The Compline Service from St. Mark's Cathedral

The Office of Compline for January 29, 2012

Layne — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:39:11 +0000

4^th Sunday after the Epiphany

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Nathan Jensen

ORISON: “From all that dwell below the skies” (Old 100^th, melody from Psaumes octante trois de David, [1551]; harmonized after Louis Bourgeois [ca. 1510 - ca. 1561])

PSALM: 111 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 5)

HYMN: “Before the ending of the day” (Te lucis ante terminum, Compline office hymn, Sarum plainsong, Mode VIII, with a harmonized verse by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1050 - 1585])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Matteo Palotta [1680 - 1758]; Tone II Ending 1)

ANTHEM: Peace (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

The Office of Compline for January 22, 2012

Layne — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:22:42 +0000

3^rd Sunday after the Epiphany

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Be present, O merciful God” (Roupen Shakarian)

PSALM: 70 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Jesus calls us; o’er the tumult” (tune: Restoration, melody from The Southern Harmony, [1835])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Christopher Tye [ca. 1505 - ca. 1572])

ANTHEM: “Domine salva nos” (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623])

The Office of Compline for January 8, 2012

Layne — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:03:33 +0000

1^st Sunday after the Epiphany
The Baptism of Our Lord

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “The people who in darkness walked have seen a glorious light” (tune: Dundee, melody The CL Psalmes of David, [1615], harmonized by Thomas Ravenscroft [ca. 1592 - ca. 1635] with later alterations)

PSALM: 29 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “‘I come,’ the great Redeemer cries” (tune: This Endris Nyght, English melody; harmonized by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Orlando Gibbons [1583 - 1625])

ANTHEM: The Baptism of Jesus (formerly The Baptism of Christ) (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

The Office of Compline for December 25, 2011

Layne — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:43:05 +0000

Christmas Day

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “Away in a manger” (Traditional, arranged by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 98 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 2)

HYMN: “Of the Father’s love begotten” (Divinum mysterium, Sanctus trope, 11^th century)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1)

ANTHEMS: I) “Beata progenies” (Leonel Power [ca. 1370/85 - 1445]);
II) “O magnum mysterium” (Gerald Near [b. 1942])

The Office of Compline for December 18, 2011

Layne — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:56:57 +0000

4^th Sunday in Advent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Creator of the stars of night” (Conditor alma siderum, plainsong, Mode IV)

CANTICLE: Magnificat (The Song of Mary) (Charles Wood [1866 - 1926], with O Antiphon verse for December 18)

HYMN: “Lo, how a rose e’er blooming” (arranged by Tyler Morse [b. 1990])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Charles Wood)

ANTHEM: “Pulcherrima rosa” (Anonymous, Codex Speciálník MS. [ca. 1500])

The Office of Compline for December 4, 2011

Layne — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:57:43 +0000

2^nd Sunday in Advent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “O heavenly Word, eternal Light” (Verbum supernum prodiens, plainsong, Mode II, Nevers MS., 13^th century)

PSALM: 85 (plainsong, Tone III Ending 5)

HYMN: “Comfort, comfort ye my people” (melody by Claude Gudimel [1514 - 1572])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Roger Sherman)

ANTHEM: “Rorate caeli desuper” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

The Office of Compline for November 27, 2011

Layne — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:40:39 +0000

1^st Sunday in Advent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “O come, o come, Emmanuel” (Veni, veni, Emmanuel, plainsong, Mode I, Processionale, 15^th century, adapted by Thomas Helmore [1811 - 1890])

PSALM: 146: 4 – 9 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 2)

HYMN: “Prepare the way, O Zion” (Bereden väg för Herran, melody from Then Swenska Psalmboken, [1697]; harmonized in Koralbok för Svenska Kyrkan, [1939]; altered.)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [1937 - 2010])

ANTHEM: “Sive vigilem” (William Mundy [ca. 1527/28 - 1591])

The Office of Compline for November 20, 2011

Layne — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:04:17 +0000

Last Sunday after Pentecost
Christ the King

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Judge eternal, throned in splendor” (Komm, o komm, du Geist des Lebens, melody from Neu-vermehrtes und zu Übung Christl. Gottesligheit eingerichtetes Meiningisches Gesangbuch, [1693])

