The Compline Service from St. Mark's Cathedral
Summary: A weekly podcast of the Compline service as sung every Sunday night by The Compline Choir in St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1954 by the group's former director, Peter R. Hallock, the service has become something of a phenomenon, with upwards of 500 people (most of them in their teens and early twenties) attending the service, and thousands in the local radio audience and on the Internet each week.
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The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday [Due to a Cantor error, no Orison was sung.] CANTICLE: Benedictus es, Domine – Plainsong, Tone VIII HYMN: Round the Lord in glory seated (Tune: Rustington) – Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) NUNC DIMITTIS from The Evening Service – Stephen Sturk (b. 1950) ANTHEM: ‘Sanctus’ and ‘Benedictus’ from Mass for Three Voices – William Byrd (c. 1540/1543-1623) Jason Anderson, director • Tyler Morse, reader • Alan Wheaton, cantor
The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday [Due to a Cantor error, no Orison was sung.] CANTICLE: Benedictus es, Domine – Plainsong, Tone VIII HYMN: Round the Lord in glory seated (Tune: Rustington) – Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) NUNC DIMITTIS from The Evening Service – Stephen Sturk (b. 1950) ANTHEM: ‘Sanctus’ and ‘Benedictus’ from Mass for Three Voices – William Byrd (c. 1540/1543-1623) Jason Anderson, director • Tyler Morse, reader • Alan Wheaton, cantor
Whitsunday: The Day of Pentecost ORISON: Come, thou Holy Spirit, come! – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004) PSALM 104:25-32, 35-37 – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) HYMN: 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: Plainsong setting, Tone VII; harm. Thomas Morley (1557/1558-1602) ANTHEM: Alleluia. Emitte Spiritum tuum – William Byrd (c. 1540/1543-1623) Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Thomas Adams, cantor
Whitsunday: The Day of Pentecost ORISON: Come, thou Holy Spirit, come! – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004) PSALM 104:25-32, 35-37 – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) HYMN: 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: Plainsong setting, Tone VII; harm. Thomas Morley (1557/1558-1602) ANTHEM: Alleluia. Emitte Spiritum tuum – William Byrd (c. 1540/1543-1623) Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Thomas Adams, cantor
The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day PROCESSIONAL: O clap your hands – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) PSALMS 93 & 150 – Plainsong, Tone VIII & Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) HYMN: O Lord Most High, eternal King (Tune: Aeterne Rex altissime) – Plainsong, Mode I, Zisterzienser Hymnar, 14th cent. NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone VIII; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629) ANTHEM:Ascension – Derek Curtis-Tilton (b. 1987) world premiere Michael Kleinschmidt, organist • Danny Helseth, euphonium • Layne Benofsky, tenor soloist Jason Anderson, director • William Turnipseed, reader • Kenneth V. Peterson, cantor
The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day PROCESSIONAL: O clap your hands – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) PSALMS 93 & 150 – Plainsong, Tone VIII & Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) HYMN: O Lord Most High, eternal King (Tune: Aeterne Rex altissime) – Plainsong, Mode I, Zisterzienser Hymnar, 14th cent. NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone VIII; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629) ANTHEM:Ascension – Derek Curtis-Tilton (b. 1987) world premiere Michael Kleinschmidt, organist • Danny Helseth, euphonium • Layne Benofsky, tenor soloist Jason Anderson, director • William Turnipseed, reader • Kenneth V. Peterson, cantor
The Sixth Sunday of Easter: Alumni + Compline Alumni and friends joined current members of the Compline Choir to form a chorus numbering 32 voices. The service was offered in memory of Peter R. Hallock and all members of the choir who have died. PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) PSALM 98 – Hallock; ed. Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: The King of love my shepherd is (Tune: St. Columba) – Irish melody; harm. Hymnal 1928, final verse harm. Hallock NUNC DIMITTIS: Two-part setting with handbells – Hallock; ed. Anderson ANTHEM: Bring us, O Lord God – Hallock Jason Anderson, director • Jeffrey Ricco, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor & soloist
