) – Johann Cruger (1598-1662), alt., and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Anonymous setting [No. 29] from the Lumley Choir Books (c. 1547-1552)

ANTHEM: ‘Agnus Dei’ from Mass for Four Voices – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

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

The Office of Compline for January 8, 2023

The First Sunday after the Epiphany; The Baptism of Our Lord

ORISON: ‘I come,’ the great Redeemer cries (Tune: THIS ENDRIS NYGHT) – English melody; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and Martin Fallas Shaw (1875-1958)

PSALM 29 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Christ, when for us you were baptized (Tune: CAITHNESS) – melody from The Psalmes of David in Prose and Meeter, 1635; harm. The English Hymnal, 1906

NUNC DIMITTIS – Roupen Shakarian (b. 1950)

ANTHEM: The Baptism of Christ – Peter R. Hallock

Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • Derek Tilton, cantor

The Office of Compline for January 1, 2023

The Holy Name

PROCESSIONAL: Gloria in excelsis Deo – Plainchant, adapt. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

PSALM 8 – Plainsong, Tone V.2

HYMN: Ring out, wild bells (Tune: DEUS TUORUM MILITUM) – from Grenoble Antiphoner, 1753; arr. Gregory Bloch

NUNC DIMITTIS (Tune: MARILYN) – Peter R. Hallock

ANTHEM: The Shepherd’s Carol – Bob Chilcott (b. 1955); trans. Jason Anderson (b. 1976)

Jason Anderson, director • J. Scott Kovacs, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor

The Office of Compline for December 25, 2022

Christmas Day

PROCESSIONAL: Hodie Christus natus est – Plainsong, Mode I

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

HYMN: What child is this? (Tune: GREENSLEEVES) – English mel.; harm. Christmas Carols New and Old, 1871, alt.

NUNC DIMITTIS (Tune: MARILYN) – Peter R. Hallock

ANTHEMS:

Away in a manger – Normandy mel. with CRADLE SONG by William J. Kirkpatrick (1838-1921); harm. Reginald Jacques (1894-1969) and Jason Anderson (b. 1976)

Resonet in laudibus – Jacob Handl (1550-1591)

Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Derek Tilton, cantor

The Office of Compline for December 11, 2022

The Third Sunday of Advent

ORISON: Love divine, all loves excelling (Tune: HYFRYDOL) – Rowland Hugh Prichard (1811-1887)

PSALM 146:4-9 –Plainsong, Tone IV.2

HYMN: On Jordan’s bank, the Baptist’s cry (Tune: WINCHESTER NEW) – Bartholomäus Crasselius (1667-1724); with additional harm. by Harvey Grace (1874-1944) and William Henry Monk (1823-1889)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard Proulx (1937-2010)

ANTHEM: Veni, Domine, noli tardare [Part II. of Domine praestolamur]– William Byrd (c. 1539/1540-1623)

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

The Office of Compline for December 4, 2022

The Second Sunday of Advent

ORISON: Blessed be the Lord God – Erin Aas (b. 1972)

PSALM 72:1-8, 18-19 – Plainsong, Tone I.1

HYMN: Hail to the Lord’s Anointed (Tune: ES FLOG EIN KLEINS WALDVÖGELIEN) – German folk song; adapt. and harm. Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941), Gregory Bloch, and Hymnal 1982

NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard Proulx (1937-2010)

ANTHEM: Ecce Dominus veniet – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Jason Anderson, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor