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5/6/2013

The Office of Compline for May 5, 2013

6thSunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: Fairest Lord Jesus (tune: St. Elizabeth, melody fromSchlesische Volkslieder,[1842]; harmonized by Thomas Tertius Noble [1867-1953]) PSALM: 67 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1) HYMN: O Jesus, crowned with Continue reading
4/29/2013

The Office of Compline for April 28, 2013

5thSunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: The Call (fromFive Mystical Songs, Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872-1958]) PSALM: 96 (plainsong) HYMN: Come, pure hearts, in joyful measure (Alles ist an Gottes Segen,Johann Löhner [1645-1705]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629], Tone VIII Ending 1) ANTHEM:Deus, qui beatum Marcum(Giovanni [...]
4/22/2013

The Office of Compline for April 21, 2013

4thSunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: The Lord is my shepherd (Robert “Bobby” McFerrin, Jr. [b. 1950]) PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) HYMN: The King of love my shepherd is (tune: St. Columba, Traditional Irish Melody; last verse harmonized by Peter Hallock) NUNC DIMITTIS: (Anonymous setting, Tone [...]
4/15/2013

The Office of Compline for April 14, 2013

3rdSunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: At the Lamb’s high feast we sing (tune:Salzburg,melody by Jakob Hinze [1622-1702], harmonized by Johann Sebastian Bach [1685-1750]) PSALM: 115 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: Christians, to the Paschal victim offer your thankful praises! (Victime Paschali laudes,plainsong, Mode I; melody attributed to Wigbert {WipoofBurgundy} [...]
4/8/2013

The Office of Compline for April 7, 2013

2ndSunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeffrey Ricco Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: O sons and daughters, let us sing (O filii et filiae,melody fromAirs sur les hymnes sacrez, odes et noëls,[1623]) PSALM: 118: 14 29 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1) HYMN: We walk by faith, and not by sight (tune: St. Botolph, Gordon [...]
4/1/2013

The Office of Compline for March 31, 2013

Sunday of the Resurrection Easter Day Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Kenneth Peterson PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle (Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 114 (plainsong,Tonus peregrinus) HYMN: Come ye faithful, raise the strain (tune:Gaudeamus pariter,melody from Johann Horn [1490-1547] -Gesangbuch,[1544]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623],Tonus peregrinus) ANTHEM:Haec est dies(Jakob (Handl) [...]
3/25/2013

The Office of Compline for March 24, 2013

Palm Sunday Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Kenneth Peterson PROCESSIONAL: Via crucis (Franz Liszt [1811 - 1886]) PSALM: 22: 1 21 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 1) HYMN: To mock your reign, O dearest Lord (tune: The Third Tune, Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]; edited by John Wilson [1905 - 1992]) NUNC [...]
3/18/2013

The Office of Compline for March 17, 2013

5thSunday in Lent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeffrey Ricco Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: Lord, keep us steadfast in your word (plainsong, Mode II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b.1924]) PSALM: 126 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: Drop, drop, slow tears (tune: Song 46, Orlando Gibbons [ca.1583-1625]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4) ANTHEM: Lamentations [...]
3/11/2013

The Office of Compline for March 10, 2013

4thSunday in Lent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: Lord, keep us steadfast in your word (plainsong, Mode II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b.1924]) PSALM: 32 (plainsong, Tone III Ending 4) HYMN: Eternal Lord of love (tune: Old 124th, melody fromPseaumes octante trois de David,[1551]; harmonized by Charles Winfred [...]
3/4/2013

The Office of Compline for March 3, 2013

3rdSunday in Lent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: Lord, keep us steadfast in your word (plainsong, Mode II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b.1924]) PSALM: 63: 1 8 (plainsong, Tone II Ending 1) HYMN: A Hymn to God the Father (Wilt thou forgive that sin where I begun) [...]
2/25/2013

The Office of Compline for February 24, 2013

2ndSunday in Lent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: Lord, keep us steadfast in your word (plainsong, Mode II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b.1924]) PSALM: 27: 10 18 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1) HYMN: Lord Jesus, think on me (tune: Southwell, from Damon’s Psalter [1579]; v.3 harmonized by [...]
2/18/2013

The Office of Compline for February 17, 2013

1stSunday in Lent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Kenneth Peterson with theSt. Mark’s Cathedral Boys and Girls Choir Rebekah Gilmore, Director ORISON: Lord, keep us steadfast in your word (plainsong, Mode II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b.1924]) PSALM: 91 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 4) HYMN: Now let us all with one [...]
2/11/2013

The Office of Compline for February 10, 2013

Last Sunday after the Epiphany Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeffrey Ricco Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: Christ upon the mountain peak (tune: Ibis, Thomas Kuras [1950-1997], harmonized by Peter Hallock [b.1924]) PSALMS: 93 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 3) 150 (Sir Charles Villiers Stanford [1852-1924]) HYMN: Songs of thankfulness and praise (tune:Salzburg,melody by Jakob Hinze [1622-1702], [...]
2/4/2013

The Office of Compline for February 3, 2013

4thSunday after the Epiphany Conductor: Jeremy Matheis Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: Now as the troubled day departs (M. Searle Wright [1918-2004]) PSALM: 70 (Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) HYMN: O Jesus, joy of loving hearts (tune: Dickinson College, Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr. [1923-1979]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623],Tonus [...]
1/28/2013

The Office of Compline for January 27, 2013

3rdSunday the Epiphany Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) PSALM: 19 (plainsong, Tone III Ending 4) HYMN: Book of books, our people’s strength (Liebster Jesu,melody by Johann Rudolph Ahle [1625-1673]; altered inDas Grosse Cantional oder Kirchen-Gesangbuch,1687; harmonized by George Herbert Palmer [...]
1/21/2013

The Office of Compline for January 20, 2013

2ndSunday 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]; [...]
1/14/2013

The Office of Compline for January 13, 2013

1stSunday after the Epiphany The Baptism of Our Lord Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeffrey Ricco Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: I come, the great Redeemer cries (English melodyThis Endris Night, harm. by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958]) PSALM: 29 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: Christ, when for us you were baptized (fromPsalmes of David in Prose and [...]
1/7/2013

The Office of Compline for January 6, 2013

The Feast of Epiphany Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Thomas Adams PROCESSIONAL: Glory to God in the highest (plainsong, arr. by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 132:8-19 (plainsong, Mode IV) HYMN: What child is this? (Greensleeves, English melody, harm.Christian Carols New and Old, 1871) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Peter Hallock; tune: Marilyn) ANTHEMS: [...]
12/31/2012

The Office of Compline for December 30, 2012

1stSunday after Christmas Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: Of the Father’s love begotten (Divinum mysterium,Sanctus trope, 11thcentury) PSALM: 97 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: In the bleak midwinter (tune: Cranham, Gustav Theodore Holst [1874 - 1934]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Peter Hallock; tune: Marilyn) ANTHEMS: I) Lullay My Liking (Peter Hallock [b. [...]
12/24/2012

The Office of Compline for December 23, 2012

4thSunday in Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Richard Greene PROCESSIONAL: O come, O come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel,plainsong, Mode I,Processionale,15thcentury) PSALM: 80: 1 7 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 4) HYMN: Lo, how a rose e’er blooming (Michael Praetorius [1571 - 1721]; verse 2 by Carl Orff [1895-1982]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by [...]
12/17/2012

The Office of Compline for December 16, 2012

3rdSunday in Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Kenneth Peterson PROCESSIONAL: Creator of the stars of night (Conditor alme siderum,Mode IV) PSALM: 85 (plainsong, Tone III Ending 5) HYMN: Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding (tune: Merton, William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Roger Sherman [b. 1954]) ANTHEM:Obsecro Domine(Jakob [...]
12/10/2012

The Office of Compline for December 9, 2012

2ndSunday in Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeffrey Ricco Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: Comfort, comfort ye my people (melody by Claude Goudimel [1514 - 1572]) PSALM: 126 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: Prepare the way, O Zion (Bereden vg fr Herran,melody fromThen Swenska Psalmboken,1697; harmonization fromKoralbok fr Swenska Kyrken,1939, altered) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Roger Sherman [b. [...]
12/3/2012

The Office of Compline for December 2, 2012

1stSunday in Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: Redeemer of the nations, come (Veni Redemptor gentium,plainsong, Mode I, Eisiedeln MS., 12thcentury) PSALM: 25 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: Come, thou long expected Jesus (tune:Stuttgart[1715]; adapted and harmonized by William Henry Havergal [1793 - 1870]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [1937 - [...]
11/26/2012

The Office of Compline for November 25, 2012

Last Sunday after Pentecost Christ the King In Recognition of Peter Hallock’s 88thBirthday Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: Bring us, O Lord God (Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 24 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath (tune: Old 113th, melody fromStrassburger Kirchenamt[1525], harmonized by Peter Hallock) NUNC [...]
11/5/2012

The Office of Compline for November 4, 2012

The Sunday after All Saints (Nov. 1) Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: Holy is the true light (Sir William H. Harris [1883 - 1973]) PSALM: 24 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: Let saints on earth in concert sing (tune: Dundee, melody fromThe CL Psalmes of David,[1615]; harmonized by Thomas Ravenscroft (1592? [...]
10/29/2012

