The Compline Service from St. Mark's Cathedral

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 […]

The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Bring us, O Lord God – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) PSALMS 134 & 4 – Peter R. Hallock HYMN: I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath (Tune: OLD 113TH) – Melody from Strassburger Kirchenamt, 1525; harm. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) NUNC DIMITTIS (2-part with bells) – Peter R. Hallock […]

The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: O day of God, draw nigh (Tune: SAINT MICHAEL) – Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510-c. 1561); harm. William Henry Monk (1823-1889) PSALM 70 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Rejoice, rejoice, believers and let your lights appear (Tune: LLANGLOFFAN) – mel. from Hymnau a Thonau er Gwasanaeth yr Eglwys yng Nghymru, […]

All Saints’ Sunday ORISON: Let saints on earth in concert sing (Tune: DUNDEE) – melody from The CL Psalmes of David, 1615; harm. Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1592-c. 1635) PSALM 149 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Who are these like stars appearing? (Tune: ZUECH MICH, ZEUCH MICH) – mel. from Geistreiches Gesang-buch, 1698; harm. William Henry […]

The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Slowly the rays of daylight fade – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004) PSALM 1 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: The eternal gifts of Christ the King (Tune: AETERNA CHRISTI MUNERA) – Plainsong, Mode VII NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.4 ANTHEM: ‘Õnnis on inimene’ from Taaveti laul – Cyrillus […]

The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Dear Lord and Father of mankind – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004) PSALM 96 – Plainsong, Tone V.1 HYMN: I heard the voice of Jesus say, “Come unto me and rest” (Tune: THE THIRD TUNE) – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) NUNC DIMITTIS – Elway Bevin (c. 1555-1638) ANTHEM: The Road […]

The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Maker of all things, God most high – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) PSALM 23 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: The King of love my Shepherd is (Tune: SAINT COLUMBA) – Irish melody; stzs. 1-5 harm. Hymnal 1940; stz. 6 harm. Peter R. Hallock NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VI; […]

The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Dedication – Joshua Haberman (b. 1982) PSALM 80:7-14 – Plainsong, Tone IV.4 HYMN: As those of old their first fruits brought (Tune: FOREST GREEN) – English mel.; adapt. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) NUNC DIMITTIS – Arthur Wills (1926-2020) ANTHEM: Descendi in hortum nucum – Giovannia Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) Jason […]

SAINT MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS ORISON: The Guardian Angel – Ina Boyle (1889-1967) PSALM 91 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Ye holy angels bright (Tune: DARWALL’S 148TH) – mel. John Darwall (1731-1789); harm. William Henry Monk (1823-1889) and Martin Fallas Shaw (1875-1958) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone I; harm. Carolus Andreas (d. 1627) ANTHEM: Salvator […]

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Now cheer our hearts this eventide – Nathan Jensen (b. 1968) PSALM 145 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Now the day is over – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III; harm. Carolus Andreas (d. 1627) ANTHEM: Nisi Dominus – Giovanni Matteo Asola (c. 1532-1609) […]

The Sixteenth Sunday after PentecostHildegard of Bingen, Mystic and Scholar, 1179 ORISON: O Pastor animarum, Mode I – Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) PSALM 103 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.5 HYMN O ignee Spiritus, Mode I – Hildegard von Bingen NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.4 ANTHEM: O speculum columbe – Frank Ferko (b. 1950) Jason Anderson, director • Joel […]

The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Now cheer our hearts this eventide (Tune: ACH BLEIB BEI UNS) – Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1589; harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) PSALM 119:33-48 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Book of books, our people’s strength (Tune: LEIBSTER JESU) – melody by Johann Rudolph Ahle (1625-1673); harm. George Herbert Palmer (1846-1926) […]

The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Now as the troubled day departs – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004) PSALM 26:1-3, 6-9, 11-12 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN 42: Now the day is over (Tune: MERRIAL) – Joseph Barnby (1838-1896) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone V; harm. Vincente Ripollès (1867-1943) ANTHEM: Sicut cervus – Charles […]

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: The shadows of the evening hours – Joshua Haberman (b. 1982) PSALM 138 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN 662: Abide with me (Tune: EVENTIDE) – William Henry Monk (1823-1889) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone VII; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560-1627) ANTHEM: Salva nos, Domine, vigilantes […]

The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Christ, mighty Savior (Tune: Christe, Lux mundi) – Plainsong, Mode VII, Freiburg MS., 14th cent. PSALM 67 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1PSALM 67 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1 OFFICE HYMN: To you before the close of day (Tune: Te lucis ante terminum) – Plainsong, Mode VIII, Antiphonale Sarisburiense, Vol. II NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.4 ANTHEM: I will c...