The Compline Service from St. Mark's Cathedral

The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: God be in my head – Doug Fullington (b. 1969) PSALM 91 – Plainsong, Tone IV.4 OFFICE HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum (Before the ending of the day) – Plainsong; harm. Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.6 ANTHEM: Let us now laud – William Mundy […]

The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: ‘Beloved, let us love one another’ from In Praise of Singing – Alice Parker (1925-2023) PSALM 32 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: O God of earth and altar (Tune: KING’S LYNN) – English folk melody; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977) NUNC DIMITTIS […]

The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: ‘Phos hilaron,’ from The Evening Service – Stephen Sturk (b. 1950) PSALM 13 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Amazing grace! (Tune: NEW BRITAIN) – arr. Richard T. Proulx (1937-2010) NUNC DIMITTIS from The Evening Service – Stephen Sturk ANTHEM: Sometimes I feel like a motherless child – Negro […]

The Third Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Let my prayer arise like incense (Да исправится молитва моя) – Dmitry Bortniansky (1751-1825); arr. Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969) PSALM 16:5, 8-11 – Doug Fullington (b. 1969) HYMN: Jesus calls us; o’er the tumult (Tune: RESTORATION) – mel. The Sacred Harp, 1835; arr. Greg Bloch (b. 1977) NUNC DIMITTIS […]

The Second Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: ‘Phos hilaron’ from Music for Compline – Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969) PSALM 22:22-30 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) OFFICE HYMN: ‘Te lucis ante terminum’ from Music for Compline – Kevin Siegfried NUNC DIMITTIS – Roger Sherman ANTHEM: There is a balm in Gilead – African-American Spiritual; arr. Jeff Junkinsmith […]

The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday ORISON: O Trinity of blessed Light – Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956) PSALM 8 – Plainsong, Tone V.2 with fauxbourdons by Gerre Hancock (1934-2012); adapt. Greg Bloch HYMN: Holy God, we praise thy Name (Tune: GROSSER GOTT) – mel. from Katholisches Gesangbuch, 1686; harm. Charles Winfred Douglas (1867-1944), after Conrad […]

The Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday ORISON: Veni Sancte Spiritus – Plainsong, Mode I PSALM 104:25-32,35-37 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: O thou who camest from above (Tune: HEREFORD) – Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone II; harm. Matteo Palotta (1680-1758) ANTHEM: Come, Holy Spirit – Peter R. Hallock Jason Anderson, director • Bill Turnipseed, reader • […...

The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day PROCESSION: O clap your hands – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) PSALM 57 – Peter R. Hallock HYMN: The head that once was crowned with thorns (Tune: SAINT MAGNUS) – mel. attr. Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707); harm. William Henry Monk (1823-1889) and Geoffrey Shaw (1879-1943), alt. NUNC DIMITTIS […]

The Sixth Sunday of Easter ORISON: Alleluia! sing to Jesus! (Tune: HYFRYDOL) – Rowland Hugh Prichard (1811-1887) PSALM 65 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Hark! I hear the harps eternal (Tune: INVITATION NEW) – arr. William Hauser (1812-1880); adapt. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977) NUNC DIMITTIS (Tone VI) – Tyler Morse (b. 1990) ANTHEM: […]

The Fifth Sunday of Easter ORISON: ‘O Light, O Way, O Truth, O Life’, from Ten Orisons – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004) PSALM 148 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: O what their joy and their glory must be (Tune: O QUANTA QUALIA) – mel. from Antiphoner, 1681; harm. John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876) NUNC DIMITTIS […]

The Fourth Sunday of Easter ORISON: All people that on earth do dwell (Tune: OLD 100TH) – mel. From Pseaumes octante trois de David, 1551, alt.; harm. after Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510-c. 1561); final fauxbourdon by John Dowland (1563-1626) PSALM 23 (Setting II) – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: The God of love my Shepherd […]

The Third Sunday of Easter ORISON: Christians to the Paschal victim (Tune: VICTIMAE PASCHALI LAUDES) – Plainsong, Mode I; melody att. Wigbert (d. 1050?) and Christ the Lord is risen again (Tune: CHRIST IST ERSTANDEN) – mel. from Geistliche Lieder, 1533; harm. Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) PSALM 33:1-11 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Lift […]