The Office of Compline for October 28, 2012

22ndSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: Help me, O Lord (Shaker tune arranged by Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969]) PSALM: 126 (Peter Hallock) HYMN:Te lucis ante terminum(To you before the close of day) (Tone VIII, setting by Kevin Siegfried) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Orlando Gibbons [1583 - 1625]) ANTHEM:Domine [...]
10/15/2012

The Office of Compline for October 14, 2012

20thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: O God, our help in ages past (tune: St. Anne, melody attributed to William Croft [1678 - 1727], harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889]; altered) PSALM: 90: 12- 17 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1) HYMN: O Jesus, crowned with all [...]
10/1/2012

The Office of Compline for September 30, 2012

18thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels (tune: Caelites Plaudant, melody fromAntiphoner[1728]; harmonized by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958]) PSALM: 91 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: Jesus, came, adored by angels (tune: Lowry, Gerald Near [b. 1942]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (anonymous setting arranged [...]
9/24/2012

The Office of Compline for September 23, 2012

17thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: Dear Lord and Father of mankind (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 16 (plainsong, Tone II Ending 2) HYMN: The duteous day now closeth (tune: Innsbruck, Heinrich Isaac [ca. 1450 - 1517]; arranged by Johann Sebastian Bach [1685 - 1750]) NUNC [...]
9/17/2012

The Office of Compline for September 16, 2012

16thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: You are the Christ, O Lord (tune: Wyngate Canon, Richard Wayne Dirksen [1921 - 2003]) PSALM: 118: 14 24 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1) HYMN: Christ is made the sure foundation (Urbs beata Jerusalem, plainsong, Mode II, Nevers MS., 13thcentury) NUNC [...]
9/10/2012

The Office of Compline for September 9, 2012

15thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: Now the day is over (Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 146 (plainsong, Mode 4) HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum (Thomas Tallis [1505 - 1585], festal setting) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629]) ANTHEM: Be unto me O Lord, a [...]
8/27/2012

The Office of Compline for August 26, 2012

13thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: Slowly the rays of daylight fade (Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 34: 15 22 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2) HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum (plainsong, Mode 8, harmonized by Thomas Tallis [1505 - 1585]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong, mode 4) ANTHEM: [...]
8/20/2012

The Office of Compline for August 19, 2012

12thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jason Anderson Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: God Be in my Head (Doug Fullington) PSALM: 34: 9 14 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2) HYMN: Christ, mighty Savior, Light of all creation (plainsong, Mode 7, 14th c.) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Morley [1553 - 1604]; Tone I Ending [...]
8/13/2012

The Office of Compline for August 12, 2012

11thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: Humbly I adore thee (Adoro devote,French church melody, Mode V,Processionale,[1697]) PSALM: 34: 1 8 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2) HYMN: O Food to pilgrims given (tune: Psalm 6, fromLes cent cinquante Pseaumes de David,altered) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca. [...]
7/30/2012

The Office of Compline for July 29, 2012

9thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jeremy Matheis Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Tommy Adams ORISON: O Christ, you are the image of Day Unending (Jakob Arcadelt [1514 - 1575]) PSALM: 46 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: Jesus, Redeemer of the world (Jesu, nostra redemptio,plainsong, Mode VIII, Worcester MS., 13thcentury) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Peter Hallock; tune: Marilyn) ANTHEM:O bone [...]
7/23/2012

The Office of Compline for July 22, 2012

8thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Tommy Adams ORISON: The Lord is my shepherd (Psalm 23, Bobby McFerren [b. 1950]) PSALM: 15 (plainsong, Tone III Ending 4) HYMN: Peace, perfect peace (Song 46, Orlando Gibbons [1583 - 1625]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (anonymous setting arranged by Bernarr Rainbow, Tone IV) ANTHEM: Jerusalem (Charles [...]
7/16/2012

The Office of Compline for July 15, 2012

7thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: O gladsome Light (Le Cantique de Simon,melody by Louis Bourgeois [1510 - 1561]; harmonized by Claude Goudimel [1514 - 1572]) PSALM: 85: 7 13 (Jason Allen Anderson) HYMN: As longs the deer for cooling streams (tune: Martyrdom, melody and bass by [...]
7/9/2012

The Office of Compline for July 8, 2012

6thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON:Phos hilaron(O gracious Light) (Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969]) PSALM: 119: 1 16 (plainsong, Tone II Ending 1) HYMN: Book of books, our people’s strength (Liebster Jesu,melody by Johann Rudolph Ahle [1625 - 1673], altered inDas grosse Cantional oder Kitchen-Gesangbuch,[1687]; hamonized by George [...]
7/2/2012

The Office of Compline for July 1, 2012

5thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV ORISON: The shadows of the evening hours (Joshua Haberman [b. 1982]) PSALM: 33: 12 22 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: Amazing Grace (arranged by Richard Proulx [1937 - 2010] / Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Dana T. Marsh) ANTHEM: Sometimes [...]
6/12/2012

The Office of Compline for June 10, 2012

2ndSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Bill Turnipseed Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: Christ mighty Savior, Light of all creation (plainsong, mode 7, 14th c.) PSALM: 8 (plainsong) HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum (Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Peter Hallock) ANTHEM: Psalm 72 (Erin Aas [b. 1974])
6/3/2012

The Office of Compline for June 3, 2012

Holy Trinity Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: O Trinity of blessed light (O lux beata Trinitas,plaainsong, Mode VIII) PSALM: 113 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 5) HYMN: You are God: we praise you (Te Deum laudamus,Slavonic chant, adapted and harmonized by Mason Martens [b. 1933]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [...]
5/27/2012

The Office of Compline for May 27, 2012

Whitsunday The Day of Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: Come, thou Holy Spirit, come (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 104: 25 37 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire (Veni Creator Spiritus,plainsong, Mode VIII) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by C. Andreas, Mode I Ending 10) [...]
5/20/2012

The Office of Compline for May 20, 2012

7thSunday of Easter The Asccension of Our Lord (May 17th) Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Kenneth Peterson PROCESSIONAL: O clap you hands (Psalm 47, Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALMS: 93 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 3) 150 (Charles Villiers Stanford) HYMN: O Lord Most High, eternal King (Aeterne Rex altissime,plainsong, Mode I) NUNC [...]
5/6/2012

The Office of Compline for May 6, 2012

5thSunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: The Call (fromFive Mystical Songs, Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872-1958]) PSALM: 22:22-30 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Thou art the Way, to thee alone from sin and death we flee” (Raphael Courteville [1677-1772]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting, Mode I, by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [c. 1560-1627]) [...]
5/2/2012

The Office of Compline for April 29, 2012

4thSunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Nathan Jensen ORISON: “The King of love my shepherd is” (tune: St. Columba, Traditional Irish Melody) PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Jesus, our mighty Lord” (tune: Monks Gate, Traditional Sussex Melody, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Morley [...]
4/8/2012

The Office of Compline for April 8, 2012

Sunday of the Resurrection Easter Day Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: Easter Canticle (Peter Halloxk [b. 1924]) PSALM: 114 (plainsong,Tonus Peregrinus) HYMN: “Come, ye faithful, raise the strain” (Gaudeamus pariter,melody from J. HorneGesangbuch[1544]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623],Tonus Peregrinus) ANTHEM: “Dum transisset Sabbatum” (John Taverner [...]
4/2/2012

The Office of Compline for April 1, 2012

Sunday of the Passion Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV PROCESSIONAL:”Vexilla regis”(“The royal banners forward go”), from”Via crucis”(FranzLiszt[1811-1886]) PSALM: 22: 1 – 21 (plainsong, Mode IV Ending 1) HYMN: “Today He who hung the earth” (Byzantine chant, Tone VI) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627], [...]
3/25/2012

The Office of Compline for March 25, 2012

5thSunday in Lent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Mode II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 51 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Now let us all with one accord” (Ex more docti mystico,plainsing, Mode II, Verona MS., 12thcentury) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting [...]
3/18/2012

The Office of Compline for March 18, 2012

4thSunday in Lent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Mode II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 121 (Henry Walford Davies [1869 - 1941]) HYMN: “Lord Jesus, think on me” (tune: Southwell, from M. William Damon’s Psalter [1579]) NUNC [...]
3/11/2012

The Office of Compline for March 11, 2012

3rdSunday in Lent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Mode II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 19 (plainsong, Tone III Ending A 4) HYMN: A Hymn to God the Father (“Wilt Thou forgive that sin”) (John Hilton [1599 - [...]
3/10/2012

The Office of Compline for March 4, 2012

2ndSunday in Lent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Mode II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 22: 22 – 30 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Kind Maker of the world” (A la venue de Nol,melody fromFleurs des nols,1535) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong [...]
2/27/2012