PSALM: 95 (plainsong Tone III A Ending 1)

HYMN: “For the beauty of the earth” (tune: Lucerna Laudoniae, David Evans [1874 - 1948])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 2)

ANTHEM: “Great Lord of Lords” (Charles Wood [1866 - 1926])

The Office of Compline for November 6, 2011

Layne — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:24:51 +0000

Sunday after All Saints (November 1^st)

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “Holy is the True Light” (Sir William H. Harris [1883 - 1973])

PSALM: 34 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2)

HYMN: “Who are these like stars appearing” (tune: Zeuch mich, zeuch mich, melody from Geistreiches Gesang-buch [1698], harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

ANTHEM: “Laudem dicite Deo” (John Sheppard [ca. 1515 - 1559])

The Office of Compline for October 2, 2011

Layne — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:09:51 +0000

16^th Sunday after Pentecost
St. Francis of Assisi (October 4)

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “Most High, omnipotent, good Lord” (tune: Assisi, Alfred Morton Smith [1879 - 1971])

PSALM: 8 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2)

HYMN: “Lord, make us servants of your peace” (tune: Dickinson College, Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr. [1923 - 1979])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)

ANTHEMS: Two selections from Quatre petites prières de St François d’Assise by Francis Poulenc [1899 - 1963]:
I) “Tout puissant, très saint”;
II) “O Seigneur, je vous en prie”

The Office of Compline for August 15, 2004

Layne — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:36:49 +0000

This archive recording of the Office of Compline is presented in memory of the Rev. Ralph Carskadden, who died on September 13, 2011. He served as the Officiant for the service on August 15, 2004, which celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the Compline Choir, and was sung by the choir, augmented by a number of choir alumni.

11^th Sunday after Pentecost
St. Mary the Virgin (August 15^th)

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Officiant: Fr. Ralph Carskadden
Cantor: Ken Peterson

ORISON: “Now the day is over” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])

PSALMS: 134 & 4 (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

HYMN: “Amazing Grace” (tune: New Britain, from Virginia Harmony, 1831; arr. by Richard Proulx / Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585], Mode VII)

ANTHEMS: “In Praise of Music” (Richard Proulx, 2004 [1937 - 2010]); ”Ave Maria” (Franz Biebl, 1964 [1906 - 2001])

The Office of Compline for September 25, 2011

Layne — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:50:54 +0000

15^th Sunday after Pentecost
St. Michael and All Angels (Sept. 29^th)

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Christ the fair glory of the holy angels” (Christe sanctorum, Sarum plainsong, Mode I)

PSALM: 103 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 5)

HYMN: “Jesus came, adored by angels” (tune: Lowry, Gerald Near [b. 1942])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627], Mode VI)

ANTHEM: “Tibi Christe, splendor patris” (plainsong, Mode II; polyphonic verses by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ca. 1525 - 1594])

The Office of Compline for September 11, 2011

Layne — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 19:08:53 +0000

13^th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Brian Fairbanks

ORISON: “Holy is the true light” (William Harris [1883 - 1973])

PSALM: 139 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Lord, thou hast searched me” (Kentucky Harmony, 1816)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Peter Hallock, 1996)

ANTHEM: “Poor Wayfaring Stranger” (American spiritual, arr. by Derek Tilton [b. 1987] – first performance)

The Office of Compline for September 4, 2011

Layne — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:34:42 +0000

12^th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “If ye love me” (Thomas Tallis [1505 - 1585])

PSALM: 119:33-48 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Lamp of our feet” (Johann Cruger [1598 - 1662])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong, mode 5)

ANTHEM: “I give you a new commandment” (John Sheppard [c.1515 - 1558])

The Office of Compline for August 28, 2011

Layne — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:40:06 +0000

11^th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “The shadows of the evening hours” (Joshua Haberman [b. 1982])