The Second Sunday of Easter ORISON: We walk by faith, and not by sight (Tune: ST. BOTOLPH) – Gordon Slater (1896-1979) PSALM 118:14-24 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1 HYMN 42: Now the day is over (Tune: MERRIAL) – Joseph Barnby (1838-1896) NUNC DIMITTIS from First Fauxbourdon Service – Philip Moore (b. 1943) ANTHEM: Peace – Peter R. […]

Easter Day PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) PSALM 114 – Plainsong, Tonus Peregrinus (Ninth psalm tone) HYMN: Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (Tune: GAUDEAMUS PARITER) – Medieval Bohemian Carol Melody, 1544; vs. 2 harm. Hymnal 1940; vs. 3 harm. Harvey Grace (1874-1944) NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tonus peregrinus; harm. William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) ANTHEM: [&#82...

The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday ORISON: We glory in your cross, O Lord – Plainsong, Mode IV; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 31:9-16 – Plainsong, Tone III.5 RESPOND: In manus tuas – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558) HYMN: O sacred head, sore wounded (Tune: HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN) – Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612); […]

The Fifth Sunday in Lent ORISON: Give judgment for me, O God – Plainsong, Mode IV; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 126 – Plainsong, Tone I.9 HYMN: Drop, drop, slow tears (Tune: SONG 46) – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone VIII.1 ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah – William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) […]

The Fourth Sunday in Lent ORISON: Rejoice with Jerusalem– Plainsong, Mode V; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 32 – Plainsong, Tone III.4 HYMN: Kind Maker of the world (Tune: A LA VENUE DE NOËL) – mel. from Fleurs des noels, 1535 NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone VIII.1 ANTHEM: Media vita in morte sumus […]

The Third Sunday in Lent ORISON: My eyes are ever looking to the Lord – Plainsong, Mode VII; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 63:1-8 – Plainsong, Tone II.1 HYMN: Lord Jesus, think on me (Tune: SOUTHWELL) – from Daman’s Psalter, 1579; adapt. Hymnal 1940; fauxbourdon harm. by Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) NUNC DIMITTIS – […]

The Second Sunday in Lent ORISON: You speak within my heart – Plainsong, Tone III; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 27:10-18 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1 HYMN: Eternal light, shine in my heart (Tune: JACOB) – Jane Manton Marshall (1924-2019) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone VIII.1 ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah – Juan de Lienas […]

The First Sunday in Lent ORISON: He shall call upon me – Plainsong, Mode VIII; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 91:1-2,9-16 – Plainsong, Tone IV.4 HYMN: Forty days and forty nights (Tune: AUS DER TIEFE RUFE ICH) – mel. att. Martin Herbst (1654-1681), alt.; harm. William Henry Monk (1823-1889) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, […]

The Last Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: ’Tis good, Lord, to be here! (Tune: CARLISLE) – Charles Lockhart (1745-1815) [St Paul’s Hymn] PSALMS 99 & 150 – Plainsong, Tone VII.7 and C. V. Stanford (1852-1924) HYMN: Christ upon the mountain peak (Tune: IBIS) – melody Thomas Kuras (1950-1997); harm. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) NUNC DIMITTIS […]

The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: In your mercy, Lord, you called me (Tune: HALTON HOLGATE) – William Boyce (1711-1779); verse 3 harm. Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) PSALM 37:1-12,41-42 HYMN: Father all loving, who rulest in majesty (Tune: WAS LEBET) – mel. from Choral-Buch, 1754; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) NUNC DIMITTIS – Elway […]

The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: ‘Blest are the pure in heart,’ from Ten Orisons – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004) PSALM 1 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) OFFICE HYMN: Before the ending of the day – Sarum plainsong, Mode VIII; harm. Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) NUNC DIMITTIS – Anonymous setting from The Lumley […]

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: Dear Lord and Father of mankind (Tune: REST) – Frederick Charles Maker (1844-1927) PSALM 138 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: Jesus calls us; o’er the tumult (Tune: RESTORATION) – mel. The Sacred Harp, 1835; arr. Greg Bloch NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VIII; harm. John Holmes […]

The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the TempleCandlemas Procession at Compline ANTIPHON: Behold, our Lord will come with power – Plainsong, Mode III [American Gradual] PROCESSIONAL PSALM 48 PSALM 84 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Virgin-born, we bow before thee – Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572) Nunc Dimittis with Candlemas Antiphon ANTHEM: Almighty […]