The Office of Compline for February 26, 2012

1stSunday in Lent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Mode II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 25: 1 – 8, 10 – 12, 14, 21 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Lord, who throughout these forty days” (tune:St. Flavian,melody fromDay’s Psalter,[1562]; adapted [...]
2/19/2012

The Office of Compline for February 19, 2012

Last Sunday after the Epiphany Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: “Christ upon the mountain peak” (tune: IBIS, Thomas Kuras [1950 - 1999]; harmonized by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALMS: 93 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 3) & 150 (Charles Villiers Stanford [1852 - 1924]) HYMN: “O wondrous type! O vision fair” [...]
2/12/2012

The Office of Compline for February 12, 2012

6thSunday after the Epiphany Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: “O Way, through whom our souls draw near” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 42 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 5) HYMN: “God himself is with us” (tune:Tysk,fromPsalm und Chorbuch,[1719]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956]) ANTHEM:“Sicut cervus”(Giovanni Pierluigi [...]
2/11/2012

The Office of Compline for February 5, 2012

5thSunday after the Epiphany Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: “Eternal light, shine in my heart” (Ach bleib bei uns,melody by Samual Scheidt [1587 - 1654]; harmonized by Seth Calvisius [1556 - 1615]) PSALM: 27: 1 – 11 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1) HYMN:“Te lucis ante terminum”({Premier},Compline Office hymn, Derek Tilton [...]
2/6/2012

The Office of Compline for January 29, 2012

4thSunday after the Epiphany Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Nathan Jensen ORISON: “From all that dwell below the skies” (Old 100th,melody fromPsaumes octante trois de David,[1551]; harmonized after Louis Bourgeois [ca. 1510 - ca. 1561]) PSALM: 111 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 5) HYMN: “Before the ending of the day” (Te lucis ante terminum,Compline [...]
1/27/2012

The Office of Compline for January 22, 2012

3rdSunday after the Epiphany Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: “Be present, O merciful God” (Roupen Shakarian) PSALM: 70 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Jesus calls us; o’er the tumult” (tune:Restoration,melody fromThe Southern Harmony,[1835]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Christopher Tye [ca. 1505 - ca. 1572]) ANTHEM:“Domine salva nos”(William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623])
1/13/2012

The Office of Compline for January 8, 2012

1stSunday after the Epiphany The Baptism of Our Lord Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: “The people who in darkness walked have seen a glorious light” (tune: Dundee, melodyThe CL Psalmes of David,[1615], harmonized by Thomas Ravenscroft [ca.1592-ca.1635] with later alterations) PSALM: 29 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “‘I come,’ the great Redeemer [...]
12/29/2011

The Office of Compline for December 25, 2011

Christmas Day Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: “Away in a manger” (Traditional, arranged by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 98 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 2) HYMN: “Of the Father’s love begotten” (Divinum mysterium,Sanctus trope, 11thcentury) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1) ANTHEMS: I)“Beata progenies”(Leonel Power [ca. 1370/85 - [...]
12/25/2011

The Office of Compline for December 18, 2011

4thSunday in Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: “Creator of the stars of night” (Conditor alma siderum,plainsong, Mode IV) CANTICLE:Magnificat(The Song of Mary) (Charles Wood [1866 - 1926], with O Antiphon verse for December 18) HYMN: “Lo, how a rose e’er blooming” (arranged by Tyler Morse [b. 1990]) NUNC DIMITTIS: [...]
12/18/2011

The Office of Compline for December 4, 2011

2ndSunday in Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: “O heavenly Word, eternal Light” (Verbum supernum prodiens,plainsong, ModeII, NeversMS., 13thcentury) PSALM: 85 (plainsong, Tone III Ending 5) HYMN: “Comfort, comfort ye my people” (melody by Claude Gudimel [1514 - 1572]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Roger Sherman) ANTHEM:“Rorate caeli desuper”(Peter Hallock [b. [...]
11/30/2011

The Office of Compline for November 27, 2011

1stSunday in Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: “O come, o come, Emmanuel” (Veni, veni, Emmanuel,plainsong, Mode I,Processionale,15thcentury, adapted by Thomas Helmore [1811 - 1890]) PSALM: 146: 4 – 9 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 2) HYMN: “Prepare the way, O Zion” (Bereden vg fr Herran,melody fromThen Swenska Psalmboken,[1697]; harmonized inKoralbok [...]
11/22/2011

The Office of Compline for November 20, 2011

Last Sunday after Pentecost Christ the King Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV ORISON: “Judge eternal, throned in splendor” (Komm, o komm, du Geist des Lebens,melody fromNeu-vermehrtes und zu bung Christl. Gottesligheit eingerichtetes Meiningisches Gesangbuch,[1693]) PSALM: 95 (plainsong Tone III A Ending 1) HYMN: “For the beauty of the earth” (tune:Lucerna [...]
11/10/2011

The Office of Compline for November 6, 2011

Sunday after All Saints (November 1st) Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: “Holy is the True Light” (Sir William H. Harris [1883 - 1973]) PSALM: 34 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2) HYMN: “Who are these like stars appearing” (tune:Zeuch mich, zeuch mich, melody fromGeistreiches Gesang-buch[1698], harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823-1889]) [...]
10/24/2011

The Office of Compline for October 16, 2011

18thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Ken Peterson ORISON: “All praise to thee, my God, this night” (tune: Tallis’ Canon, fromArchbishop Parker’s Psalter,[1567], Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) PSALM: 96 (plainsong) HYMN: “I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath” (tune: Old 113th, melody fromStrassburger Kirchenamt,[1525]; harmonized verses by Peter Hallock [...]
10/11/2011

The Office of Compline for October 2, 2011

16thSunday after Pentecost St. Francis of Assisi (October 4) Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: “Most High, omnipotent, good Lord” (tune:Assisi,AlfredMortonSmith [1879 - 1971]) PSALM: 8 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2) HYMN: “Lord, make us servants of your peace” (tune: Dickinson College, LeeHastingsBristol,Jr. [1923 - 1979]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone [...]
9/29/2011

The Office of Compline for August 15, 2004

This archive recording of the Office of Compline is presented in memory of the Rev. Ralph Carskadden, who died on September 13, 2011. He served as the Officiant for the service on August 15, 2004, which celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the Compline Choir, and was sung by the choir, augmented by a number of [...]
9/26/2011

The Office of Compline for September 25, 2011

15thSunday after Pentecost St. Michael and All Angels (Sept. 29th) Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: “Christ the fair glory of the holy angels” (Christe sanctorum,Sarum plainsong, Mode I) PSALM: 103 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 5) HYMN: “Jesus came, adored by angels” (tune:Lowry,Gerald Near [b. 1942]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico [...]
9/17/2011

The Office of Compline for September 11, 2011

13thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Brian Fairbanks ORISON: “Holy is the true light” (William Harris [1883 - 1973]) PSALM: 139 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Lord, thou hast searched me” (Kentucky Harmony, 1816) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Peter Hallock, 1996) ANTHEM: “Poor Wayfaring Stranger” (American spiritual, arr. by Derek Tilton [b. 1987] [...]
9/12/2011

The Office of Compline for September 4, 2011

12thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: “If ye love me” (Thomas Tallis [1505 - 1585]) PSALM: 119:33-48 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Lamp of our feet” (Johann Cruger [1598 - 1662]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong, mode 5) ANTHEM: “I give you a new commandment” (John Sheppard [c.1515 - 1558])
9/2/2011

The Office of Compline for August 28, 2011

11thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: “The shadows of the evening hours” (Joshua Haberman [b. 1982]) PSALM: 22:22-30 (Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) HYMN: “As longs the deer for cooling streams” (melody and bass by Hugh Wilson [1764 - 1824], adapted and harmonized by Robert Smith [1780 - 1829]) [...]
8/27/2011

The Office of Compline for August 21, 2011

10thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Gregg Carder ORISON: “God himself is with us” (tune:Tysk,fromPsalm und Choralbuch,1719) PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock) HYMN:“Te lucis ante terminum”(“Before the ending of the day”) (Compline Office hymn, plainsong, Mode VIII, harmonized verse by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585], Ferial setting) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by [...]
8/17/2011

The Office of Compline for August 14, 2011

9thSunday after Pentecost St. Mary the Virgin (August 15th) Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Brian Fairbanks ORISON:“Salve Regina”(plainsong, Mode I) PSALM: 34 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2) HYMN: “Sing we of the blessed mother” (tune: Rustington, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry [1848-1918]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627], [...]
8/5/2011

The Office of Compline for July 31, 2011

7thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jeremy Matheis Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Nathan Jensen ORISON: “Slowly the rays of daylight fade” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 121 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “O Christ, you are both light and day” (Christe, qui Lux es et dies,plainsong, Mode II,Mailander Hymnen,15thcentury) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [...]
7/12/2011

The Office of Compline for July 10, 2011

4thSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Brian Fairbanks ORISON: “Now the day is over” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALMs: 134 & 4 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Round me falls the night” (melody by A. Drese, [d. 1701], harmonizations by S. S. Wesley, Henry Ley, J. S. Bach) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting [...]
7/11/2011

