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The Office of Compline for January 20, 2013

2nd Sunday after the Epiphany
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15th)

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Holy is the true light” (Sir William H. Harris [1883 – 1972])

PSALM: 98 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 2)

HYMN: “Eternal light, shine in my heart” (Ach bleib bei uns, melody by Samuel Scheidt [1587 – 1654]; harmonized by Seth Calvisius [1556 – 1615])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1621], Tone VIII Ending 1)

ANTHEM: “There is a balm in Gilead” (Afro-American spiritual arranged by Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])

The Office of Compline for January 16, 2011

2nd Sunday after the Epiphany
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 15th)

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “Bring us, O Lord God” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 91 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “There is a balm in Gilead” (arranged by Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629]; Tone II Ending 1)

ANTHEM: “Ubi caritas” (Maurice Duruflé [1902 – 1986])

The Office of Compline for January 17, 2010

2nd Sunday after the Epiphany
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 18th)

Conductor: Jeremy Matheis
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Holy is the True Light” (Sir William H. Harris [1883 – 1972])

PSALM: 98 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “The eternal gifts of Christ the King” (Æterna Christi munera, Mediæval plainsong, Mode VII)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by C. Andreas, Tone VII)

ANTHEM: “Sometimes I feel like a motherless child” (Traditional spiritual arranged by Brian Fairbanks [b. 1968])