Tag Archives: Epiphany

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

The Office of Compline for January 8, 2023

The First Sunday after the Epiphany; The Baptism of Our Lord

ORISON: ‘I come,’ the great Redeemer cries (Tune: THIS ENDRIS NYGHT) – English melody; 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 – Roupen Shakarian (b. 1950)

ANTHEM: The Baptism of Christ – Peter R. Hallock

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

The Office of Compline for February 20, 2022

The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany

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

PSALM 33:12-22 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: God is love (Tune: UBI CARITAS [MURRAY]) – A. Gregory Murray (1905-1992)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Dana Marsh (b. 1965)

ANTHEM: Ubi caritas – Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986); arr. men’s voices by Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956)

Jason Anderson, director • J. Scott Kovacs, reader • Derek Tilton, cantor

The Office of Compline for February 13, 2022

The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: If ye love me – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

PSALM 1 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

HYMN: Blest are the pure in heart (Tune: FRANCONIA) – Johann Balthasar König (1691-1758); adapt. and harm. William Henry Havergal (1793-1870)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Anonymous [No. 26], from The Lumley Books, c. 1547-1552

ANTHEM: Blessed be the Lord God – Erin Aas (b. 1972)

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

The Office of Compline for February 6, 2022

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. Gregory W. Bloch

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong – Tone V.1

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

Jason Anderson, director • William Turnipseed, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor

The Office of Compline for January 30, 2022

The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: Now as the troubled day departs – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)

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

HYMN: God, that madest earth and heaven (Tune: AR HYD Y NOS) – Welsh melody; arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and Ernest Bullock (1890-1979)

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

ANTHEM: A Hymn of Faith – Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977) (world premiere)

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

The Office of Compline for January 23, 2022

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 • Jeff Ricco, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor

The Office of Compline for January 16, 2022

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

ANTHEM: Tribus miraculis – Luca Marenzio (1560-1599)

Jason Anderson, director • Vern Nicodemus, reader • Thomas Adams, cantor

The Office of Compline for January 9, 2022

The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Jesus

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

PSALM 89:1-2, 20-29 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: When Christ’s appearing was made known (Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR) – melody from Geistliche Lieder, 1543

NUNC DIMITTIS – Melchior Franck (c. 1579-1639); arr. Robert Preston and Gregory Bloch

ANTHEM: The Baptism of Christ – Peter R. Hallock

Jason Anderson, director • David Gary, reader • Ken Peterson, cantor