The Compline Service from St. Mark's Cathedral

The 22nd Sunday after Pentecost; Proper 25  ORISON: ‘Slowly the rays of daylight fade’ from Ten Orisons – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)  PSALM 90:1-12 – Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977) HYMN: O God, our help in ages past (Tune: Saint Anne) – mel. att. William Croft (1678-1727); harm. William Henry Monk (1823-1889)  NUNC DIMITTIS – […]

SAINT LUKE  ORISON: ‘Psalm 147’ from Six Hymns to Doctor Watts – Alice Parker (1925-2023)  PSALM 147 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN: The eternal gifts of Christ the King (Tune: Aeterna Christi munera) – Plainsong, Mode VII  NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VII; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560-1627)  ANTHEM: Ibant apostoli – […]

The 20th Sunday after Pentecost; Proper 23  ORISON: ‘Blest are the pure in heart,’ from Ten Orisons – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)  PSALM 91 (Setting I) – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN: All praise to thee, my God, this night (Tune: Tallis’ Canon) – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)  NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VI; harm. […]

Francis of Assisi, Friar and Deacon  ORISON: ‘Seigneur, je vous en prie’ from Quatre petites prières de Saint-François d’Assise – Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)  CANTICLE: The Song of the Creatures – Martin Shaw (1875-1958); arr. Gregory Bloch (b. 1977) HYMN 416: For the beauty of the earth (Tune: Lucerna Laudoniae) – David Evans (1874-1948)  NUNC DIMITTIS […]

The 17th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20 ) ORISON: Richard de Castre’s Prayer to Jesus – Richard Runciman Terry (1865-1938); arr. for men’s voices by Vernon Nicodemus  PSALMS 134 & 4 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN 627: Lamp of our feet (Tune: Nun danket all und bringet Ehr) — mel. att. Johann Cruger (1598-1662), alt.  […]

Holy Cross Day (transferred)* ORISON: Hope of the world, thou Christ of great compassion (Tune: DONNE SECOURS) – mel. from Trente quatre pseaumes de David, 1551; harm. Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572) PSALM 46 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow (Tune: CROSS OF JESUS) – John Stainer (1840-1901) NUNC DIMITTIS – […]

 The 15th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18A)  ORISON: God be in my head – Doug Fullington (b. 1969)  PSALM 149 – Plainsong, Tone I.9  HYMN: The duteous day now closeth (Tune: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen) – mel. attr. Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450-1517); harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  NUNC DIMITTIS ...

The 14th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 17A)  ORISON: The shadows of the evening hours – Joshua Haberman (b. 1982)  PSALM 105:1-6,23-26 – John Fenstermaker (b. 1942)  HYMN: Lord of all being, throned afar (Tune: Mendon) – German mel., adapt. Lowell Mason (1792-1872)  NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone VII; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Vi...

The 13th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16A)  ORISON: The shadows of the evening hours – Erin Aas (b. 1974)  PSALM 124 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN 577: God is love (Tune: Ubi caritas [Murray]) – Dom Gregory Murray OSB (1905-1992)  NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone VI; harm. Lodovico G...

The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost COMPLINE 70th/7th ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND – Special service featuring the men and women of the Compline Choir singing together for the first time. ORISON: My Song in the Night – Old American Hymn, arr. Elaine Hagenberg (b. 1979) PSALM 31:1-5, 24 (Ionian Psalter) – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) OFFICE HYMN: ‘Te lucis ante […]

The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 14A)  ORISON: Savior, breathe an evening blessing (Tune: Vesper Hymn) – Dimitri Bortniansky (1751-1825); arr. The Academic Hymnal, 1899 PSALM 105:1-6,16-22 – Margaret Burk (b. 1990) HYMN 699: Jesus, Lover of my soul (Tune: Aberystwyth) – Joseph Parry (1841-1903); vs. 2 h...

The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 13A) The Service is performed by the Women’s Compline Choir ORISON: Salve, porta regis – Codex Las Huelgas, ca. 1300  PSALM 17 – Sheila Bristow (b. 1969)  HYMN: Christe qui lux es et dies – Plainsong, Mode II; arr. Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969)  NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainchant, Tone V  […]

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 12A) The Service is performed by the Women’s Compline Choir ORISON: O Frondens – Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179); arr. Chris Foss (b. 1983) PSALMS 134 & 4 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014); adapt. Jeff Reynolds (b. 1943) & Gregory Bloch (b. 1977) HYMN: For the beauty of the earth (Tune: Dix) – Conrad Kocher (1786-1872); arr. P...