PSALM: 22:22-30 (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

HYMN: “As longs the deer for cooling streams” (melody and bass by Hugh Wilson [1764 - 1824], adapted and harmonized by Robert Smith [1780 - 1829])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585], mode 7)

ANTHEM: “Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes” (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ca. 1525 - 1594])

The Office of Compline for August 21, 2011

Layne — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 18:09:55 +0000

10^th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Gregg Carder

ORISON: “God himself is with us” (tune: Tysk, from Psalm und Choralbuch, 1719)

PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Te lucis ante terminum” (“Before the ending of the day”) (Compline Office hymn, plainsong, Mode VIII, harmonized verse by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585], Ferial setting)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by James Bassi)

ANTHEM: “Salva nos, Domine, vigilantes” (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])

The Office of Compline for August 14, 2011

Layne — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:43:52 +0000

9^th Sunday after Pentecost
St. Mary the Virgin (August 15^th)

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Brian Fairbanks

ORISON: “Salve Regina” (plainsong, Mode I)

PSALM: 34 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2)

HYMN: “Sing we of the blessed mother” (tune: Rustington, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry [1848 - 1918])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627], Mode VII)

ANTHEM: “Ave Maria” (Franz Biebl, 1964 [1906 - 2001])

The Office of Compline for July 31, 2011

Layne — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:51:09 +0000

7^th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jeremy Matheis
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Nathan Jensen

ORISON: “Slowly the rays of daylight fade” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])

PSALM: 121 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “O Christ, you are both light and day” (Christe, qui Lux es et dies, plainsong, Mode II, Mailander Hymnen, 15^th century)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627], Tone 6-B)

ANTHEM: “In pace” (John Sheppard [ca. 1515 - 1558])

The Office of Compline for July 10, 2011

Layne — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:39:59 +0000

4^th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Brian Fairbanks

ORISON: “Now the day is over” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])

PSALMs: 134 & 4 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Round me falls the night” (melody by A. Drese, [d. 1701], harmonizations by S. S. Wesley, Henry Ley, J. S. Bach)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Orlando Gibbons [1583 - 1625])

ANTHEM: “Exultate justi in Domino” (Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627])

The Office of Compline for June 26, 2011

Layne — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:35:51 +0000

2^nd Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: Phos hilaron (“O gracious Light”) (Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969])

PSALMS: 134 & 4 (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

HYMN: “Eternal Ruler of the ceaseless round” (melody and bass by Orlando Gibbons [1583 - 1625]; harmonized in Hymns for Church and School, 1964)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (anonymous setting adapted by Bernarr Rainbow [1914 - 1998], Tone IV))

ANTHEM: “Dilectus meus descendit” (from the “Canticum canticorum” by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ca. 1525 - 1594])

The Office of Compline for June 19, 2011

Layne — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:49:20 +0000

Trinity Sunday

Conductor: Jeremy Matheis
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “O Trinity of blessed light” (Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])

PSALM: 29 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Come, thou almighty King” (tune: Moscow, Felice de Giardini [1716 - 1796], harmonization from The New Hymnal, 1916)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Charles Wood [1866 - 1926])

ANTHEM: “Great Lord of Lords” (Charles Wood)

The Office of Compline for June 15, 2011

Layne — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 23:10:35 +0000

Day of Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “Come, thou Holy Spirit, come” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])

PSALM: 104: 25 – 37 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire” (Veni Creator Spiritus, plainsong, Mode VIII)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (Anonymous setting, Tone VI)

ANTHEM: “There is a balm in Gilead” (Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])

The Office of Compline for June 5, 2012

Layne — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:46:47 +0000

7^th Sunday of Easter

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Brian Fairbanks

PROCESSIONAL: Psalm 47 — “O clap your hands” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 103 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “A hymn of glory let us sing” (Jam lucis orto sidere, plainsong, Mode I, Mailander Hymnen, 15^th century)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Morley [ca. 1557/58 - 1603], Tone I Ending 5)

ANTHEM: “Viri Galilaei” (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623])

