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The Office of Compline for October 6, 2024

The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: ‘Beloved, let us love one another’ from In Praise of Singing – Alice Parker (1925-2023)

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

HYMN: God himself is with us (Tune: TYSK) – from Psalm und Choralbuch, 1719; arr. Gregory Bloch

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tonus peregrinus; harm. William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)

ANTHEM: Ubi caritas – Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986); adapt. Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956)

Jason Anderson, director • Tyler Morse, reader • John Garlid, cantor

The Office of Compline for September 22, 2024

The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Maker of all things – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

PSALM 54 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

OFFICE HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum (Before the ending of the day) – Plainsong, Mode VIII; harm. Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone IV; harm. Anon., adapt. Bernarr Rainbow (1914-1998)

ANTHEM: O bone Jesu – Alonso de Tejeda (c. 1540-1628)

Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • Tyler Morse, cantor

The Office of Compline for September 1, 2024

The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Round me falls the night – mel. A. Drese (1620-1701); harm. S.S. Wesley (1824-1899), Henry Ley (1887-1962), and J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

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

HYMN: Lamp of our feet (Tune: NUN DANKET ALL UND BRINGET EHR) – mel. att. Johann Cruger (1598-1662), alt.

NUNC DIMITTIS – Christopher Tye (c. 1505-c. 1573)

ANTHEM: Exultate justi in Domino — Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560-1627)

Jason Anderson, director • J. Scott Kovacs, reader • James Wilcox, cantor

The Office of Compline for August 25, 2024

The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: The shadows of the evening hours – Joshua Haberman (b. 1982)

PSALM 34:15-22 – Plainsong, Tone V.2

HYMN: Abide with me (Tune: EVENTIDE) – William Henry Monk (1823-1889)

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

ANTHEM: Salva nos, Domine, vigilantes – Jacob Handl (1551-1591)

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

The Office of Compline for August 18, 2024

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON:  Calm the Tempests of my Heart – Elizabeth Alexander (b.1962), Text: Sören Kierkegaard, adapted

PSALM 84 – Sheila Bristow 

HYMN: O Christ, you are both light and day – David Hurd (b. 1950) 

NUNC DIMITTIS: Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956)

ANTHEM: Adoremus in Aeternum – Ērik Ešenvalds (b. 1977)

The Women’s Compline Choir
Rebekah Gilmore, director • Sibyl Adams, reader • Sarra Sharif Doyle, cantor

The Office of Compline for August 11, 2024

The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON:  Let my prayer arise – Dimitri Bortniansky (1751-1825), arr. Kevin Siegfried

PSALM 34: 1-9 [St. Helena Psalter] – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014), adapt. & ed. Gregory Bloch

HYMN: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree – Alice Parker (1925-2023) arr. Gregory Bloch

NUNC DIMITTIS: Harmonized plainchant, Tone V

ANTHEM: I am Wisdom – Peter R. Hallock

Rebekah Gilmore, director • Robin Ethridge, reader • Molly Porter, cantor
Sheila Bristow, organ • Naomi Kato, harp

The Office of Compline for August 4, 2024

The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON:  Grace to you and peace – Alice Parker (1924-2023), arr. Gregory Bloch 

PSALM 33: 1-11 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014), arr. Jeff Reynolds

HYMN: Christe qui lux es et dies  – Stephanie Martin (b. 1962)

NUNC DIMITTIS: William Byrd (c. 1540-1623), arr. Bill Bertolas and Jeff Reynolds

ANTHEM: Ave Generosa – Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)

The Women’s Compline Choir
Rebekah Gilmore, director • Jamie Balducci, reader • Natalie Ingrisano, cantor

The Office of Compline for July 28, 2024

Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Bon Voyage Compline

ORISON: ‘III. Sanctus,’ from Messe ‘Cum jubilo,’ Op. 11 – Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)

PSALMS 97 and 98 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) and Patricia Van Ness (b. 1951)

HYMN: King of glory, King of peace (Tune: GWALCHMAI) – John David Jones (1827-1870)

NUNC DIMITTIS from Saint Mark’s Service – Jessica French (b. 1984)

ANTHEM: Lord, it is night – Don Skirvin (b. 1946)

Jason Anderson, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor
John Stuntebeck, organ Page Smith, cello

The Office of Compline for July 21, 2024

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: ‘V. Agnus Dei,’ from Messe ‘Cum jubilo,’ Op. 11 – Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)

PSALM 78:1-13 – Margaret Burk (b. 1990)

HYMN: God is Love: let heaven adore him (Tune: BLAENWERN) – from Sacred Melodies, 1815; arr. William Gardiner (1770-1853)

NUNC DIMITTIS from Magdalen Service – Grayston Ives (b. 1948)

ANTHEM: ‘II. Gloria,’ from Messe ‘Cum jubilo,’ Op. 11 – Maurice Duruflé

Jason Anderson, director • Vern Nicodemus, reader • James Wilcox, cantor 
John Stuntebeck, organ

The Office of Compline for July 14, 2024

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Immortal, invisible, God only wise (Tune: SAINT DENIO) – Welsh hymn, from Caniadau y Cyssegr, 1839; adapt. John Robert (1822-1877)

PSALM 91:1-12 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: How shall I sing that majesty? (Tune: COE FEN) – Kenneth Naylor (1931-1991)

NUNC DIMITTIS from The Evening Service – Stephen Sturk (b. 1950)

ANTHEM: i thank You God for most this amazing day – Tyler A. Morse (b. 1990)

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