The Compline Service from St. Mark's Cathedral

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...

The Fourth Sunday of Easter ORISON: The Lord is my shepherd – Bobby McFerrin (b. 1950)  PSALM 23 (Setting I) – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN: The King of love my shepherd is (Tune: Saint Columba) – Irish mel., harm. Hymnal 1940 and Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VI; harm. Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)  ANTHEM: The Good Shepherd – Alice Parker (1925-2023)  Jason An...

The Third Sunday of Easter ORISON: God himself is with us (Tune: TYSK) – from Psalm und Choralbuch, 1719; arr. Gregory Bloch PSALM 116 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Lift your voice rejoicing, Mary (Tune: FISK OF GLOUCESTER) – Thomas Foster (1938-2025) NUNC DIMITTIS – Melchior Franck (c. 1579-1639); arr. Robert Preston & Gregory […]

The Second Sunday of Easter ORISON: This joyful Eastertide (Tune: VREUCHTEN) – Dutch carol; harm. George Wood (1866-1926); vs. 2 harm. Alice Parker (1925-2023); final refrain harm. The Baptist Hymnal, 1975 PSALM 16 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: We walk by faith, and not by sight (Tune: SAINT BOTOLPH) – Gordon Slater (1896-1979); […]

The Sunday of the Resurrection: Easter Day PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) CANTICLE: The Song of Moses – Plainsong, Tone I and Tonus peregrinus; arr. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977) HYMN: Ad cenam Agni providi – Plainsong, Mode VIII; harm. Guillaume Dufay (c. 1397-1474); ed. Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, […]

The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday ORISON: Shame and rebuke have broken my heart – Plainsong, Mode VIII; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 88 – Plainsong, Tone I RESPOND: In manus tuas – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558) HYMN: Today, he who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon the tree – […]

The Fifth Sunday in Lent ORISON: When the Lord saw the sisters of Lazarus – Plainsong, Mode I; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 130 – Plainsong, Tone IV.5 HYMN: Drop, drop, slow tears (Tune: SONG 46) – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2 ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah – Thomas Tallis […]

The Fourth Sunday in Lent ORISON: Jerusalem is built as a city – Plainsong, Mode IV; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 23 – Plainsong, Tone VII.3 HYMN: Lord, we are blind (Tune: GODMANSTONE) – Cyril V. Taylor (1907-1991) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2 ANTHEM: Lamentations – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) Jason Anderson, director […]

The Third Sunday in Lent ORISON: To one who drinks the water – Plainsong, Mode VII; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 95 – Plainsong, Tone IV.4 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 – Plainsong setting, […]

The Second Sunday in Lent ORISON: If anyone would come after me – Plainsong, Mode I; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 121 – Plainsong, Tone V.1 HYMN: Christe, qui lux es et dies – Plainsong, Mode II; arr. Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2 ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah (a5) […]

The First Sunday in Lent ORISON: I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God – Plainsong, Mode V; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 32 – Plainsong, Tone III.4 HYMN: The Truth from Above – Herefordshire Carol, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2 ANTHEM: Immutemur habitu […]

The Last Sunday after the Epiphany PROCESSION: Processional Psalm for Lucernarium – Carl C. Crosier (1945-2014) PSALM 2 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.3 HYMN: Songs of thankfulness and praise (Tune: SALZBURG) – mel. Jakob Hintze (1622-1702); harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) NUNC DIMITTIS – Elway Bevin (c. 1555-1638) ANTHEM: Resplenduit facies ejus – Tomás Luis de […]

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: Jesus said, “You are the light of the world” – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) PSALM 112 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014); adapt. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977) HYMN: Eternal light, shine in my heart (Tune: JACOB) – Jane Manton Marshall (1924-2019) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone V; harm. […]

The Eve of the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple PROCESSION: The Lord comes to his temple – Plainsong, adapt. Peter. R. Hallock (1924-2014) PSALM 122 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) ANTIPHON: Behold, our Lord will come with power – Plainsong, Mode III [American Gradual] HYMN: Virgin-born, we bow before thee – Claude Goudimel […]

The Third Sunday after the Ephiphany ORISON: The people who in darkness walked (Tune: DUNDEE) – mel. The CL Psalmes of David, 1615; harm. Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1592-c. 1635) PSALM 27:1,5-13 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1 HYMN: Jesus calls us; o’er the tumult (Tune: RESTORATION) – mel. The Southern Harmony, 1835; arr. Greg Bloch (b. 1977) […]

The Confession of St. Peter ORISON: You are the Christ, O Lord (Tune: WYNGATE CANON) – Richard Wayne Dirksen (1921-2003) PSALM 118:14-29 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1 HYMN: Jesus, priceless treasure (Tune: JESU, MEINE FREUDE) – Johann Cruger (1598-1662), alt.; and J. S. Bach (1685-1750) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III; harm. Carolus Andreae (1550-1627) ANTHEM: Quem […]