The Office of Compline for June 26, 2011

2ndSunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON:Phos hilaron(“O gracious Light”) (Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969]) PSALMS: 134 & 4 (Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) HYMN: “Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round” (melody and bass by Orlando Gibbons [1583 - 1625]; harmonized inHymns for Church and School, 1964) NUNC DIMITTIS: (anonymous setting [...]
6/22/2011

The Office of Compline for June 19, 2011

Trinity Sunday Conductor: Jeremy Matheis Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: “O Trinity of blessed light” (Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956]) PSALM: 29 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Come, thou almighty King” (tune: Moscow, Felice de Giardini [1716 - 1796], harmonization fromThe New Hymnal, 1916) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Charles Wood [1866 - 1926]) ANTHEM: “Great Lord [...]
6/14/2011

The Office of Compline for June 15, 2011

Day of Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: “Come, thou Holy Spirit, come” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 104: 25 – 37 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire” (Veni Creator Spiritus, plainsong, Mode VIII) NUNC DIMITTIS: (Anonymous setting, Tone VI) ANTHEM: “There is a balm [...]
6/9/2011

The Office of Compline for June 5, 2012

7th Sunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Brian Fairbanks PROCESSIONAL: Psalm 47 — “O clap your hands” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 103 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “A hymn of glory let us sing” (Jam lucis orto sidere, plainsong, Mode I,Mailander Hymnen, 15th century) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Morley [ca. 1557/58 [...]
6/2/2011

The Office of Compline for May 29, 2011

6th Sunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: “If ye love me” (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) PSALM: 119: 33 – 48 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Help us, O Lord, to learn” (tune:St. Ethelwald, William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629], Tone [...]
5/24/2011

The Office of Compline for May 22, 2011

5th Sunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: The Call (fromFive Mystical Songs, Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958]) PSALM: 89: 1, 2, 20 – 29 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Christ is made the sure foundation” (Urbs beata Jerusalem, plainsong, Mode II, Nevers MS., 13th century) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by [...]
5/17/2011

The Office of Compline for May 15, 2011

4th Sunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: “Jesus our mighty Lord” (tune: Monk’s Gate, Traditional Sussex Melody, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958]) PSALM: 15 (Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) HYMN: “Jerusalem, my happy home” (tune: Land of Rest, arranged by Richard Proulx [1937 - 2010]) NUNC [...]
5/4/2011

The Office of Compline for May 1, 2011

2nd Sunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: “We walk by faith, and not by sight” (tune: St. Botolph, Gordon Slater [1896 - 1979]) PSALM: 149 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “O sons and daughters, let us sing” (O filii et filiae, melody fromAirs sur les hymnes sacrez, odes et nols, [...]
4/26/2011

The Office of Compline for April 24, 2011

Easter Day Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Kenneth Peterson PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle (Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 114 (plainsong,Tonus peregrinus) HYMN: “Christians, to the Paschal Victim” (Victimae Paschali laudes, plainsong, Mode I; attributed to Wigbert {Wipo of Burgundy} [d. 1050?]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca.1539/40 - 1623],Tonus peregrinus) ANTHEMS: I)“Haec est [...]
4/21/2011

The Office of Compline for April 17, 2011

Sunday of the Passion Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: “Drop, drop, slow tears” (tune: Song 46, 1623; Orlando Gibbons [1583 - 1625]) PSALM: 22: 1 – 21 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 1) HYMN: “The royal banners forward go” (Vexilla Regis, Guillaume Dufay [1397 - 1474]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone [...]
4/21/2011

The Office of Compline for April 10, 2011

5th Sunday in Lent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Brian Fairbanks ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Tone II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 130 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 5) HYMN: “Kind Maker of the world, O hear the fervent prayer” (A la venue de Nol, [...]
4/5/2011

The Office of Compline for April 3, 2011

4th Sunday in Lent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Tym Mackey ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Tone II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Lord Jesus, think on me” (tune: Southwell, fromPsalmes of David in English Meter, [1579] by M. William Daman [...]
4/5/2011

The Office of Compline for March 27, 2011

3rd Sunday in Lent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Tone II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 42 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 5) HYMN: “As longs the deer for cooling streams” (tune: Martyrdom, melody and bass by Hugh Wilson [...]
3/23/2011

The Office of Compline for March 20, 2011

2nd Sunday in Lent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Tone II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 121 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Now let us all with one accord” (Ex more docti mystico, plainsong, Mode II, Verona MS., 12th century) [...]
3/18/2011

The Office of Compline for March 13, 2011

1st Sunday in Lent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Brian Fairbanks ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Tone II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 32 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: The Truth from Above (Herefordshire Carol, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958] and Jason Anderson) NUNC [...]
3/7/2011

The Office of Compline for March 6, 2011

Last Sunday after the Epiphany Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: “O wondrous type! O vision fair” (Aeterne Rex altissime, plainsong, Mode I) PSALM: 99 (plainsong, Tone VII Ending 7) and 150 (Charles Villiers Stanford [1852 - 1924]) HYMN: “Christ upon the mountain peak” (tune: Ibis, Thomas Kuras (1950 – 1997), [...]
2/26/2011

The Office of Compline for February 20, 2011

7th Sunday after the Epiphany Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: “If ye love me” (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) PSALM: 119: 33 – 48 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Book of books, our people’s strength” (tune:Liebster Jesu, melody by Johann Rudolph Ahle [1625 - 1673]; altered inDas grosse Cantional oder Kirchen-Gesangbuch [...]
2/26/2011

The Office of Compline for February 13, 2011

6th Sunday after the Epiphany Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: “Thy mercies fill the earth, O Lord” (Psalm 119, Alice Parker [b. 1925]) PSALM: 119: 1 – 16 (plainsong, Tone II Ending 1) HYMN: “Help us, O Lord, to learn” (tune: St. Ethelwald, William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889]) NUNC [...]
2/10/2011

The Office of Compline for February 6, 2011

5th Sunday after the Epiphany Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Tym Mackey ORISON: “Eternal light, shine in my heart” (Ach bleib bei uns, melody by Samuel Scheidt [1587 - 1654]; harmonized by Seth Calvisius [1556 - 1615]) PSALMS: 134 & 4 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “All praise to thee, my God, this night” (Thomas [...]
2/3/2011

The Office of Compline for January 30, 2011

4th Sunday after the Epiphany Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: “Peace be within this sacred place” (Psalm 122, Alice Parker [b. 1925]) PSALM: 15 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “The Lord will come, and not be slow” (melody fromThe CL Psalms of David, 1615, harm. by John Milton Sr. [1583? - 1647]) [...]
1/28/2011

The Office of Compline for January 23, 2011

3rd Sunday after the Epiphany Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: “I heard the voice of Jesus say” (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) PSALM: 27 (plainsong, Mode VIII Ending 1) HYMN: “The people who in darkness walked” (tune: Dundee, melody fromThe CL Psalmes of David, [1615]; harmonized by Thomas Ravenscroft [...]
1/25/2011

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. [...]
1/14/2011

The Office of Compline for January 9, 2011

1st Sunday after the Epiphany The Baptism of Our Lord Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Brian Fairbanks ORISON: “Christ, when for us you were baptized” (tune:Caithness, fromThe Psalmes of David in Prose and Meeter, harmonizedThe English Hymnal, 1906) PSALM: 89: 1, 2, 20 – 29 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “‘I come,’ the great Redeemer [...]
1/4/2011

The Office of Compline for January 2, 2011

2nd Sunday after Christmas Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Tym Mackey PROCESSIONAL: “Glory to God in the Highest” (Gloria in excelsis, arranged by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 84 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “In the bleak midwinter” (tune: Cranham, Gustav Theodore Holst [1874 - 1934]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (tune: Marilyn, setting by Peter Hallock) ANTHEM:“Lux [...]
12/28/2010

The Office of Compline for December 26, 2010

1st Sunday after Christmas Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Thomas Adams PROCESSIONAL: “Glory to God in the Highest” (Gloria in excelsis, arranged by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 147: 13 – 21 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1) HYMN: “Of the Father’s love begotten” (Divinum mysterium, Sanctus trope, 11th century) NUNC DIMITTIS: (tune: Marilyn, [...]
12/23/2010

The Office of Compline for December 19, 2010

4th Sunday of Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Kenneth Peterson PROCESSIONAL: “O come, O come, Emmanuel” (Veni, veni, Emmanuel, plainsong, Mode I,Processionale, 15th century) PSALM: 80: 1 – 7 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 4) HYMN: “Lo, how a rose e’er blooming” (Michael Prtorius [ca. 1571 - 1621], CarlOrff[1895 - 1982]) NUNC DIMITTIS: [...]
12/7/2010

The Office of Compline for December 5, 2010

2nd Sunday of Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: “Redeemer of the nations, come” (Veni Redemptor gentium, plainsong, Mode I, Einsiedeln MS., 12th century) PSALM: 85 (plainsong, Tone III Ending 5) HYMN: “Prepare the way, O Zion” (Bereden vg fr Herran, melody fromThen Swenska Psalmboken, 1697; harmonization fromKoralbok fr Swenska [...]
11/30/2010

