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 November 27, 2022

The First Sunday of Advent

ORISON: Matin Responsory – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

PSALM 122 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Prepare the way, O Zion (Tune: BEREDEN VÄG FÖR HERRAN) – mel. from Then Swenska Psalmboken, 1697; harm. Koralbok för Svenska Kyrkan, 1939, alt.

NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard Proulx (1937-2010)

ANTHEM: Canite tuba – Jacob Handl (1550-1591)

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

The Office of Compline for November 20, 2022

The Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King

ORISON: O worship the King, all glorious above (Tune: HANOVER) – attr. William Croft (1678-1727) with additional harm. by C.D. Hackett in The Boston Collection, 1841, and Harvey Grace (1874-1944)

PSALM 46 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Now thank we all our God (Tune: NUN DANKET ALLE GOTT) – mel. Johann Crüger (1598-1662); harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), The Academic Hymnal, 1899, and Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Dana Marsh (b. 1965)

ANTHEM: Great Lord of lords – Charles Wood (1866-1926)

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

The Office of Compline for November 13, 2022

The Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: New songs of celebration render (Tune: RENDEZ A DIEU) – mel. attr. Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510-c. 1561); harm. Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572)

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

HYMN: Disposer supreme, and judge of the earth (Tune: OLD 104TH) – mel. Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1590-1633); harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Erin Aas (b. 1972)

ANTHEM: Steal away to Jesus – African-American Spiritual; arr. Dale Adelmann (b. 1961)

Jason Anderson, director • Vern Nicodemus, reader • Ken Peterson, cantor

The Office of Compline for November 6, 2022

All Saints Sunday

[Audio re-uploaded – 11/9/22]

ORISON: Bring us, O Lord God – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

PSALM 149 – Peter R. Hallock

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

NUNC DIMITTIS – James Bassi (b. 1961)

ANTHEM: Gaudent in coelis – Philippe de Monte (1521-1603)

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

The Office of Compline for October 30, 2022

The Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: ‘Beloved, let us love one another,’ from In Praise of Singing – Alice Parker (b. 1925)

PSALM 32 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: O love that casts out fear (Tune: MOSELEY – Henry Thomas Smart (1813-1879)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.6

ANTHEM: Love Never Ends – Alice Parker [world premiere]

Jason Anderson, director • J. Scott Kovacs, reader • James Wilcox, cantor

The Office of Compline for October 23, 2022

The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: ‘Peace be within this sacred place’ from Six Hymns to Doctor Watts – Alice Parker (b. 1925)

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

HYMN: All praise to thee, my God, this night (Tune: TALLIS’ CANON) – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VIII; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629)

ANTHEM: The Road Home (Tune: PROSPECT) – adapt. Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)

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

The Office of Compline for October 16, 2022

The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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

PSALM 121 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: I to the hills will lift mine eyes (Tune: BURFORD) – From A Book of Psalmody, 171

NUNC DIMITTIS from First Fauxbourdon Service – Philip Moore (b. 1943)

ANTHEM: I will lift up mine eyes – Ernest Walker (1870-1949)

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

The Office of Compline for October 9, 2022

The Eighteenth 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 111 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.5

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, Tone II; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629)

ANTHEM: Be unto me, O Lord, a tower – William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)

Scott Kovacs, Director • Josh Sandoz, Reader  Thomas Adams, Cantor

The Office of Compline for October 2, 2022

SAINTS FRANCIS & CLARE observed

ORISON: Most High, omnipotent, good Lord (Tune: ASSISI) – Alfred Morton Smith (1879-1971)

PSALM 63:1-8 – Plainsong, Tone II.1

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

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.6

ANTHEM: ‘Salut, Dame Sainte,’ from Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise– Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeff Ricco, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor

The Office of Compline for September 25, 2022

SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS transferred

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

PSALM 91 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Jesus came, adored by angels (Tune: LOWRY) – Gerald Near (b. 1942); arr. Gregory Bloch (b. 1977)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone I; harm. Anon. 16th cent. composer

ANTHEM: Tibi Christe, splendor Patris – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594)

Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • Ken Peterson, cantor