The Office of Compline for May 29, 2011

Layne — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:00:31 +0000

6^th Sunday of Easter

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Jeremy Matheis

ORISON: “If ye love me” (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

PSALM: 119: 33 – 48 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Help us, O Lord, to learn” (tune: St. Ethelwald, William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629], Tone VIII Ending 1)

ANTHEM: “I will meditate” (Richard Proulx [1937 - 2010]

The Office of Compline for May 22, 2011

Layne — Tue, 24 May 2011 19:30:36 +0000

5^th Sunday of Easter

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: The Call (from Five Mystical Songs, Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958])

PSALM: 89: 1, 2, 20 – 29 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Christ is made the sure foundation” (Urbs beata Jerusalem, plainsong, Mode II, Nevers MS., 13^th century)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tomkins [1572 - 1656]; Tone VI)

ANTHEM: “Regina coeli laetare” (Robert White [ca. 1538 - 1574])

The Office of Compline for May 15, 2011

Layne — Tue, 17 May 2011 18:15:36 +0000

4^th Sunday of Easter

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Jesus our mighty Lord” (tune: Monk’s Gate, Traditional Sussex Melody, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958])

PSALM: 15 (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

HYMN: “Jerusalem, my happy home” (tune: Land of Rest, arranged by Richard Proulx [1937 - 2010])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627], Tone I)

ANTHEM: “Surrexit pastor bonus” (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ca. 1525 - 1594])

The Office of Compline for May 1, 2011

Layne — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:29:42 +0000

2^nd Sunday of Easter

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “We walk by faith, and not by sight” (tune: St. Botolph, Gordon Slater [1896 - 1979])

PSALM: 149 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “O sons and daughters, let us sing” (O filii et filiae, melody from Airs sur les hymnes sacrez, odes et noëls, [1623])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585], Mode VII)

ANTHEM: “Christ Rising Again” (Thomas Tallis)

The Office of Compline for April 24, 2011

Layne — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:27:07 +0000

Easter Day

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 114 (plainsong, Tonus peregrinus)

HYMN: “Christians, to the Paschal Victim” (Victimae Paschali laudes, plainsong, Mode I; attributed to Wigbert {Wipo of Burgundy} [d. 1050?])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca.1539/40 - 1623], Tonus peregrinus)

ANTHEMS: I) “Haec est dies” (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])
II) “Regina coeli” (Robert White [ca. 1538 - 1574])

The Office of Compline for April 17, 2011

Layne — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:39:00 +0000

Sunday of the Passion

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Drop, drop, slow tears” (tune: Song 46, 1623; Orlando Gibbons [1583 - 1625])

PSALM: 22: 1 – 21 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 1)

HYMN: “The royal banners forward go” (Vexilla Regis, Guillaume Dufay [1397 - 1474])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1)

ANTHEM: “In manus tuas” (John Sheppard [ca. 1515 - ca. 1559])

The Office of Compline for April 10, 2011

Layne — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:37:14 +0000

5^th Sunday in Lent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Brian Fairbanks

ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Tone II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 130 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 5)

HYMN: “Kind Maker of the world, O hear the fervent prayer” (A la venue de Noël, melody from Fleurs des noëls, 1535)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)

ANTHEM: “If we could shut the gate” (Peter Hallock)

The Office of Compline for April 3, 2011

Layne — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:45:17 +0000

4^th Sunday in Lent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Tym Mackey

ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Tone II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Lord Jesus, think on me” (tune: Southwell, from Psalmes of David in English Meter, [1579] by M. William Daman [1550 - 1593])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1)

ANTHEM: A setting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

The Office of Compline for March 27, 2011

Layne — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:43:10 +0000

3^rd Sunday in Lent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Tone II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 42 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 5)

HYMN: “As longs the deer for cooling streams” (tune: Martyrdom, melody and bass by Hugh Wilson [1764 - 1824]; adapted and harmonized by Robert Smith [1780 - 1829])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1)

ANTHEM: A setting of the Lamentations of Jeremiah (Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger [ca. 1575 - 1628])

The Office of Compline for March 20, 2011

Layne — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:46:59 +0000

2^nd Sunday in Lent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Tone II, with harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 121 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Now let us all with one accord” (Ex more docti mystico, plainsong, Mode II, Verona MS., 12^th century)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)