The Office of Compline for November 28, 2010

1st Sunday of Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: Matin Responsory (Jason Anderson [b. 1976]) PSALM: 122 (plainsong, Tone I Ending 2) HYMN: “Comfort, comfort ye my people” (melody by Claude Goudimel [1514 - 1573]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [1937 - 2010]) ANTHEM:“Obsecro Domine” (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 [...]
11/30/2010

The Office of Compline for November 21, 2010

Last Sunday after Pentecost Christ the King Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: “My song is love unknown” (John Ireland [1879 - 1962]) PSALM: 46 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “The head that once was crowned with thorns” (tune: St. Magnus, melody fromDivine Companion [1707]; harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889]) [...]
11/8/2010

The Office of Compline for November 7, 2010

24th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: “Help me, O Lord” (Shaker tune arranged by Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969]) PSALM: 126 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “For the beauty of the earth” (Lucerna Laudoniae, David Evans [1874 - 1948]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by James Bassi) ANTHEM:“Christus est stella” (Peter Hallock [...]
11/5/2010

The Office of Compline for October 31, 2010

23rd Sunday after Pentecost All Hallows Eve Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Nathan Jensen ORISON: “Holy is the true Light” (Sir William H. Harris [1883 - 1973]) PSALM: 149 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Who are these like stars appearing” (tune:Zeuch mich, zeuch mich, melody fromGeistreiches Gesang-buch [1698], harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823-1889]) NUNC [...]
10/22/2010

The Office of Compline for October 17, 2010

21st Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: Ps. 121 (Anglican chant, Henry Walford Davies [1869 - 1941]) PSALM: 121 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “I to the hills will lift mine eyes” (tune: Burford, fromA Book of Psalmody, [1718]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4) ANTHEM: “I will [...]
10/15/2010

The Office of Compline for October 10, 2010

20th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Brian Fairbanks ORISON: “If ye love me” (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) PSALM: 119: 33 – 48 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Lamp of our feet, whereby we trace our path” (Nun danket all und bringet ehr, melody attributed to JohannCruger [1598 - 1662], altered) [...]
10/7/2010

The Office of Compline for October 3, 2010

19th Sunday after Pentecost St. Francis of Assisi (October 4th) Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV ORISON: “Most High, omnipotent, good Lord” (tune:Assisi, AlfredMortonSmith [1879 - 1971]) PSALM: 8 (plainsong, Mode V Ending 2) HYMN: “Lord, make us servants of your peace” (tune: Dickinson College, LeeHastingsBristol,Jr. [1923 - 1979]) NUNC DIMITTIS: [...]
9/30/2010

The Office of Compline for September 26, 2010

18th Sunday after Pentecost St. Michael and All Angels (Sept. 29th) Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: “Christ the fair glory of the holy angels” (Christe sanctorum, Sarum plainsong, Mode I) PSALM: 103 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Round the Lord in glory seated cherubim and seraphim” (tune: Rustington, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry [...]
9/21/2010

The Office of Compline for September 19, 2010

17th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: “O come, ye servants of the Lord” (Christopher Tye [ca. 1050 - ca. 1572]) PSALM: 113 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 5) HYMN:“Te lucis ante terminum” (“Before the ending of the day”) (Compline Office hymn, Orlando di Lasso [ca. 1530/32–1594]) NUNC DIMITTIS: [...]
9/7/2010

The Office of Compline for September 5, 2010

15th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV ORISON: “All praise to thee, my God, this night” (tune: Tallis’ Canon, fromArchbishop Parker’s Psalter, [1567], Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) PSALM: 1 (plainsong, Mode I B Ending 1) HYMN:“Te lucis ante terminum” (“Before the ending of the day”) (Compline [...]
9/3/2010

The Office of Compline for August 29, 2010

14th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Bill Turnipseed Cantor: Nathan Jensen ORISON: “Dear Lord and Father of Mankind ” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 91 (Peter Hallock [b. 1924], anglican chant, 1978) HYMN: “O God of Bethel” (Scottish Psalter, 1615) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong, Mode IV) ANTHEM: “Salva nos Domine, vigilate” (Jacob [...]
8/17/2010

The Office of Compline for August 15, 2010

12th Sunday after Pentecost St. Mary the Virgin (August 15th) Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: “Blest are the pure in heart” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 34: 1 – 9 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2) HYMN: “Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels” (tune:Christe Sanctorum, Sarum plainsong, [...]
8/11/2010

The Office of Compline for August 1, 2010

10th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Brian Fairbanks Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Tym Mackey ORISON: “Thou all transcendent Deity” (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ca. 1525 - 1594]) PSALM: 34 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2) HYMN:“Te lucis ante terminum” (“Before the ending of the day”) (Brian Fairbanks) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Arthur Wills [b. 1926]) ANTHEM:“Gustate et [...]
7/20/2010

The Office of Compline for July 18, 2010

8th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: “Peace be within this sacred place” (Psalm 122, Alice Parker [b. 1925]) PSALM: 15 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: “Peace, perfect peace” (tune: Song 46, Orlando Gibbons [1583 - 1625]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Christopher Tye [ca. 1505 - ca. 1572]) ANTHEM: Jerusalem [...]
7/12/2010

The Office of Compline for July 4, 2010

6th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Tym Mackey ORISON: “O Christ, you are both light and day” (tune:Compline, David Hurd (b. 1950]) PSALM: 67 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1) HYMN: “God, who stretched the spangled heavens” (tune:Holy Manna, fromThe Southern Harmony, 1835) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [1937 - [...]
7/1/2010

The Office of Compline for June 27, 2010

5th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: “The shadows of the evening hours” (Joshua Haberman [b. 1982]) PSALM: 16 (plainsong setting, Tone II Ending 2) HYMN: “As longs the deer for cooling streams” (tune: Martyrdom, melody & bass by Hugh Wilson [1764 - 1824]; adapted & harmonized by Robert Smith [1780 - 1829]) NUNC DIMITTIS: [...]
12/21/2009

The Office of Compline for December 20, 2009

20 December 2009 4th Sunday in Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Kenneth Peterson PROCESSIONAL: "O come, o come, Emmanuel" (Veni, veni, Emmanuel, plainsong, Mode I, Processionale, 15th century) PSALM: The Song of Mary (Magnificat, { Luke 1: 46 - 55 }, plainsong, Tone VIII, adapted by Charles Winfred Douglas [1867 - 1944] and Bruce E. Ford [b. 1947]) HYMN: "The Word whom earth and sea and sky adore and laud and magnify" (Quem terra, pontus, aethera, Mode II,...
12/14/2009

The Office of Compline for December 13, 2009

13 December 2009 3rd Sunday of Advent Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: "Creator of the stars of night" (Conditor alme siderum, plainsong, Mode IV, 9th century) PSALM: The First Song of Isaiah (Ecce, Deus, { Isaiah 12: 2 - 6 }, plainsong, Tone VII Ending 3) HYMN: "Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding" (William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629], Tone VIII Ending 1) ANTHEM: "Rorate caeli" (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
12/7/2009

The Office of Compline for December 6, 2009

6 December 2009 2nd Sunday of Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Brian Fairbanks ORISON: "O heavenly Word, eternal light" (Verbum supernum prodiens, plainsong, Mode II, Nevers MS., 13th century) PSALM: The Song of Zechariah (Benedictus Dominus Deus, { Luke 1: 68 - 79 }, plainsong, Tone VIII, adapted by Bruce E. Ford [b. 1947]) HYMN: "Comfort, comfort ye my people" (melody by Claude Goudimel [1514 - 1573]; arr. by Louis Bourgeois [ca. 1510 - ca. 1561]) NUNC...
11/23/2009

The Office of Compline for November 22, 2009

22 November 2009 Last Sunday after Pentecost Christ the King Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Bring Us, O Lord God" (Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 149 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath" (Old 113th, melody from Strassburger Kirchenamt, [1525]; verses 2 & 4 harmonized by Peter Hallock) NUNC DIMITTIS: (tune: Marilyn; setting by Peter Hallock) ANTHEM: To the Supreme Being (Peter Hallock)
11/16/2009

The Office of Compline for November 15, 2009

15 November 2009 24th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: "Help Me, O Lord" (Shaker tune arranged by Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969]) PSALM: 16 (plainsong, Tone II Ending 2) HYMN: "For the beauty of the earth" (Lucerna Laudoniae, David Evans [1874 - 1948]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4) ANTHEM: "In Praise of Music" (Richard Proulx [b. 1937])
11/3/2009

The Office of Compline for November 1, 2009

1 November 2009 All Saints Day Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: "Bring us, O Lord God" (Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 149 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Who are these like stars appearing" (tune: Zeuch mich, zeuch mich, melody from Geistreiches Gesang-buch [1698], harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585], Tone VII) ANTHEM: "O quam gloriosum" (Toms Luis de Victoria [1548 - 1611])
10/26/2009

