The Office of Compline for March 19, 2023

The Fourth Sunday in Lent: LAETARE Office for the Dead — 3 Years of COVID

PROCESSIONAL: Requiem aeternam – Plainsong, Mode VI

PSALM 91 – Plainsong, Tone IV.4

HYMN: O Holy Spirit, by whose breath, life rises (Tune: VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS) – Plainsong, Mode VIII

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2

ANTHEM: Lamentations – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)
– Page Smith, violoncello

Jason Anderson, director • Bill Turnipseed, reader • Derek Tilton, cantor

The Office of Compline for March 12, 2023

The Third Sunday in Lent

ORISON: Oculi mei – Plainsong, Mode VII

PSALM 95 – Plainsong, Tone IV.4

HYMN: Lord Jesus, think on me (Tune: SOUTHWELL) – from Daman’s Psalter, 1579; adapt. Hymnal 1940; fauxbourdon harm. by Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2

ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah (a5) – Osbert Parsley (c. 1511-1585)

Jason Anderson, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • James Wilcox, cantor

The Office of Compline for March 5, 2023

The Second Sunday in Lent

ORISON: Reminiscere miserationum tuarum – Plainsong, Mode IV

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

HYMN: Our Father, while our hearts unlearn the creeds that wrong thy name (Tune: BALFOUR) – Scottish hymn; harm. Geoffrey Shaw (1879-1943) and Gregory Bloch (b. 1977)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2

ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah (a4/a5) – Juan de Lienas (c. 1617-1654)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeffrey Ricco, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

The Office of Compline for February 26, 2023

The First Sunday in Lent

ORISON: Exaudi Domine – Plainsong Introit, Mode IV

PSALM 32 – Plainsong, Tone III.4

HYMN: The Truth from Above – Herefordshire Carol, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2

ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah – Claudin de Sermisy (c. 1490-1562)

Jason Anderson, director • J. Scott Kovacs, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor

The Office of Compline for February 19, 2023

The Last Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: Processional Psalm for Lucernarium – Carl C. Crosier (1945-2014)

PSALM 115 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN 135: Songs of thankfulness and praise (Tune: SALZBURG) – mel. Jakob Hintze (1622-1702); harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone II; harm. Matteo Palotta (1680-1758)

ANTHEM: Resplenduit facies ejus – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Jason Anderson, director • Thomas Adams, reader • Theo FLoor, cantor

The Office of Compline for February 12, 2023

The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: ‘Thy mercies fill the earth, O Lord’ from Six Hymns to Doctor Watts – Alice Parker (b. 1925)

PSALM 119:1-16 – Plainsong, Tone II.1

HYMN: Book of books, our people’s strength (Tune: LIEBSTER JESU) – mel. Johann Rudolph Ahle (1625-1673); harm. George Herbert Palmer (1846-1926) and J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

NUNC DIMITTIS – John Munday (c. 1555-1630)

ANTHEM: I will meditate – Richard T. Proulx (1937-2010)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • Ken Peterson, cantor

The Office of Compline for February 5, 2023

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: God moves in a mysterious way (Tune: LONDON NEW) – mel. from The Psalmes of David in Prose and Meeter, 1635; harm. John Playford (1623-1686) and Martin Shaw (1875-1958)

PSALM 112:1-9 – Plainsong, Tone I.7

HYMN: Help us, O Lord, to learn (Tune: SAINT ETHELWALD) – William Henry Monk (1823-1889)

NUNC DIMITTIS – plainsong, tone V.1

ANTHEM: He that hath my commandments – William Mundy (c. 1529-c. 1591)

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

The Office of Compline for January 29, 2023

The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: Blest are the pure in heart – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)

PSALM 15 (Setting II) – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round (Tune: SONG 1) – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625); harm. Ralph Vaughan William (1872-1958)

NUNC DIMITTIS [Tone II setting] – Tyler Morse (b. 1990)

ANTHEM: Lord, it is night – Donald Skirvin (b. 1946) [2nd performance]

Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Thomas Adams, cantor

The Office of Compline for January 22, 2023

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: The people who in darkness walked (Tune: DUNDEE) – mel. The CL Psalmes of David, 1615; harm. Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1592-c. 1635)

PSALM 27:1-13 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1

HYMN: Eternal light, shine in my heart (Tune: JACOB) – Jane Manton Marshall (1924-2019)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VII; harm. Thomas Morley (1557-1602)

ANTHEM: Surge, illuminare – William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)

Jason Anderson, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

The Office of Compline for January 15, 2023

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: God of mercy, God of grace (Tune: LUCERNA LAUDONIAE) – David Evans (1874-1948)

PSALM 40:1-12 – Plainsong, Tone II

HYMN: Jesus, priceless treasure (Tune: JESU, MEINE FREUDE) – Johann Cruger (1598-1662), alt., and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Anonymous setting [No. 29] from the Lumley Choir Books (c. 1547-1552)

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

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