ANTHEM: “Ne reminiscaris, Domine” (Jacobus Vaet [ca. 1529 - 1567])

The Office of Compline for March 6, 2011

Layne — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:12:58 +0000

Last Sunday after the Epiphany

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “O wondrous type! O vision fair” (Aeterne Rex altissime, plainsong, Mode I)

PSALM: 99 (plainsong, Tone VII Ending 7) and 150 (Charles Villiers Stanford [1852 - 1924])

HYMN: “Christ upon the mountain peak” (tune: Ibis, Thomas Kuras (1950 – 1997), harmonized by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627], Mode VII)

ANTHEM: “Resplenduit facies” (Tomás Luis de Victoria [1548 - 1611])

The Office of Compline for February 20, 2011

Layne — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:11:51 +0000

7^th Sunday after the Epiphany

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “If ye love me” (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

PSALM: 119: 33 – 48 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Book of books, our people’s strength” (tune: Liebster Jesu, melody by Johann Rudolph Ahle [1625 - 1673]; altered in Das grosse Cantional oder Kirchen-Gesangbuch [1687]; harmonized by George Herbert Palmer [1846 - 1926])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (anonymous setting arranged by Bernarr Rainbow [1914 - 1998]; Tone IV)

ANTHEM: “I Will Meditate” (Richard Proulx [1937 - 2010])

[note: double posting today due to a backlog of audio...]

The Office of Compline for February 13, 2011

Layne — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:09:01 +0000

6^th Sunday after the Epiphany

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “Thy mercies fill the earth, O Lord” (Psalm 119, Alice Parker [b. 1925])

PSALM: 119: 1 – 16 (plainsong, Tone II Ending 1)

HYMN: “Help us, O Lord, to learn” (tune: St. Ethelwald, William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [1560 - 1627], Tone VI)

ANTHEM: “I give you a new commandment” (John Sheppard [ca. 1515 - ca. 1559])

The Office of Compline for February 6, 2011

Layne — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:45:57 +0000

5^th Sunday after the Epiphany

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Tym Mackey

ORISON: “Eternal light, shine in my heart” (Ach bleib bei uns, melody by Samuel Scheidt [1587 - 1654]; harmonized by Seth Calvisius [1556 - 1615])

PSALMS: 134 & 4 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “All praise to thee, my God, this night” (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by James Bassi)

ANTHEM: “Beati quorum via” (Charles Villiers Stanford [1852 - 1924]; arranged for men’s voices by Richard Barnes)

The Office of Compline for January 30, 2011

Layne — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:00:16 +0000

4^th Sunday after the Epiphany

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Peace be within this sacred place” (Psalm 122, Alice Parker [b. 1925])

PSALM: 15 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “The Lord will come, and not be slow” (melody from The CL Psalms of David, 1615, harm. by John Milton Sr. [1583? - 1647])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629]; Tone II Ending 1)

ANTHEM: Prayer to Jesus (George Oldroyd [1886 - 1951])

The Office of Compline for January 23, 2011

Layne — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:58:30 +0000

3^rd Sunday after the Epiphany

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “I heard the voice of Jesus say” (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

PSALM: 27 (plainsong, Mode VIII Ending 1)

HYMN: “The people who in darkness walked” (tune: Dundee, melody from The CL Psalmes of David, [1615]; harmonized by Thomas Ravenscroft [ca. 1592 - ca. 1635])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by C. Andreas, Tone I)

ANTHEM: “Surge, illuminare” (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623])

The Office of Compline for January 16, 2011

Layne — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:27:13 +0000

2^nd Sunday after the Epiphany
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 15^th)

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “Bring us, O Lord God” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 91 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “There is a balm in Gilead” (arranged by Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629]; Tone II Ending 1)

ANTHEM: “Ubi caritas” (Maurice Duruflé [1902 - 1986])

The Office of Compline for January 9, 2011

Layne — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:23:00 +0000

1^st Sunday after the Epiphany
The Baptism of Our Lord

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Brian Fairbanks

ORISON: “Christ, when for us you were baptized” (tune: Caithness, from The Psalmes of David in Prose and Meeter, harmonized The English Hymnal, 1906)

