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The Office of Compline for August 27, 2023

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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

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

HYMN 662: 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 • Jeff Ricco, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor

The Office of Compline for August 20, 2023

The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Christ, mighty Savior (Tune: Christe, Lux mundi) – Plainsong, Mode VII, Freiburg MS., 14th cent.

PSALM 67 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1PSALM 67 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1

OFFICE HYMN: To you before the close of day (Tune: Te lucis ante terminum) – Plainsong, Mode VIII, Antiphonale Sarisburiense, Vol. II

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.4

ANTHEM: I will call upon God – Charles Wood (1866-1926)

Kenneth Pendergrass, director • J. Scott Kovacs, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor

The Office of Compline for August 13, 2023

The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Dear Lord and father of mankind – John F. Kriebel (b. 1946)

PSALM 85:7-13 – Plainsong, Tone III.5

OFFICE HYMN: Before the ending of the day – mel. Benjamin Britten (1913-1976); arr. Kenneth V. Peterson (b. 1946)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.4

ANTHEM: Si iniquitates observaveris – Samuel Wesley (1766-1837)

Kenneth Peterson, director • William Turnipseed, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

The Office of Compline for July 30, 2023

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON:  Blessed spirits, loving angels – Shaker song by Eldress Mary Ann Gillespie (1829-1887)

PSALM 126 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014), arr. Jeff Reynolds

HYMN: Mothering God  – Janet Peachey (b. 1953), arr. Gregory Bloch

NUNC DIMITTIS –  Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594)

ANTHEM: Grace Before Sleep – Susan LaBarr (b. 1981)

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

The Office of Compline for July 23, 2023

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: ‘Phos hilaron,’ from Music for Compline – Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969)

PSALM 57 – Plainsong, Tone VII.1

OFFICE HYMN: ‘Te lucis ante terminum,’ from Music for Compline – Siegfried

NUNC DIMITTIS – Dana Marsh (b. 1965)

ANTHEM: Sicut cervus desiderat – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)

William Turnipseed, director • Joel Matter, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor

The Office of Compline for July 16, 2023

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: O gladsome Light (Tune: LE CANTIQUE DE SIMÉON) – mel. Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510-c. 1561); harm. Claude Goudimel (1514-1572)

PSALM 65 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Almighty God, your word is cast like seed (Tune: WALDEN) – Jane Manton Marshall (1925-2019); arr. Gregory Bloch (b. 1977)

NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong, Tone IV – Harm. Anon. 16th cent. composer; adapt. by Bernarr Rainbow

ANTHEM: Iustus germinabit sicut lilium – Jacob Handl (1551-1591)

Jason Anderson, director • Vern Nicodemus, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor

The Office of Compline for July 9, 2023

The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Be present, O merciful God – Roupen Shakarian (b. 1950)

PSALM 145 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

OFFICE HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum – Shakarian

NUNC DIMITTIS – Shakarian

ANTHEM: Steal away to Jesus – African-American Spiritual; arr. Dale Adelmann (b. 1961)

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

The Office of Compline for July 2, 2023

The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: ‘Phos hilaron,’ from The Evening Service – Stephen Sturk (b. 1950)

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

HYMN: Christ, mighty Savior, light of all creation (Tune: MIGHTY SAVIOR) – David Hurd (b. 1950)

NUNC DIMITTIS from The Evening Service – Stephen Sturk

ANTHEM: Weeping Pilgrim, from The Sacred Harp, 1859 – arr. Gregory Bloch (b. 1977)

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

The Office of Compline for June 18, 2023

The Third Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Hope of the world, thou Christ of great compassion (Tune: Donne secours) – mel. from Trente quatre pseaumes de David, 1551; harm. Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572)

PSALM 17:1-14 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

OFFICE HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum – Scandinavian melody; adapt. Derek Tilton (b. 1987)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VIII; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (ca. 1560 – 1627)

ANTHEM: Poor Wayfaring Stranger – American spiritual, arr. by Derek Curtis Tilton (b. 1987

Ken Pendergrass, director • Jeffrey Ricco, reader • Derek Tilton, cantor

The Office of Compline for June 11, 2023

The Second Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: God be in my head – Doug Fullington (b. 1969)

PSALM 4 – Plainsong, Tone IV.1

HYMN: ‘Christe qui lux es et dies,’ from Music for Compline – Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969)

NUNC DIMITTIS in G – Charles Wood (1866-1926)

ANTHEM: ‘In pace’ from Three Latin Motets – Grayston Ives (b. 1948)

Ken Pendergrass, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • Derek Tilton, cantor