Monthly Archives: October 2012

The Office of Compline for October 28, 2012

22nd Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Help me, O Lord” (Shaker tune arranged by Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969])

PSALM: 126 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Te lucis ante terminum” (“To you before the close of day”) (Tone VIII, setting by Kevin Siegfried)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Orlando Gibbons [1583 – 1625])

ANTHEM: “Domine salva nos” (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 – 1623])

The Office of Compline for October 21, 2012

21st Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “All praise to thee, my God, this night” (tune: Tallis Canon, Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 – 1585])

PSALM: 91: 9 – 16 (Peter Hallock, Anglican chant)

HYMN: “Te lucis ante terminum” (“Before the ending of the day”) (Orlando di Lasso [ca. 1530/32 – 1594], Tone VIII)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Morley [ca. 1557/58 – 1603], Tone VII Ending 1)

ANTHEM: “Inclina, Domine, aurem tuam” (Cristóbal de Morales [ca. 1500 – 1553])

The Office of Compline for October 14, 2012

20th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Jeremy Matheis

ORISON: “O God, our help in ages past” (tune: St. Anne, melody attributed to William Croft [1678 – 1727], harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823 – 1889]; altered)

PSALM: 90: 12- 17 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1)

HYMN: “O Jesus, crowned with all renown” (tune: Kingsfold, Traditional English melody, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 – 1958])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [1539/40 – 1623], Tone I Ending 8)

ANTHEM: “Lord, Teach Us to Number Our Days” (C. H. Lloyd [1849 – 1919])

Interview with Compline Director Jason Anderson on KING.org

An audio interview of Jason Anderson director of the Compline Choir for Classical KING FM 98.1, conducted by host Brad Eaton in October 2012, provides a brief discussion of the Compline service, the radio and web broadcast, its history, the church year, and its effect on the church of St. Mark’s, the wider Episcopal church, Seattle, and listening audience of Classical KING FM 98.1.