The Office of Compline for October 25, 2009

25 October 2009 21st Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "God that madest earth and heaven" (tune: Ar Hyd y Nos, Traditional Welsh melody) PSALM: 126 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Amazing Grace" (tune: New Britain, W. Walker, Southern Harmony, 1835, arranged by Richard Proulx [b. 1937] and Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4) ANTHEM: "Domine salva nos" (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623])
10/12/2009

The Office of Compline for October 11, 2009

11 October 2009 19th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: "Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts" (Christe redemptor, Sarum plainsong, Mode I) PSALM: 90: 12 - 17 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1) HYMN: "Te lucis ante terminum" ("Before the ending of the day") (Orlande de Lassus [ca. 1530/32 - 1594]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (anonymous setting arranged by Bernarr Rainbow, Tone IV) ANTHEM: "Inclina, Domine, aurem tuam" (Cristbal de Morales [ca....
10/5/2009

The Office of Compline for October 4, 2009

4 October 2009 18th Sunday after Pentecost St. Francis of Assisi Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV ORISON: "Lord, make us servants of your peace" (tune: Dickinson College, Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr. [1923 - 1979]) PSALM: 8 (plainsong, Tone V Ending2) HYMN: "Te lucis ante terminum" ("To you before the close of day") (Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1) ANTHEMS: 1) "Tout puissant, trs saint" (Francis Poulenc [1899 -...
9/21/2009

The Office of Compline for September 20, 2009

20 September 2009 16th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Ken Peterson ORISON: "If ye love me" (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) PSALM: 119: 33 - 48 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Lord, keep us steadfast in thy word" (plainsong, Mode II, harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629], Tone II Ending 1) ANTHEM: "I will meditate" (Richrd Proulx [b. 1937])
9/14/2009

The Office of Compline for September 13, 2009

13 September 2009 15th Sunday after Pentecost Holy Cross (September 14th) Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Tym Mackey ORISON: "Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle" (Pange lingua, plainsong, Mode III, Sarum Melody) PSALM: 46 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "The royal banners forward go" (Vexilla Regis prodeunt, plainsong, with harmonized verses by Guillaume Du Fay [1397 - 1474]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1) ANTHEM: "We adore you, O Christ" (Richard...
9/7/2009

The Office of Compline for September 6, 2009

6 September 2009 14th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV ORISON: "Now the day is over" (Sir Joseph Barnby [1838 - 1896]) PSALM: 146 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 2) HYMN: "I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath" (Old 113th, melody from Strassburger Kirchenamt, [1525]; harmonized by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629], Tone II Ending 1) ANTHEM: "Be unto me, O Lord, a tower" (William Byrd [1539/40 -...
8/24/2009

The Office of Compline for August 23, 2009

23 August 2009 12th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Phos hilaron" ("O gracious light") (Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969]) PSALM: 34: 15 - 22 (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 2) HYMN: "Te lucis ante terminum" ("Before the ending of the day") (Compline office hymn, a plainsong melody in Mode VIII with a harmonized verse by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Charles Wood [1866 - 1926]) ANTHEM: "Salve nos...
8/17/2009

The Office of Compline for August 16, 2009

16 August 2009 11th Sunday after Pentecost St. Mary the Virgin (August 15th) Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: "Blest are the pure in heart" (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 34: 1 - 9 (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 2) HYMN: "Jerusalem, my happy home" (tune: Land of Rest, arranged by Richard Proulx [b. 1937]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (Anonymous setting, Mode VI) ANTHEMS: Two anthems by Leonel Power [ca. 1370/1385 - 1445] from the Old Hall MS: 1)...
8/3/2009

The Office of Compline for August 2, 2009

2 August 2009 9th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Fred McIlroy IV Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "O Christ, you are both light and day" (Christe, qui Lux es et dies, plainsong, Mode II, Mailander Hymnen, 15th century) PSALM: 91 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 4) HYMN: "O Trinity of blessed light" (O lux beata Trinitas, plainsong, Mode VIII) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4) ANTHEM: "Sanctus" and "Benedictus" from the Mass for three voices by William Byrd...
7/27/2009

The Office of Compline for July 26, 2009

26 July 2009 8th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: "Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts" (Christe redemptor, Sarum plainsong, Mode I) PSALM: 145: 10 - 19, 22 (Sean Glenn) HYMN: "To you before the close of day" (Compline office hymn: Te lucis ante terminum, plainsong, Mode VIII, Antiphonale Sarisburiense, Vol. II)) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Peter Hallock) ANTHEM: "Deus canticum novum" (Giovanni Matteo Asola [ca. 1532 - 1609])
7/6/2009

The Office of Compline for July 5, 2009

5 July 2009 5th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Brian Fairbanks Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV ORISON: "God be in my head" (Douglas Fullington [b. 1969]) PSALM: 48 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Amazing grace" (arranged by Richard Proulx [b. 1937]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Dana Marsh) ANTHEMS: I) "Sometimes I feel like a motherless child" (arranged by Brian Fairbanks [b. 1968]) II) "There is a balm in Gilead" (arranged by Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])
6/29/2009

The Office of Compline for June 28, 2009

28 June 2009 4th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Christ, mighty Savior, Light of all creation" (Christe, Lux mundi, plainsong, Mode VII, Freiburg MS., 14th century) PSALM: 91 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 4) HYMN: "Blessed city, heavenly Salem" (Urbs beata Jerusalem, plainsong, Mode II, Nevers MS., 13th century) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1) ANTHEM: "Agnus Dei" from the Mass for three voices by...
6/8/2009

The Office of Compline for June 7, 2009

7 June 2009 Holy Trinity Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Tym Mackey ORISON: "O Trinity of blessed light" (O lux beata Trinitas, plainsong, Mode VIII) PSALM: 93 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 3) & 150 (C. V. Stanford, arr. Peter Hallock) HYMN: "All praise to thee, my God, this night" (tune: Tallis’ Canon, Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (tune: Marilyn, setting by Peter Hallock) ANTHEM: "Gloria tibi, Domine" (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623])
6/1/2009

The Office of Compline for May 31, 2009

31 May 2009 Day of Pentecost Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Nathan Jensen ORISON: "Come, Thou Holy Spirit, come" (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 104: 25 - 32, 35 - 37 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire" (tune: Veni Creator Spiritus, plainsong, Mode VIII) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4) ANTHEM: "Come Holy Spirit" (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
5/11/2009

The Office of Compline for May 10, 2009

10 May 2009 5th Sunday of Easter Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Jason Anderson ORISON: "Now the day is over" (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 66: 1 - 11 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "My song is love unknown" (John Ireland [1879 - 1962]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tomkins [1572 - 1656]; Tone VI) ANTHEM: "Ubi caritas" (polyphonic setting of the chant by Maurice Durufl [1902 - 1986])
5/4/2009

The Office of Compline for May 3, 2009

3 May 2009 4th Sunday of Easter Good Shepherd Sunday Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV ORISON: "O Trinity of blessed light" (O lux beata Trinitas, plainsong, Mode VIII) PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "The King of love my shepherd is" (tune: St. Columba, Traditional Irish Melody) NUNC DIMITTIS: (anonymous setting, Tone VI) ANTHEM: "Surrexit pastor bonus" (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ca. 1525 - 1594])
4/13/2009

The Office of Compline for April 12, 2009

12 April 2009 Easter Day - The Resurrection of Our Lord Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Tym Mackey PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle (Peter Hallock) PSALM: 114 (plainsong, Tonus Peregrinus) HYMN: "Christians, to the Paschal Victim" (Victimae Paschali laudes, plainsong, Mode I; attributed to Wigbert {Wipo of Burgundy} [d. 1050?]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd -- Tonus Peregrinus) ANTHEM: "Haec est dies" (Jakob Handl (Gallus) [1550 - 1591])
3/30/2009

The Office of Compline for March 29, 2009

29 March 2009 5th Sunday in Lent Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Nathan Jensen ORISON: "God be in my head" (Douglas Fullington) PSALM: 119: 9 - 16 (plainsong setting) HYMN: "Jesus, Redeemer of the world" (Jesu, nostra redemptio, plainsong, Mode VIII, Worcester MS, 13th century) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4) ANTHEM: "Si iniquitates observaveris" (Samuel Wesley [1766 - 1837])
3/16/2009

The Office of Compline for March 15, 2009

15 March 2009 3rd Sunday in Lent Conductor: Jeremy Matheis Reader: Jason Anderson Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV ORISON: "Peace be within this sacred place" (Alice Parker [b. 1925]) PSALM: 19 (plainsong, Tone III A 4) HYMN: "To you before the close of day" (Te lucis ante terminum, Compline office hymn, plainsong, Mode VIII, Antiphonale Sarisburiense, Vol. II) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [b. 1937]) ANTHEM: "Hear my prayer, O Lord" (Thomas Thompkins [1572 - 1656])
1/26/2009

The Office of Compline for January 25, 2009

25 January 2009 3rd Sunday after the Epiphany Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Fr. Ralph Caskadden Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Jesus, thou Joy of loving hearts" (Christe redemptor, Sarum plainsong, Mode I) PSALM: 19 (plainsong, Tone III A 4) HYMN: "Jesus calls us; o’er the tumult ..." (tune: Restoration, melody from The Southern Harmony, 1835) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623] - Tonus Peregrinus) ANTHEMS: 1) "He that hath my commandments" (William Mundy [ca....
1/19/2009

