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The Office of Compline for February 9, 2025

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: Dear Lord and Father of mankind (Tune: REST) – Frederick Charles Maker (1844-1927)

PSALM 138 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

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

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VIII; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629)

ANTHEM: Ambulans Jesus – Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • James Wilcox, cantor

The Office of Compline for January 26, 2025

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: Blessed Jesus, at thy word we are gathered (Tune: LIEBSTER JESU) – mel. Johann Ahle (1625-1673); harm. George Palmer (1846-1926)\

PSALM 19 – Plainsong, Tone III.4

HYMN: O Christ, the Word Incarnate (Tune: MUNICH) – harm. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone II; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629)

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

Jason Anderson, director • Tyler Morse, reader • James Wilcox, cantor

The Office of Compline for January 19, 2025

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany

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

PSALM 36:5-10 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

HYMN: All praise to you, O Lord (Tune: CARLISLE) – Charles Lockhart (1745-1815)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956)

ANTHEM: Tribus miraculis – Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

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

The Office of Compline for January 12, 2025

The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Jesus

ORISON: ‘I come,’ the great Redeemer cries (Tune: THIS ENDRIS NYGHT) – English mel.; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and Martin Fallas Shaw (1875-1958)

PSALM 29 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Christ, when for us you were baptized (Tune: CAITHNESS) – melody from The Psalmes of David in Prose and Meeter, 1635; harm. The English Hymnal, 1906

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VI; harm. Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

ANTHEM: The Baptism of Christ – Peter R. Hallock

Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • John Garlid, cantor

The Office of Compline for January 5, 2025

The Eve of the Epiphany

ORISON: Brightest and best of the stars of the morning (Tune: MORNING STAR) – James Proctor Harding (1850–1911)

PSALM 96 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

HYMN 112: In the bleak mid-winter (Tune: CRANHAM) – Gustav Holst (1874-1934

NUNC DIMITTIS (Tune: MARILYN) – Peter R. Hallock

ANTHEMS:
The Three Kings – Peter Cornelius (1824-1874); arr. Ivor Atkins (1869-1953) and Jason Anderson
Quem pastores laudavere – arr. Susan LeBarr (b. 1981)

Jason Anderson, director • Vern Nicodemus, reader • Tyler Morse, cantor

The Office of Compline for February 11, 2024

The Last Sunday after the Epiphany

PROCESSIONAL: Jesus said, “You are the light of the world” – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

PSALM 50:1-6 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

HYMN: Christ upon the mountain peak (Tune: IBIS) – melody Thomas Kuras (1950-1997); harm. Peter R. Hallock

NUNC DIMITTIS (Setting II) – Tyler Morse – (b. 1990)

ANTHEM: What Hand Divine – Erin Aas (b. 1974)

Jason Anderson, director • William Turnipseed, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

The Office of Compline for February 4, 2024

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: ‘Praise ye the Lord’ from Six Hymns to Doctor Watts – Alice Parker (1925-2023)

PSALM 147 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

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

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VIII; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629)

ANTHEM: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia – Josquin des Prez (c. 1450/1455 – 1521)

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

The Office of Compline for January 28, 2024

The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: All praise to thee, my God, this night (Tune: TALLIS’ CANON) – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

PSALM 111 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.5

HYMN: Jesus, Lover of my soul (Tune: ABERYSTWYTH) – Joseph Palmer (1841-1903)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone III.6

ANTHEM: Domine non sum dignus – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Jason Anderson, director • Tyler Morse, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

The Office of Compline for January 21, 2024

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: Dear Lord and Father of mankind (Tune: REST) – Frederick Charles Maker (1844-1927)

PSALM 62 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

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

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone II; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629)

ANTHEM: Ambulans Jesus – Francisco Guerrero (1527-1599)

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

The Office of Compline for January 14, 2024

The Second Sunday after Epiphany

The Compline Choir is joined this week by the Senior Choristers of the St. Mark’s Cathedral Choir School, directed by Rebekah Gilmore

ORISON: Here, O Lord, your servants gather (Tune: TOKYO) – Based on Japanese Gagaku mode; setting by Isao Koizumi (1907-1992)

PSALM 139 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: I sought the Lord (Tune: FAITH) – J. Harold Moyer (1927-2012)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Roger Sherman

ANTHEM: Whom should we love like thee? – arr. Peter R. Hallock

Jason Anderson, Rebekah Gilmore directors • Gregory Bloch, reader • Tyler Morse, cantor