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 September 18, 2022

The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: O come, ye servants of the Lord – Christopher Tye (c. 1505-1572/73)

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

HYMN: All who love and serve your city (Tune: CHARLESTOWN) – mel. from The Southern Harmony, 1865; harm. Alistair Cassels-Brown (1927-2001), alt., and Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III; harm. Carolus Andreas (d. 1627)

ANTHEM: Hear the voice and prayer – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

Jason Anderson, director • Vern Nicodemus, reader • Derek Tilton, cantor

The Office of Compline for September 11, 2022

In memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022)

ORISON: Holy is the true light – William H. Harris (1883-1973)

PSALM 121 – H. Walford Davies (1869-1941)

HYMN: I vow to thee my country (Tune: Thaxted) – Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

NUNC DIMITTIS (ATB/ATB) – Charles Wood (1866-1926)

ANTHEM: Beati quorum via – Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924); arr. Richard Barnes

Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • James Wilcox, cantor

The Office of Compline for September 4, 2022?

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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

PSALM 1 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

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 (1551-1591)

Jason Anderson, director, cantor • Gregory Bloch, reader

The Office of Compline for August 28, 2022

The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: O Christ, you are both light and day – Tune: COMPLINE by David Hurd (b. 1950)

PSALM 112 – plainsong, Tone I.7

HYMN: Thy kingdom come on bended knee – Tune: ST. FLAVIAN, melody from Day’s Psalter, 1562; adapt. and harm. Richard Redhead (1820-1901)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

ANTHEM: Visita quaesumus Domine – William Byrd (1540-1623)

Jeremy Matheis, director • J. Scott Kovacs, reader • Derek Tilton, cantor

The Office of Compline for August 21, 2022

The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Christe qui lux es et dies (Compline Hymn, Mode 2) – arr. Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969)

PSALM 103:1-8 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.5

OFFICE HYMN: To you before the close of day (Plainsong, Mode 2); ; text Latin 6th century

NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard Proulx (1937-2010)

ANTHEM: O bone Jesu – Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

Jeremy Matheis, director • J. Scott Kovacs, reader • Ken Peterson, cantor

The Office of Compline for August 14, 2022

The Eve of Saint Mary the Virgin

ORISON: Virgin-born, we bow before thee – Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572)

PSALM 34:1-9 – Plainsong, Tone V.2

HYMN: Sing we of the blessed Mother (Tune: RUSTINGTON) – Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.6

ANTHEM: Ave Maria – Franz Biebl (1906-2001)

Jason Anderson, director • WIlliam Turnipseed, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor

The Office of Compline for August 7, 2022

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Phos hilaron : O Gracious Light

PSALM: 91 Tone II.IV

HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum: To You Before the Close of Day

NUNC DIMITTIS: Tone II.IV

ANTHEM: Ubi Caritas: Where true Charity and Love Dwell

Scott Kovacs, Director • Josh Sandoz, Reader Fred McIlroy, Cantor

The Office of Compline for July 31, 2022

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Round me falls the night – melody by A. Drese (1620-1701); verse 1 harm. S.S. Wesley (1824-1899); verse 2 harm. Henry Ley (1887-1962); verse 3 harm. J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

PSALM 134 & 4 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN 617: Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round (Tune: Song 1) – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Arthur Wills (1926-2020)

ANTHEM: In pace – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558)

Jeremy Matheis, director • Jeffrey Ricco, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

The Office of Compline for July 24, 2022

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Lumen – Abbie Betinis (b. 1980)

PSALM 122 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014), ed. by Jason Anderson

HYMN: Now the day is over – Joseph Barnby, adapt. Gregory Bloch; Text: Sabine Baring-Gould

NUNC DIMITTIS – Harmonized plainchant, Mode V

ANTHEM: Ubi Caritas – Kim André Arnesen (b. 1980)

Sung by the Women’s Compline Choir, directed by Rebekah Gilmore

The Office of Compline for July 17, 2022

The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Portum in ultimo – Codex Calixtinus, [f. 217v (188v)] Text: Idem Ato

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

HYMN: Through all this world below (Tune: CAPTAIN KIDD) – arr. Kevin Siegfried (for the Seattle Women’s Compline Choir *Premiere) Tune: The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion, Text: Mercer’s Cluster p. 498, adapted by Kevin Siegfried

NUNC DIMITTIS – Linda Kachelmeier (b. 1965)

ANTHEM: Ave Maria – Brittney E. Boykin (b. 1989)

Sung by the Women’s Compline Choir, directed by Rebekah Gilmore.