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 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: O come, ye servants of the Lord – Christopher Tye (c. 1505-1572/73) PSALM 113 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: All who love and serve your city (Tune: CHARLESTOWN) – mel. from The Southern Harmony, 1865; harm. Alistair Cassels-Brown (1927-2001), alt., and Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III; harm. Carolus Andreas (d. 1627) ANTHEM: Hear the voice and prayer – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) Jason Anderson, director • Vern Nicodemus, reader • Derek Tilton, cantor
In memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) ORISON: Holy is the true light – William H. Harris (1883-1973) PSALM 121 – H. Walford Davies (1869-1941) HYMN: I vow to thee my country (Tune: Thaxted) – Gustav Holst (1874-1934) NUNC DIMITTIS (ATB/ATB) – Charles Wood (1866-1926) ANTHEM: Beati quorum via – Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924); arr. Richard Barnes Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • James Wilcox, cantor
The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: The shadows of the evening hours – Joshua Haberman (b. 1982) PSALM 1 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: 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 – Jacob Handl (1551-1591) Jason Anderson, director, cantor • Gregory Bloch, reader
The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: O Christ, you are both light and day – Tune: COMPLINE by David Hurd (b. 1950) PSALM 112 – plainsong, Tone I.7 HYMN: Thy kingdom come on bended knee – Tune: ST. FLAVIAN, melody from Day’s Psalter, 1562; adapt. and harm. Richard Redhead (1820-1901) NUNC DIMITTIS – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) ANTHEM: Visita quaesumus Domine – William Byrd (1540-1623) Jeremy Matheis, director • J. Scott Kovacs, reader • Derek Tilton, cantor
The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Christe qui lux es et dies (Compline Hymn, Mode 2) – arr. Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969) PSALM 103:1-8 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.5 OFFICE HYMN: To you before the close of day (Plainsong, Mode 2); ; text Latin 6th century NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard Proulx (1937-2010) ANTHEM: O bone Jesu – Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) Jeremy Matheis, director • J. Scott Kovacs, reader • Ken Peterson, cantor
The Eve of Saint Mary the Virgin ORISON: Virgin-born, we bow before thee – Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572) PSALM 34:1-9 – Plainsong, Tone V.2 HYMN: Sing we of the blessed Mother (Tune: RUSTINGTON) – Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.6 ANTHEM: Ave Maria – Franz Biebl (1906-2001) Jason Anderson, director • WIlliam Turnipseed, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor
The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Phos hilaron : O Gracious Light PSALM: 91 Tone II.IV HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum: To You Before the Close of Day NUNC DIMITTIS: Tone II.IV ANTHEM: Ubi Caritas: Where true Charity and Love Dwell Scott Kovacs, Director • Josh Sandoz, Reader • Fred McIlroy, Cantor
The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Round me falls the night – melody by A. Drese (1620-1701); verse 1 harm. S.S. Wesley (1824-1899); verse 2 harm. Henry Ley (1887-1962); verse 3 harm. J. S. Bach (1685-1750) PSALM 134 & 4 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN 617: Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round (Tune: Song 1) – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) NUNC DIMITTIS – Arthur Wills (1926-2020) ANTHEM: In pace – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558) Jeremy Matheis, director • Jeffrey Ricco, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor
The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Lumen – Abbie Betinis (b. 1980) PSALM 122 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014), ed. by Jason Anderson HYMN: Now the day is over – Joseph Barnby, adapt. Gregory Bloch; Text: Sabine Baring-Gould NUNC DIMITTIS – Harmonized plainchant, Mode V ANTHEM: Ubi Caritas – Kim André Arnesen (b. 1980) Sung by the Women’s Compline Choir, directed by Rebekah Gilmore
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Portum in ultimo – Codex Calixtinus, [f. 217v (188v)] Text: Idem Ato PSALM 116 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Through all this world below (Tune: CAPTAIN KIDD) – arr. Kevin Siegfried (for the Seattle Women’s Compline Choir *Premiere) Tune: The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion, Text: Mercer’s Cluster p. 498, adapted by Kevin Siegfried NUNC DIMITTIS – Linda Kachelmeier (b. 1965) ANTHEM: Ave Maria – Brittney E. Boykin (b. 1989) Sung by the Women’s Compline Choir, directed by Rebekah Gilmore.
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: God be in my head – Doug Fullington (b. 1969) PSALM 25:1-8, 10-11, 13-14, 21 – 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 in G – Charles Wood (1866-1926) ANTHEM: O mes très chers frères from Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise– Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • Derek Tilton, cantor
The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: ‘Phos hilaron,’ from The Evening Service – Stephen Sturk (b. 1950) PSALM 66:1-11 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: All through the night (Tune: AR HYD Y NOS) – Welsh melody; arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) NUNC DIMITTIS from The Evening Service – Stephen Sturk ANTHEM: ‘In pace’ from Three Latin Motets – Grayston Ives (b. 1948) Jason Anderson, director • WIlliam Turnipseed, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor
The Third Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: O gladsome Light (Tune: LE CANTIQUE DE SIMÉON) – mel. Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510-1559); harm. Claude Goudimel (1514-1572) PSALM 16 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended (Tune: COMMANDMENTS) – Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510-1559) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.6 ANTHEM: Sometimes I feel like a motherless child – African-American Spiritual, arr. Brian Fairbanks (b. 1968) Jeremy Matheis, director • Joel Matter, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor
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 – Dana Marsh (b. 1965) ANTHEM: There is a balm in Gilead – African-American Spiritual; arr. Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956) Jeremy Matheis, director • J. Scott Kovacs , reader • Thomas Adams, cantor
The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday ORISON: O Trinity of blessed Light – Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956) PSALM 113 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: Holy God, we praise thy Name (Tune: GROSSER GOTT) – mel. from Katholisches Gesangbuch, 1686; harm. Charles Winfred Douglas (1867-1944), after Conrad Kocher (1786-1872); vs. 4 harm. Rejoice in the Lord, 1985 NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VII; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560-1627) ANTHEM: Let us now laud and magnify with music – William Mundy (c. 1529-c. 1591) Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis , reader • Ken Peterson, cantor
