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The Office of Compline for October 29, 2023

The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Slowly the rays of daylight fade – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)

PSALM 1 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

HYMN: The eternal gifts of Christ the King (Tune: AETERNA CHRISTI MUNERA) – Plainsong, Mode VII

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.4

ANTHEM: ‘Õnnis on inimene’ from Taaveti laul – Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962); arr. for men’s voices by Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977)

Jason Anderson, director • J. Scott Kovacs, reader • Theo Floor, cantor

The Office of Compline for October 22, 2023

The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Dear Lord and Father of mankind – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)

PSALM 96 – Plainsong, Tone V.1

HYMN: I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Come unto me and rest” (Tune: THE THIRD TUNE) – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Elway Bevin (c. 1555-1638)

ANTHEM: The Road Home (Tune: PROSPECT) – adapt. Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • Ken Peterson, cantor

The Office of Compline for October 15, 2023

The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

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

PSALM 23 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: The King of love my Shepherd is (Tune: SAINT COLUMBA) – Irish melody; stzs. 1-5 harm. Hymnal 1940; stz. 6 harm. Peter R. Hallock

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VI; harm. Anon. 16th cent. composer

ANTHEM: O bone Jesu – Orlande de Lassus (1532-1594)

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

The Office of Compline for October 8, 2023

The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Dedication – Joshua Haberman (b. 1982)

PSALM 80:7-14 – Plainsong, Tone IV.4

HYMN: As those of old their first fruits brought (Tune: FOREST GREEN) – English mel.; adapt. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Arthur Wills (1926-2020)

ANTHEM: Descendi in hortum nucum – Giovannia Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)

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

The Office of Compline for September 24, 2023

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Now cheer our hearts this eventide – Nathan Jensen (b. 1968)

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

HYMN: Now the day is over – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III; harm. Carolus Andreas (d. 1627)

ANTHEM: Nisi Dominus – Giovanni Matteo Asola (c. 1532-1609)

Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

The Office of Compline for September 17, 2023

The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Hildegard of Bingen, Mystic and Scholar, 1179

ORISON: O Pastor animarum, Mode I – Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)

PSALM 103 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.5

HYMN O ignee Spiritus, Mode I – Hildegard von Bingen

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.4

ANTHEM: O speculum columbe – Frank Ferko (b. 1950)

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

The Office of Compline for September 10, 2023

The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

ORISON: Now cheer our hearts this eventide (Tune: ACH BLEIB BEI UNS) – Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1589; harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

PSALM 119:33-48 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Book of books, our people’s strength (Tune: LEIBSTER JESU) – melody by Johann Rudolph Ahle (1625-1673); harm. George Herbert Palmer (1846-1926) and Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Erin Aas (b. 1972)

ANTHEM: I will meditate – Richard T. Proulx (1937-2010)

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

The Office of Compline for September 3, 2023

The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

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

PSALM 26:1-3, 6-9, 11-12 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

HYMN 42: Now the day is over (Tune: MERRIAL) – Joseph Barnby (1838-1896)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone V; harm. Vincente Ripollès (1867-1943)

ANTHEM: Sicut cervus – Charles Gounod (1818-1893)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • Ken Peterson, cantor

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