PSALM: 89: 1, 2, 20 – 29 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “‘I come,’ the great Redeemer cries” (tune: This Endris Nyght, English melody; harmonized by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (anonymous setting found in the Lumley Books, compiled ca. 1547 – 1552)

ANTHEM: The Baptism of Christ (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

The Office of Compline for January 2, 2011

Layne — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:46:06 +0000

2^nd Sunday after Christmas

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Tym Mackey

PROCESSIONAL: “Glory to God in the Highest” (Gloria in excelsis, arranged by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 84 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “In the bleak midwinter” (tune: Cranham, Gustav Theodore Holst [1874 - 1934])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (tune: Marilyn, setting by Peter Hallock)

ANTHEM: “Lux aurumque” (Eric Whitacre [b. 1970])

The Office of Compline for December 26, 2010

Layne — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:34:06 +0000

1^st Sunday after Christmas

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Thomas Adams

PROCESSIONAL: “Glory to God in the Highest” (Gloria in excelsis, arranged by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 147: 13 – 21 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1)

HYMN: “Of the Father’s love begotten” (Divinum mysterium, Sanctus trope, 11^th century)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (tune: Marilyn, setting by Peter Hallock)

ANTHEMS: 1) “O Magnum Mysterium” (Gerald Near [b. 1942]);
2) “Away in a manger” (tune: Cradle Song, melody by William James Kirkpatrick (1838 – 1921), arranged by Peter Hallock)

The Office of Compline for December 19, 2010

Layne — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:39:43 +0000

4^th Sunday of Advent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

PROCESSIONAL: “O come, O come, Emmanuel” (Veni, veni, Emmanuel, plainsong, Mode I, Processionale, 15^th century)

PSALM: 80: 1 – 7 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 4)

HYMN: “Lo, how a rose e’er blooming” (Michael Prætorius [ca. 1571 - 1621], Carl Orff [1895 - 1982])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

ANTHEMS: 1) “Lullay, My Liking” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
2) “Ave Maria” (Franz Biebl [1906 - 2001])

The Office of Compline for December 5, 2010

Layne — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:49:01 +0000

2^nd Sunday of Advent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Jeremy Matheis

ORISON: “Redeemer of the nations, come” (Veni Redemptor gentium, plainsong, Mode I, Einsiedeln MS., 12^th century)

PSALM: 85 (plainsong, Tone III Ending 5)

HYMN: “Prepare the way, O Zion” (Bereden väg för Herran, melody from Then Swenska Psalmboken, 1697; harmonization fromKoralbok för Swenska Kyrken, 1939, altered)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

ANTHEM: “Audivi vocem de cœlo” (plainsong, Mode I, and verses by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

The Office of Compline for November 28, 2010

Layne — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:55:45 +0000

1^st Sunday of Advent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: Matin Responsory (Jason Anderson [b. 1976])

PSALM: 122 (plainsong, Tone I Ending 2)

HYMN: “Comfort, comfort ye my people” (melody by Claude Goudimel [1514 - 1573])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [1937 - 2010])

ANTHEM: “Obsecro Domine” (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])

The Office of Compline for November 21, 2010

Layne — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:54:27 +0000

Last Sunday after Pentecost
Christ the King

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “My song is love unknown” (John Ireland [1879 - 1962])

PSALM: 46 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “The head that once was crowned with thorns” (tune: St. Magnus, melody from Divine Companion [1707]; harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Morley [ca. 1557/58 - 1603], Tone I Ending 8)

ANTHEM: “Great Lord of Lords” (Charles Wood [1866 - 1926])

The Office of Compline for November 7, 2010

Layne — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 22:33:36 +0000

24^th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “Help me, O Lord” (Shaker tune arranged by Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969])

PSALM: 126 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “For the beauty of the earth” (Lucerna Laudoniae, David Evans [1874 - 1948])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by James Bassi)

ANTHEM: “Christus est stella” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

