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 August 17, 2025

The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

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

PSALM 66:1-11 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: O Christ, You Are Both Light and Day – plainsong, Mode 2, Mailander Hymnen, 15th cent.

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

ANTHEM: ‘In pace’ from Three Latin Motets – Grayston Ives (b. 1948)

Jeremy Matheis, director • William Turnipseed, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor 

The Office of Compline for August 10, 2025 (Updated)

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

August 10, 2025 • The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 14C)

ORISON: Now the day is over – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)PSALM 4 – Plainsong, Tone IV.1

HYMN: My song is love unknown (Tune: LOVE UNKNOWN) – John Ireland (1879-1962)

NUNC DIMITTIS in G – Charles Wood (1866-1926)

ANTHEM: Deus canticum novum – Giammateo Asola (c. 1532-1609)

Joel Bevington, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • Joey Blundell, cantor

The Office of Compline for August 3, 2025

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

August 3, 2025 • The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 13C) .ORISON: The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended (Tune: LES COMMANDEMENTS) – mel. Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510-c. 1559); harm. Claude Goudimel (c. 1514–1572)

PSALM 130 – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014), adapt.

OFFICE HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum (Before the ending of the day) – Plainsong, Mode VIII; harm. Thomas Tallis (c. 1505–1585)

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

ANTHEM: Lord, in thy rage rebuke me not – William Byrd (c.1540–1623)

Jeremy Matheis, director • Tyler Morse, reader • Carl Bolstad, cantor

The Office of Compline for July 27, 2025

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Savior, breathe an evening blessing (Tune: VESPER HYMN) – attr. Dimitri Bortniansky (1751-1825); arr. The Academic Hymnal, 1899

PSALM 70 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

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

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

ANTHEM: Visita quaesumus – William Byrd (c. 1539/1540-1623)

Jeremy Matheis, director • Jeff Ricco, reader • Tyler Morse, cantor

The Office of Compline for July 20, 2025

The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: God be in my head – Doug Fullington (b. 1969)

PSALM 91 – Plainsong, Tone IV.4

OFFICE HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum (Before the ending of the day) – Plainsong; harm. Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.6

ANTHEM: Let us now laud – William Mundy (c. 1529-c. 1591)

Scott Kovacs, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • John Garlid, cantor

The Office of Compline for July 13, 2025

The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: ‘Beloved, let us love one another’ from In Praise of Singing – Alice Parker (1925-2023)

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

HYMN: O God of earth and altar (Tune: KING’S LYNN) – English folk melody; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977)

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

ANTHEM: Poor wayfarin’ stranger – arr. Derek Curtis-Tilton (b. 1987)

Jason Anderson, director • Scott Fikse, reader • Theo Floor, cantor

The Office of Compline for July 6, 2025

The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: ‘Phos hilaron,’ from The Evening Service – Stephen Sturk (b. 1950)

PSALM 13 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Amazing grace! (Tune: NEW BRITAIN) – arr. Richard T. Proulx (1937-2010)

NUNC DIMITTIS from The Evening Service – Stephen Sturk

ANTHEM: Sometimes I feel like a motherless child – Negro Spiritual, arr. Brian Fairbanks (b. 1968)

Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Carson Lott, cantor

The Office of Compline for June 29, 2025

The Third Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Let my prayer arise like incense (Да исправится молитва моя) – Dmitry Bortniansky (1751-1825); arr. Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969)

PSALM 16:5, 8-11 – Doug Fullington (b. 1969)

HYMN: Jesus calls us; o’er the tumult (Tune: RESTORATION) – mel. The Sacred Harp, 1835; arr. Greg Bloch (b. 1977)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Linda Kachelmeier (b. 1965)

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

The Women’s Compline Choir
Rebekah Gilmore, director • Sybil Adams, reader • Sarah Eisert, cantor

The Office of Compline for June 22, 2025

The Second Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: ‘Phos hilaron’ from Music for Compline – Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969)

PSALM 22:22-30 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

OFFICE HYMN: ‘Te lucis ante terminum’ from Music for Compline – Kevin Siegfried

NUNC DIMITTIS – Roger Sherman

ANTHEM: There is a balm in Gilead – African-American Spiritual; arr. Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956)

Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • James Wilcox, cantor

The Office of Compline for June 15, 2025

The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday

ORISON: O Trinity of blessed Light – Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956)

PSALM 8 – Plainsong, Tone V.2 with fauxbourdons by Gerre Hancock (1934-2012); adapt. Greg Bloch

HYMN: Holy God, we praise thy Name (Tune: GROSSER GOTT) – mel. from Katholisches Gesangbuch, 1686; harm. Charles Winfred Douglas (1867-1944), after Conrad Kocher (1786-1872); vs. 4 harm. Rejoice in the Lord, 1985

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone V; harm. Vincente Ripollès (1867-1943)

ANTHEM: Let us now laud – William Mundy (c. 1529-c. 1591)

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