The Office of Compline for January 18, 2009

18 January 2009 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 19th) Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: "The eternal gifts of Christ the King" (terna Christi munera, Medieval plainsong, Mode VII) PSALM: 46 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "There is a balm in Gilead" (Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585], Mode VII) ANTHEM: "Holy is the true light" (Sir William H. Harris [1883 - 1972])
1/12/2009

The Office of Compline for January 11, 2009

11 January 2009 1st Sunday after the Epiphany The Baptism of Our Lord Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Jason Anderson ORISON: "Christ, when for us you were baptized" (tune: Caithness, from The Psalmes of David in Prose and Meeter, harmonized The English Hymnal, 1906) PSALM: 89: 1, 2, 20 - 29 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "‘I come,’ the great Redeemer cries" (tune: This Endris Nyght, English melody; harmonized by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1972 - 1958]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by...
1/5/2009

The Office of Compline for January 4, 2009

4 January 2009 2nd Sunday after Christmas Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV ORISON: "O come ye servants of the Lord" (Christopher Tye [ca. 1505 - 1572]) PSALM: 84 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Earth has many a city" (tune: Stuttgart, melody from Psalmodia Sacra, oder Andchtige und Schne Gesange, 1715; harmonized by K. D. Smith [b. 1928]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (tune: Marilyn, setting by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) ANTHEM: "Videntes stellam magi" (Claude Goudimel [ca....
12/29/2008

The Office of Compline for December 28, 2008

28 December 2008 1st Sunday after Christmas Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Of the Father’s love begotten" (Divinum mysterium, Sanctus trope, 11th century) PSALM: 147 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "In the bleak midwinter" (tune: Cranham, Gustav Theodore Holst [1874 - 1934]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes, Tone II Ending 1) ANTHEMS: 1) The Coventry Carol (from the Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, 15th century) 2) "Deo gratia persolvamus"...
12/22/2008

The Office of Compline for December 21, 2008

21 December 2008 4th Sunday in Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Of the Father’s love begotten" (Divinum mysterium, Sanctus trope, 11th century) PSALM: 147 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Lo, how a rose e’er blooming" (Michael Prtorius [ca. 1571 - 1621], Carl Orff [1895 - 1982]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainson setting, Tone III Ending 4) ANTHEMS: 1) "Lullay, My Liking" (Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) 2) "Gloria in excelsis Deo" from the Mass for three voices...
12/8/2008

The Office of Compline for December 7, 2008

7 December 2008 2nd Sunday in Advent Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Jason Anderson PROCESSIONAL: The Second Song of Isaiah (Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 85 (plainsong, Tone I) HYMN: "Comfort, comfort ye my people" (melody by Claude Goudimel [1514 - 1573]; arr. by Louis Bourgeois [ca. 1510 - ca. 1561]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4) ANTHEM: "De caelo veniet" (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])
12/1/2008

The Office of Compline for November 30, 2008

30 November 2008 1st Sunday in Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Kenneth Peterson PROCESSIONAL: "O come, O come, Emmanuel" (Veni, veni, Emmanuel, plainsong, Mode I, Processionale, 15th century) PSALM: 126 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Come thou long expected Jesus" (tune: Stuttgart [1715]; adapted and harmonized by William Henry Havergal [1793 - 1870]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Morley [1557/58 - 1603]) ANTHEM: "Canite tuba" (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])
11/24/2008

The Office of Compline for November 23, 2008

23 November 2008 Last Sunday after Pentecost Christ the King Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Jesus, our mighty Lord" (Traditional Sussex Melody, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958]) PSALM: 24 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "The head that once was crowned with thorns" (tune: St. Magnus, melody Divine Companion, 1707, harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4) ANTHEM: "Great Lord...
11/17/2008

The Office of Compline for November 16, 2008

16 November 2008 27th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Jason Anderson ORISON: "Thy mercies fill the earth, O Lord" (Alice Parker [b. 1925]) PSALM: 90 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 4) HYMN: "I sought the Lord" (tune: Faith, J. Harold Moyer [b. 1927]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4) ANTHEMS: 1) "Agnus Dei" from the Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd [1539/40 - 1623]) 2) "Agnus Dei" from Missa Sancti Francisci (George Oldroyd [1886...
11/10/2008

The Office of Compline for November 9, 2008

9 November 2008 26th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Tym Mackey ORISON: "My spirit longs for thee" (John Dowland [1563 - 1626]) PSALM: 121 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "I to the hills will lift mine eyes" (tune: Burford, from A Book of Psalmody, 1718) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tomkins [1572 - 1656], Tone VI) ANTHEM: "I will lift up mine eyes" (Ernest Walker [1870 - 1949])
11/3/2008

The Office of Compline for November 2, 2008

2 November 2008 25th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV ORISON: "Holy is the true light" (Sir William H. Harris [1883 - 1973]) PSALM: 149 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Who are these like stars appearing" (tune: Zeuch mich, zeuch mich, melody from Geistreiches Gesang-buch [1698], harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956]) ANTHEM: Portions from the "Missa pro defunctis"...
10/27/2008

The Office of Compline for October 26, 2008

26 October 2008 24th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jeremy Matheis Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Maker of all things" (from Archbishop Parker’s Psalter, fourth mode melody, Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) PSALM: 68: 1 - 20 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "All people that on earth do dwell" (tune: Old 100th, melody from Pseaumes octante trois de David, 1551; harmonized after Louis Bourgeois [ca. 1510 - ca. 1561]; v. 4: fauxbourdon and harmonized by John Dowland [1563 - 1626])...
10/13/2008

The Office of Compline for October 12, 2008

12 October 2008 22nd Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Tym Mackey ORISON: "Now cheer our hearts this eventide" (Nathan Jensen) PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "There is a balm in Gilead" (Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Orlando Gibbons, Tone I Ending 2) ANTHEM: "Jesu, dulcis memoria" (Iain Quinn [b. 1973])
10/6/2008

The Office of Compline for October 5, 2008

5 October 200821st Sunday after PentecostSt. Francis (October 4th)Conductor: Peter HallockReader: William TurnipseedCantor: Fred McIlroy IVORISON: Jesus, Redeemer of the world (Jesu, nostra redemptio, plainsong, Mode 8, Worcester MS., 13th century)PSALM: 104: 25 - 37 (Peter Hallock)HYMN: Lord, make us servants of your peace (tune: Dickinson College, Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr. [1923 - 1979])NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Orlando Gibbons)ANTHEM: Iustus germinabit sicut lilium (Jakob (Handl) Gallus...
9/29/2008

The Office of Compline for September 28, 2008

28 September 2008 20th Sunday after Pentecost St. Michael and All Angels (September 29th) Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels" (Christe sanctorum, Sarum plainsong, Mode I) PSALM: 103 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Round the Lord in glory seated" (tune: Rustington, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry [1848 - 1918]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes; Tone VIII Ending 1) ANTHEM: "Tibi Christe, splendor patris"...
9/8/2008

The Office of Compline for September 7, 2008

7 September 2008 17th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV ORISON: "Now the day is over" (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 34: 1 - 8 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2) HYMN: "God himself is with us" (tune: Tysk, from Psalm und Choralbuch, 1719) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627], Mode II) ANTHEM: "O bone Jesu" (Claudio Monteverdi [1576-1643])
9/1/2008

The Office of Compline for August 31, 2008

31 August 2008 16th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Jason Anderson Cantor: Nathan Jensen ORISON: "God be in my head" (Doug Fullington) PSALM: 99 (plainsong, Mode VII) HYMN: "All praise to thee, my God, this night" (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting) ANTHEM: "Deus canticum novum" (Giovanni Mateo Asola [ca. 1540 - 1609])
8/25/2008

The Office of Compline for August 24, 2008

24 August 2008 15th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Now as the troubled day departs" (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALMS: 134, 4 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Before the ending of the day" (Compline office hymn: Te lucis ante terminum, setting by Thomas Tallis [1505 - 1585], Mode VIII) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627], Mode VII) ANTHEM: "Salva Nos Domine, Vigilantes" (Jacob Handl...
8/18/2008

The Office of Compline for August 17, 2008

17 August 2008 14th Sunday after Pentecost St. Mary the Virgin (August 15th) Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Jason Anderson ORISON: "The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended" (Louis Bourgeois, 1543 [1510 - 1562]) PSALM: 34: 1 - 9 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2) HYMN: "Sing we of the blessed mother" (tune: Rustington, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry [1848 - 1918]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623], Tone I Ending 8) ANTHEM: "Ave Maria" (Franz Biebl,...
8/11/2008

