Monthly Archives: June 2019

The Office of Compline for June 30, 2019

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The Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8C)

ORISON: The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended (Tune: Commandments) – Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510-1559)

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

HYMN: God of mercy, God of grace (Tune: Heathlands) – Henry Smart (1813-1879)

NUNC DIMITTIS: Fauxbourdon setting, Tone I – William Byrd (c. 1539/1540-1623)

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

Jason Anderson, director • Vernon Nicodemus, reader • Derek Curtis-Tilton, cantor

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The Office of Compline for June 16, 2019

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The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday

ORISON: O lux beata Trinitas – Ronald Arnatt (b. 1930)

PSALM 104:1-10 – Anglican Chant setting by David Hurd (b. 1950)

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 setting, Tone VII; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560-1627)

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

Jason Anderson, director • Jeffrey Ricco, reader • James Wilcox, cantor

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The Office of Compline for June 9, 2019

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The Day of Pentecost: The 50th Day of Easter

ORISON: O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

PSALM 104:25-32, 35-37 – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)

HYMN: Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire (Tune: Veni Creator Spiritus) – Plainsong, Mode VIII

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

ANTHEM: Come, Holy Spirit – Peter R. Hallock

Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader & anthem soloist • Joel Bevington, cantor & anthem soloist • J. Scott Kovacs, anthem soloist

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The Office of Compline for June 2, 2019

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The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day

ORISON: God is ascended (Tune: Gen Himmel aufgefahren ist) – German, 16th cent.; adapt. Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)

PSALM 68:1-20 – Peter R. Hallock

HYMN: O Lord Most High, eternal King (Tune: Aeterne Rex altissime) – Plainsong, Mode I

NUNC DIMITTIS – Christopher Tye (c. 1505-1572)

ANTHEM: Ascendo ad Patrem meum – Blasius Amon (c. 1558-1590)

Jason Anderson, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor

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