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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Podcasts:
9th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Derek Tilton ORISON: "Phos hilaron" (Stephen Sturk [b. 1950]) PSALM: 15 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Now the day is over" (Sir Joseph Barnby [1838 - 1896]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Stephen Sturk) ANTHEM: "Iustus germinabit sicut lilium" (Jakob Handl [1550 - 1591])
8th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: "The shadows of the evening hours" (Joshua Haberman [b. 1982]) PSALM: 25 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "O blest Creator, source of light" (Lucis creator optime, plainsong, Mode VIII, Worcester MS., 13th century) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627]; Tone VI) ANTHEM: "Visita quaesumus" (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623])
7th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: "O gladsome light" (Le Cantique de Siméon, melody by Louis Bourgeois [c. 1510 - 1560]; harmonized by Claude Goudimel [1514 - 1572]) PSALM: 66: 1 - 11 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Christ is made the sure foundation" (Urbs beata Jerusalem, plainsong, Mode II, Nevers MS., 13 th century) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Dana T. Marsh) ANTHEM: "Sometimes I feel like a motherless child" (A traditional spiritual arranged by Brian Fairbanks [b. 1968])
6th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jeremy Matheis Reader: Jeffrey Ricco Cantor: Nathan Jensen ORISON: "Jesus, Redeemer of the world" (Jesu, nostra redemptio, plainsong, Mode VIII, Worcester MS., 13th century) PSALM: 16 (vv. 1 - 4: plainsong, Tone II Ending 2; vv. 5 - 11: Jason Allen Anderson) HYMN: "Te lucis ante terminum" ("Before the ending of the day") (Compline office hymn, plainsong, harmonized verse by Orlande de Lassus [ca. 1530/32 - 1594]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (Anonymous setting arranged by Bernarr Rainbow [1914 - 1998]) ANTHEM: "I laid me down to rest" (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623])
5th Sunday after Pentecost Eve of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24) Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Tyler Morse Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "The great forerunner of the morn" (tune: The Truth From Above, English melody, harmonized by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958]) PSALM: 85: 7 - 13 (Jason Allen Anderson) HYMN: "Comfort, comfort ye my people " (tune: Psalm 42 - Genevan Psalter, composed or harmonized by Louis Bourgeois [ca. 1510 - 1560]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627]; Tone VII) ANTHEM: "Benedictus" from Missa Sine Nomine (John Taverner [c. 1490 - 1545])
3rd Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: "Christ, mighty Savior" (Christe, Lux mundi, plainsong, Mode VII, Freiburg MS., 14th century) PSALM: 33: 1 - 11 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Te lucis ante terminum" ("Before the ending of the day") (Compline office hymn, plainsong, Tone VIII, harmonized verse by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (Anonymous setting, Tone VI) ANTHEM: "Jesu dulcis memoria" (Iain Quinn [b. 1973])
2nd Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: "God be in my head" (Douglas Fullington [b. 1969]) PSALM: 91 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 4) HYMN: "Te lucis ante terminum" ("To you before the close of day") (Compline office hymn, plainsong, Tone VIII) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) ANTHEM: "Domine, non sum dignus" (Tomás Luis de Victoria [ca. 1548 - 1611])
1st Sunday after Pentecost Holy Trinity Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "O Trinity of blessed light" (Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956]) PSALM: 8 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2) HYMN: "Round the Lord in glory seated" (tune: Rustington, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry [1848 - 1918]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by James Bassi) ANTHEM: "O beata Trinitas" (Jakob Handl [1550 - 1591])
Whitsunday The Day of Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Ken Peterson ORISON: "Come, thou Holy Spirit, come" (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 104: 25 - 32, 35 - 37 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "O Holy Spirit, by whose breath" (Veni Creator Spiritus, plainsong, Mode VIII) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623], Tonus peregrinus) ANTHEM: "Come Down, O Love Divine" (Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])
7th Sunday of Easter The Ascension of Our Lord (May 9th) Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeffrey Ricco Cantor: Jeremy Matheis PROCESSIONAL: "O clap your hands" (Psalm 47, Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 24 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "O Lord Most High, eternal King" (Aeterna Rex altissime, plainsong, Mode I) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Orlando Gibbons [1583 - 1625]; Tone VI) ANTHEM: "O Rex gloriae" (Luca Marenzio [ca. 1553 - 1599]) [apologies for the delay in posting this service!]
6th Sunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: "Fairest Lord Jesus" (tune: St. Elizabeth, melody from Schlesische Volkslieder, [1842]; harmonized by Thomas Tertius Noble [1867 - 1953]) PSALM: 67 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1) HYMN: "O Jesus, crowned with all renown" (tune: Kingsfold, Traditional English mellody arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting in E by Charles Wood [1866 - 1926]) ANTHEM: "Christ Rising Again" (John Sheppard [ca. 1515 - 1559])
5th Sunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: The Call (from Five Mystical Songs, Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958]) PSALM: 96 (plainsong) HYMN: "Come, pure hearts, in joyful measure" (Alles ist an Gottes Segen, Johann Löhner [1645 - 1705]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629], Tone VIII Ending 1) ANTHEM: "Deus, qui beatum Marcum" (Giovanni Gabrieli [ca. 1554/57 - 1612]) *The director apologizes for the egregious error in the piano accompaniment for The Call.
4th Sunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: "The Lord is my shepherd" (Robert “Bobby” McFerrin, Jr. [b. 1950]) PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) HYMN: "The King of love my shepherd is" (tune: St. Columba, Traditional Irish Melody; last verse harmonized by Peter Hallock) NUNC DIMITTIS: (Anonymous setting, Tone VI) ANTHEM: "Surrexit pastor bonus" (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ca. 1525 - 1594])
3rd Sunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: "At the Lamb’s high feast we sing" (tune: Salzburg, melody by Jakob Hinze [1622 - 1702], harmonized by Johann Sebastian Bach [1685 - 1750]) PSALM: 115 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Christians, to the Paschal victim offer your thankful praises!" (Victime Paschali laudes, plainsong, Mode I; melody attributed to Wigbert {Wipo of Burgundy} [d. 1050?]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627]; Tone VII) ANTHEM: "Regina coeli" (Robert White [ca. 1538 - 1574])
2nd Sunday of Easter Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeffrey Ricco Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: "O sons and daughters, let us sing" (O filii et filiae, melody from Airs sur les hymnes sacrez, odes et noëls, [1623]) PSALM: 118: 14 - 29 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1) HYMN: "We walk by faith, and not by sight" (tune: St. Botolph, Gordon Slater [1896 - 1979]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis) ANTHEM: "Sermone blando" (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])