The Office of Compline for August 10, 2008

10 August 2008 13th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Jason Anderson ORISON: "Jesus, lead the way" (Tune: Rochelle, Adam Drese, 1698 [1620 - 1701]) PSALM: 84 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Eternal light, shine in my heart" (Ach bleib bei uns, melody by Samuel Scheidt [1587 - 1654]; harmonized by Seth Calvinius [1556 - 1615]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by C. Andreas, 16th century; Tone I) ANTHEM: "Jesu, dulcis memoria" (Iain Quinn [b. 1973])
7/28/2008

The Office of Compline for July 27, 2008

27 July 2008 11th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: "God be in my head" (Douglas Fullington) PSALM: 91 (plainsong setting, Tone IV Ending 4) HYMN: "All praise to thee, my God, this night" (From Archbishop Parker’s Psalter, 1567: Tallis’ Canon, Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4) ANTHEM: "Si iniquitates observaveris" (Samuel Wesley [1766 - 1837])
7/21/2008

The Office of Compline for July 20, 2008

20 July 2008 10th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Jason Anderson ORISON: "The duteous day now closeth" (O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, melody attributed to Heinrich Isaac [ca. 1450 - 1517]; harmonized by Johann Sebastian Bach [1685 - 1750]) PSALM: 46 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "When all thy mercies, O my God" (From Ravenscroft’s Psalter, 1623; harmonized by Samuel Sebastian Wesley [1810 - 1876]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])...
7/14/2008

The Office of Compline for July 13, 2008

13 July 2008 9th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Jereny Matheis Cantor: Tym Mackey ORISON: "Now the day is over" (Tune: Merrial, Sir Joseph Barnby [1838 - 1896]) PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Te lucis ante terminum (To you before the close of day)" (Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])) ANTHEM: "If we could shut the gate" (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
7/7/2008

The Office of Compline for July 6, 2008

6 July 2008 8th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV ORISON: "The shadows of the evening hours" (Joshua Haberman [b. 1982]) PSALM: 147 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "I’ll praise my maker while I’ve breath" (tune: Old 113th, melody from Strassburger Kirchenamt, 1525; harmonized by Peter Hallock) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [? - 1629], Tone VIII Ending 1) ANTHEM: "I will meditate" (Richard Proulx [b. 1937])
6/30/2008

The Office of Compline for June 29, 2008

29 June 2008 7th Sunday after Pentecost St. Peter and St. Paul (June 29th) Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Nathan Jensen ORISON: "Slowly the rays of daylight fade" (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 148 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "King of the martyrs’ noble band" (Jesu, nostra redemptio, plainsong, Mode VIII, Worcester MS, 13th century) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627], Mode VII) ANTHEM: "Tu es Petrus" (Hans Leo Hassler [1564 -...
6/23/2008

The Office of Compline for June 22, 2008

22 June 2008 6th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Jason Anderson ORISON: "Round me falls the night" (melody by A. Drese, [d. 1701], harmonizations by S. S. Wesley, Henry Ley, J. S. Bach) PSALM: 91 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "When Christ was lifted from the earth" (tune: St. Botolph, Gordon Slater [1896 - 1979]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4) ANTHEM: "Ubi caritas" (polyphonic setting of the chant by Maurice Durufl [1902 - 1986])
6/16/2008

The Office of Compline for August 14, 2005

14 August 2005 13th Sunday after Pentecost St. Mary the Virgin (August 15th) Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Bill Turnipseed Cantor: Jeff Junkinsmith ORISON: "Blest are the pure in heart" (Searle Wright) PSALM: 34 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2) HYMN: "Sing we of the blessed Mother" (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry [1848 - 1918]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Mode III) ANTHEM: "Ave Maria" (Franz Biebl [1906 - 2001])
6/9/2008

The Office of Compline for June 8, 2008

4th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Bill Turnipseed Cantor: Tym Mackey ORISON: "O Trinity of blessd light" (tune: Bromley, Franz Joseph Haydn [1732 - 1809]) PSALM: 119: 33 - 48 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Jesus calls us; o’er the tumult" (melody from The Southern Harmony, 1835, harmonized for the [Episcopal] Hymnal 1982) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Orlando Gibbons [1583 - 1625]; Tone 1 Ending 2) ANTHEM: "Beati quorum via" (Sir Charles Villiers Stanford [1852 - 1924];...
6/2/2008

The Office of Compline for June 1, 2008

3rd Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV ORISON: "Now the day is over" (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 103 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "The duteous day now closeth" (tune: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, melody attributed to Heinrich Isaac [1440/50 - 1517]; harmonized by Johann Sebastian Bach [1685 - 1750]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (Anonymous 16th century setting, Tone VI) ANTHEM: "I laid me down to rest" (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623])
5/27/2008

The Office of Compline for May 25, 2008

2nd Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Phos hilaron" ("O gracious light") (Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969]) PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Amazing Grace" (arranged by Richard Proulx [b. 1937] and Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585], Mode 7) ANTHEM: "Laudate Dominum" (Frank Ferko [b. 1950])
5/19/2008

The Office of Compline for May 18, 2008

The Holy Trinity Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Jason Anderson ORISON: "O Trinity of blessed light" (O lux beata Trinitas, plainsong, Mode VIII) PSALMS: 93 (plainsong, Mode VIII Ending 3) & 150 (C. V. Stanford [1852 - 1924]) HYMN: "All praise to thee, my God, this night" (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Charles Wood [1866 - 1926]) ANTHEM: "Great Lord of Lords" (Charles Wood)
5/13/2008

The Office of Compline for May 11, 2008

Day of Pentecost Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Tym Mackey ORISON: "Come, Thou Holy Spirit, come" (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 104: 25 - 32, 35 - 37 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire" (tune: Veni Creator Spiritus, plainsong, Mode VIII) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd[1539/40 - 1623] - Tonus Peregrinus) ANTHEM: "If we could shut the gate" (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
5/6/2008

The Office of Compline for May 4, 2008

7th Sunday of Easter Ascension of Our Lord Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV PROCESSIONAL: "O clap your hands" (Psalm 47) (Peter Hallock) PSALM: 47 (plainsong, Mode V Ending 2) HYMN: "O Lord Most High, eternal King" (terne Rex altissime, plainsong, Mode I) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Padre Vincente Ripolls, Tone V) ANTHEM: "Viri Galili" (William Byrd [1539/40 - 1623])
4/28/2008

The Office of Compline for April 27, 2008

6th Sunday of Easter Rogation Sunday Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Father Ralph Carskadden Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Now the day is over" (tune: Merrial, Sir Joseph Barnby [1838 - 1896]) PSALM: 104: 25 - 32, 35 - 37 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature" (tune: St. Elizabeth, melody from Schlesische Volkslieder, 1842; harmonized by Thomas Tertius Noble [1867 - 1953]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4) ANTHEM: "Sicut cervus" (Giovanni...
3/31/2008

The Office of Compline for March 30, 2008

2nd Sunday of Easter Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Nathan Jensen ORISON: "The shadows of the evening hours" (Joshua Haberman [b. 1982]) PSALM: 118: 14 - 29 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 3) HYMN: "O sons and daughters, let us sing"(O filii et filiae, melody from Airs sur les hymnes sacrez, odes et nols, 1623) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [? - 1629], Tone II Ending 1) ANTHEM: "Christ rising again" (John Sheppard [ca.1515 - ca.1559])
3/21/2008

The Office of Compline for April 20, 2008

5th Sunday of Easter Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Tym Mackey ORISON: "God that madest earth and heaven" (tune: Ar Hyd y Nos,Traditional Welsh Melody) PSALM: 40 (plainsong, Mode II Ending 1) HYMN: "All praise to thee, my God, this night" (tune: Tallis Canon, from Archbishop Parkers Psalter, [1567], Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627]) ANTHEM: "Bring us, O Lord God" (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
3/11/2008

The Office of Compline for February 10, 2008

1st Sunday in Lent Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Tym Mackey ORISON: Orison for Lent (plainsong) PSALM: 51 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Now let us all with one accord" (Ex mora docti mystico, plainsong, Mode 2, Verona MS., 12th century) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4) ANTHEM: A setting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah by Thomas Tallis ([ca. 1505 - 1989]; Lamentations 1: 1 - 2)
1/28/2008

The Office of Compline for January 27, 2008

27 January 2008 3rd Sunday after Epiphany Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Round me falls the night" (melody by A. Drese, [d. 1701], harmonizations by S. S. Wesley, Henry Ley, J. S. Bach) PSALM: 27: 1 - 13 (plainsong, Mode VIII Ending 1) HYMN: "O holy splendor of eternal light" (Coolinge) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Christopher Tye [ca. 1505 - ?1572]) ANTHEM: "In manus tuas"(John Sheppard [ca. 1515 - 1559])
8/14/2007

The Office of Compline for August 12, 2007

11th Sunday after Pentecost St. Mary the Virgin (August 15th) Conductor: Peter Hallock Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Jason Anderson ORISON: "Blest are the pure in heart" (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 34 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2) HYMN: "Sing we of the blessed mother" (tune: Rustington, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry [1848 - 1918]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Matteo Palotta [1680 - 1758]) ANTHEM: "Ave Maria" (Franz Biebl, 1964 [1906 - 2001])

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