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 11A)  ORISON: Dixi forsitan Tenebrae (Tune: Farmborough) – Arthur S. Warrell (1883-1939); arr. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977)  PSALM 139 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN: Almighty God, your word is cast like seed (Tune: Walden) – Jane Manton Marshall (1925-2019); arr. Gregory Bloch (b. 1...

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10A) ORISON: God be in my head – Scott Fikse (b. 1983)  PSALM 91 – Plainsong, Tone IV.4  HYMN 33: Christ, mighty Savior (Tune: Christe, Lux mundi) – Plainsong, Mode VII, Freiburg MS., 14th cent.  NUNC DIMITTIS in G – Charles Wood (1866-1926)  ANTHEM: ‘In pace’ from Three Latin Mote...

INDEPENDENCE DAY (transferred) ORISON: ‘Phos hilaron,’ from The Evening Service – Stephen Sturk (b. 1950)  PSALM 12 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  OFFICE HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum – Roupen Shakarian (b. 1950)  NUNC DIMITTIS from The Evening Service – Stephen Sturk  ANTHEM: Weeping Pilgrim, from&#160...

The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8A)  ORISON: ‘Psalm 119’ from Six Hymns to Doctor Watts – Alice Parker (1925-2023)  PSALM 13 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN 609: Where cross the crowded was of life (Tune: Gardiner) – from Sacred Melodies, 1815; arr. William Gardiner (1770-1853)  NUNC DIMITTIS – ...

The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 7A)  ORISON: ‘Phos hilaron’ from Music for Compline – Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969)  PSALM 86:1-10,16-17 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) OFFICE HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum – Scandinavian melody; adapt. and arr. Derek Tilton (b. 1987)  NUNC DIMITTIS (Tone VI) – Tyler Morse (b. 1990)  ANTHEM: Poor Wayfa...

The Third Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: ‘Slowly the rays of daylight fade’ from Ten Orisons – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)  PSALM 116:1,10-17 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN: The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended (Tune: Les Commandements) – mel. Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510-1559); harm. Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572) and Hymnal 1940  NUNC...

The Second Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Now cheer our hearts this eventide – Nathan Jensen (b. 1968)  PSALM 33:1-11 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN: O God of Bethel (Tune: Dundee) – mel. from The CL Psalmes of David, 1615; harm. The Psalmes of David in Prose and Meeter, 1635 [H40 497]  NUNC DIMITTIS –&...

The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary  ORISON: Virgin born, we bow before thee (Tune: Mon dieu, prête-moi l’oreille) – mel. Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510-1559); harm.  Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572) PSALM 113 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)  HYMN 269: Ye who claim the faith of Jesus (Tune: Den des Vaters Sinn geboren) – Johann Anastasius Freylinghause...

THE DAY OF PENTECOST: WHITSUNDAY  ORISON: O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)  PSALM 104:25-32,35-37 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN 503: Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire (Tune: Come, Holy Ghost) – John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (1820-1891); adapt. and harm. David Hurd (b. 1950)  NUNC DIMITTIS – Anonymou...

The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day  ORISON: God is ascended (Tune: Gen Himmel aufgefahren ist) – German, 16th cent.; arr. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  PSALM 68:1-20 – Peter R. Hallock  HYMN 217: A hymn of glory let us sing (Tune: Jam lucis orto sidere) – Plainsong, Mode I, Mailander Hymnem, 15th cent.  NUNC DIMITTIS – Anonymous, from Lumley...

The Sixth Sunday of Easter; Rogation Sunday  ORISON: Jesus, thou Joy of loving hearts (Tune: Christe Redemptor) – Sarum Plainsong, Mode I [see HYMNS]  PSALM 66:1-11 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN 210: The day of resurrection (Tune: Ellacombe) – from Gesangbuch, 1784; harm. William Henry Monk (1823-1889), alt...

The Fifth Sunday of Easter ORISON: ‘The Call’ from Five Mystical Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)  PSALM 31:1-5,15-16 – Plainsong, Tone IV.2  HYMN: Thou art the Way (Tune: Saint James) – Raphael Courteville (d. 1735); vs. 4 harm. Henry G. Ley (1887-1962)  NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone II; harm. Jo...