The Sixth Sunday of Easter: Alumni + Compline Alumni and friends joined current members of the Compline Choir to form a chorus numbering 32 voices. The service was offered in memory of Peter R. Hallock and all members of the choir who have died. PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) PSALM 98 – Hallock; ed. Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: The King of love my shepherd is (Tune: St. Columba) – Irish melody; harm. Hymnal 1928, final verse harm. Hallock NUNC DIMITTIS: Two-part setting with handbells – Hallock; ed. Anderson ANTHEM: Bring us, O Lord God – Hallock Jason Anderson, director • Jeffrey Ricco, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor & soloist
The Fifth Sunday of Easter ORISON: ‘The Call’ from Five Mystical Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) PSALM 22:22-30 – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) HYMN: Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (Tune: Gaudeamus pariter) – melody from Medieval [German or] Bohemian Carol Melody, 1544 NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone VI; harm. Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) ANTHEM: Christ rising again from the dead – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558); ed. Carl Bolstad Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • Derek Curtis-Tilton, cantor
The Fifth Sunday of Easter ORISON: ‘The Call’ from Five Mystical Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) PSALM 22:22-30 – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) HYMN: Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (Tune: Gaudeamus pariter) – melody from Medieval [German or] Bohemian Carol Melody, 1544 NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone VI; harm. Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) ANTHEM: Christ rising again from the dead – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558); ed. Carl Bolstad Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • Derek Curtis-Tilton, cantor
The Fourth Sunday of Easter PROCESSIONAL: Kontakion for the Departed – Kievan Chant; adapt. Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) PSALM 23 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Jesus, our mighty Lord (Tune: Monk’s Gate) – Sussex folk melody; adapt. Ralph Vaughan William (1872-1958) NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone I; harm. C. Andreas (16th cent. French composer); adapt. Richard T. Proulx (1937-2010) ANTHEM: Surrexit pastor bonus – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Jason Anderson, director • Tyler Morse, reader • Derek Curtis-Tilton, cantor
The Fourth Sunday of Easter PROCESSIONAL: Kontakion for the Departed – Kievan Chant; adapt. Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) PSALM 23 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Jesus, our mighty Lord (Tune: Monk’s Gate) – Sussex folk melody; adapt. Ralph Vaughan William (1872-1958) NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone I; harm. C. Andreas (16th cent. French composer); adapt. Richard T. Proulx (1937-2010) ANTHEM: Surrexit pastor bonus – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525-1594) Jason Anderson, director • Tyler Morse, reader • Derek Curtis-Tilton, cantor
The Third Sunday of Easter ORISON: Lift your voice rejoicing, Mary (Tune: Fisk of Gloucester) – Thomas Foster (b. 1938) PSALMS 134 & 4 – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) HYMN: That Easter Day with joy was bright (Tune: Puer nobis) – adapt. Michael Praetorius (1571-1621); harm. George Woodward (1848-1934) NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong, Tone VII; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560–1627) ANTHEM: Sermone blando angelus – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Alan Wheaton, cantor
The Third Sunday of Easter ORISON: Lift your voice rejoicing, Mary (Tune: Fisk of Gloucester) – Thomas Foster (b. 1938) PSALMS 134 & 4 – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) HYMN: That Easter Day with joy was bright (Tune: Puer nobis) – adapt. Michael Praetorius (1571-1621); harm. George Woodward (1848-1934) NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong, Tone VII; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560–1627) ANTHEM: Sermone blando angelus – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Alan Wheaton, cantor
The Second Sunday of Easter ORISON: We walk by faith, and not by sight (Tune: St. Botolph) – Gordon Slater (1896-1979) PSALM 133 – Anglican Chant setting based on a theme from Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) HYMN: Alleluia! O sons and daughters, let us sing (Tune: O filii et filiae) – melody from Airs sur les hymnes sacrez, odes et noels, 1623 NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong, Tone VII; harm. Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) ANTHEM: Regina caeli laetare – Robert White (c. 1538-1574) Jason Anderson, director • William Turnipseed, reader • Thomas Adams, cantor • Jeremy Matheis & Thomas Adams,soloists
