The Compline Service from St. Mark's Cathedral

The Third Sunday of Easter ORISON: This joyful Eastertide (Tune: VRUECHTEN) – mel. from Psalmen, 1685; harm. Charles Wood (1866-1926) PSALMS 134 & 4 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Lift your voice rejoicing, Mary (Tune: FISK OF GLOUCESTER) – Thomas Foster (1938-2024) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone I; harm. Thomas Morley (1557-1602) ANTHEM: Regina caeli […]

The Second Sunday of Easter ORISON: Alleluia! O sons and daughters, let us sing! (Tune: O FILII ET FILIAE) – mel. from Airs sur les hymnes sacrez, odes et noëls, 1623) PSALM 133 – Anglican Chant setting based on a theme from Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990); adapt. Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: […]

Easter Day PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) PSALM 114 – Plainsong, Tonus Peregrinus (Ninth psalm tone) HYMN: Ad cenam Agni providi – Plainsong, Mode VIII; harm. Guillaume Dufay (c. 1397-1474); NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tonus peregrinus; harm. William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) Cпасение coдeлaл (Salvation is created) – Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944); arr. for men’s voices […]

The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday ORISON: We glory in your cross, O Lord – Plainsong, Mode IV PSALM 22:1-11 – Plainsong, Tone IV.1 RESPOND: In manus tuas – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558) HYMN: O cross, whose wood is all our race’s boast (Tune: TENTH AVENUE) – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong […]

The Fifth Sunday in Lent ORISON: Give judgment for me, O God – Plainsong, Mode IV PSALM 119:9-16 – Plainsong, Tone II.1 HYMN: Drop, drop, slow tears (Tune: SONG 46) – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2 ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah (a5) – Alfonso Ferrabosco the Younger (c. 1575-1628) Jason Anderson, director […]

The Fourth Sunday in Lent ORISON: Rejoice with Jerusalem– Plainsong, Mode V PSALM 107:1-3, 17-22 – Plainsong, Tone V.1 HYMN: Lord, keep us steadfast in your Word (Tune: JESU DULCEDO CORDIUM) – Plainsong, Mode II; ed. Carl C. Crosier (1945-2014); harm. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014 NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2 ANTHEM: Of the […]

The Third Sunday in Lent ORISON: He shall call upon me – Plainsong, Mode VIII PSALM 19 – Plainsong, Tone III.4 OFFICE HYMN: ‘Christe, qui lux es et dies,’ from Music for Compline – Plainsong, Mode II; arr. Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2 ANTHEM: Lamentations (Setting I) – Thomas […]

The Second Sunday in Lent ORISON: My eyes are ever looking to the Lord – Plainsong, Mode VI PSALM 22:22-30 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Lord Jesus, think on me (Tune: SOUTHWELL) – from Daman’s Psalter, 1579; adapt. Hymnal 1940; fauxbourdon harm. by Peter R. Hallock NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2 ANTHEM: […]

The First Sunday in Lent ORISON: Remember, O Lord – Plainsong, Tone IV [American Gradual] PSALM 25:1-9 – Plainsong, Tone IV.2 HYMN: The glory of these forty days (Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR) – mel. from Geistliche Lieder, 1535; harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2 ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah (a7) […]

The Last Sunday after the Epiphany PROCESSIONAL: Jesus said, “You are the light of the world” – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) PSALM 50:1-6 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: Christ upon the mountain peak (Tune: IBIS) – melody Thomas Kuras (1950-1997); harm. Peter R. Hallock NUNC DIMITTIS (Setting II) – Tyler Morse – (b. […]

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: ‘Praise ye the Lord’ from Six Hymns to Doctor Watts – Alice Parker (1925-2023) PSALM 147 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Eternal light, shine in my heart (Tune: JACOB) – Jane Manton Marshall (1924-2019) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VIII; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629) ANTHEM: Tu […]

The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: All praise to thee, my God, this night (Tune: TALLIS’ CANON) – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) PSALM 111 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.5 HYMN: Jesus, Lover of my soul (Tune: ABERYSTWYTH) – Joseph Palmer (1841-1903) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone III.6 ANTHEM: Domine non sum dignus – Tomás […]

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: Dear Lord and Father of mankind (Tune: REST) – Frederick Charles Maker (1844-1927) PSALM 62 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: Jesus calls us; o’er the tumult (Tune: RESTORATION) – The Sacred Harp, 1835; arr. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone II; harm. […]

The Second Sunday after Epiphany The Compline Choir is joined this week by the Senior Choristers of the St. Mark’s Cathedral Choir School, directed by Rebekah Gilmore ORISON: Here, O Lord, your servants gather (Tune: TOKYO) – Based on Japanese Gagaku mode; setting by Isao Koizumi (1907-1992) PSALM 139 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: […]

The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Jesus ORISON: How bright appears the Morning Star (Tune: WIE SCHÖN LEUCHTET) – mel. att. Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608); arr. and harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) PSALM 89:1-2, 20-29 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: When Christ’s appearing was made known (Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR) – mel. from […]

Eve of the Holy Name PROCESSIONAL: Puer nobis nascitur – from Moosburg Gradual, c. 1355-1360; arr. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) PSALM 147 – Peter R. Hallock HYMN: Of the Father’s love begotten (Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM) – Sanctus trope, 11th cent.; adapt. Piae Cantiones, 1582; arr. Richard T. Proulx (1937-2010) NUNC DIMITTIS (Tune: MARILYN) – Peter R. […]

The Third Sunday of Advent ORISON: Angelus emittitur – Piae Cantiones, 1582 and Richard Runciman Terry (1865-1938); arr. Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) PSALM 126 – Plainsong, Tone I.9 HYMN: The angel Gabriel from heaven came (Tune: GABRIEL’S MESSAGE) – Basque carol; arr. Edgar Pettman (1865-1943) NUNC DIMITTIS (Tune: MARILYN) – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) ANTHEM: […]

The Second Sunday of Advent ORISON: Comfort, comfort ye my people (Tune: PSALM 42) – melody by Claude Goudimel (1514-1572) PSALM 85:1-2, 8-13 – Plainsong, Tone III.5 HYMN: Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding (Tune: MERTON) – William Monk (1823-1889) NUNC DIMITTIS (Tune: MARILYN) – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) ANTHEM: Rorate caeli desuper– Peter R. […]

The First Sunday of Advent ORISON: Matin Responsory – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) PSALM 80:1-7, 16-18 – Plainsong, Tone IV.4 HYMN 66: Come, thou long-expected Jesus (Tune: STUTTGART) – mel. from Psalmodia Sacra, 1715; harm. William Henry Havergal (1793-1870) NUNC DIMITTIS (Tune: MARILYN) – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) ANTHEM: Ecce advenit dominator Dominus – William […]

The Last Sunday after Pentecost: The Reign of Christ ORISON: ‘Psalm 95’ from Six Hymns to Doctor Watts – Alice Parker (b. 1925) PSALM 95 – Plainsong, Tone IV.4 HYMN: Now thank we all our God (Tune: NUN DANKET ALLE GOTT) – mel. Johann Crüger (1598-1662); harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), The Academic Hymnal, 1899, and […]