The Office of Compline for October 31, 2010

Layne — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:11:12 +0000

23^rd Sunday after Pentecost
All Hallows Eve

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Nathan Jensen

ORISON: “Holy is the true Light” (Sir William H. Harris [1883 - 1973])

PSALM: 149 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Who are these like stars appearing” (tune: Zeuch mich, zeuch mich, melody from Geistreiches Gesang-buch [1698], harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623], Tone I Ending 8)

ANTHEM: “Laudem dicite Deo” (John Sheppard [ca. 1515 - 1559])

The Office of Compline for October 17, 2010

Layne — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:38:47 +0000

21^st Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: Ps. 121 (Anglican chant, Henry Walford Davies [1869 - 1941])

PSALM: 121 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “I to the hills will lift mine eyes” (tune: Burford, from A Book of Psalmody, [1718])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)

ANTHEM: “I will lift up mine eyes” (Ernest Walker [1870 - 1949])

The Office of Compline for October 10, 2010

Layne — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 05:30:39 +0000

20^th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Brian Fairbanks

ORISON: “If ye love me” (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

PSALM: 119: 33 – 48 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Lamp of our feet, whereby we trace our path” (Nun danket all und bringet ehr, melody attributed to Johann Cruger [1598 - 1662], altered)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Fr. Vincente Ripollès)

ANTHEM: “I will meditate” (Richard Proulx [1937 - 2010])

The Office of Compline for October 3, 2010

Layne — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 18:04:07 +0000

19^th Sunday after Pentecost
St. Francis of Assisi (October 4^th)

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Most High, omnipotent, good Lord” (tune: Assisi, Alfred Morton Smith [1879 - 1971])

PSALM: 8 (plainsong, Mode V Ending 2)

HYMN: “Lord, make us servants of your peace” (tune: Dickinson College, Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr. [1923 - 1979])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])

ANTHEMS: Two selections from Quatre petites prières de St François d’Assise by Francis Poulenc [1899 - 1963]:
I) “Tout puissant, très saint”;
II) “O mes très chers frères”

The Office of Compline for September 26, 2010

Layne — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:03:37 +0000

18^th Sunday after Pentecost
St. Michael and All Angels (Sept. 29^th)

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Christ the fair glory of the holy angels” (Christe sanctorum, Sarum plainsong, Mode I)

PSALM: 103 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Round the Lord in glory seated cherubim and seraphim” (tune: Rustington, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry [1848 - 1918])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by James Bassi)

ANTHEM: “Tibi Christe, splendor patris” (plainsong, Mode II; polyphonic verses by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ca. 1525 - 1594])

The Office of Compline for September 19, 2010

Layne — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:43:25 +0000

17^th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “O come, ye servants of the Lord” (Christopher Tye [ca. 1050 - ca. 1572])

PSALM: 113 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 5)

HYMN: “Te lucis ante terminum” (“Before the ending of the day”) (Compline Office hymn, Orlando di Lasso [ca. 1530/32–1594])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Morley [ca. 1557/58 - 1603])

ANTHEM: “Iustus germinabit sicut lilium” (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])

The Office of Compline for September 5, 2010

Layne — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:07:37 +0000

15^th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “All praise to thee, my God, this night” (tune: Tallis’ Canon, from Archbishop Parker’s Psalter, [1567], Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

PSALM: 1 (plainsong, Mode I B Ending 1)

HYMN: “Te lucis ante terminum” (“Before the ending of the day”) (Compline Office hymn, plainsong, Mode III Ending 4)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629], Mode VIII Ending 1)

ANTHEM: “In principio” (Derek Tilton [b. 1987])

The Office of Compline for August 29, 2010

Layne — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:51:53 +0000

14^th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Bill Turnipseed
Cantor: Nathan Jensen

ORISON: “Dear Lord and Father of Mankind ” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])

PSALM: 91 (Peter Hallock [b. 1924], anglican chant, 1978)

HYMN: “O God of Bethel” (Scottish Psalter, 1615)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong, Mode IV)

ANTHEM: “Salva nos Domine, vigilate” (Jacob Handl [1550 - 1591])

The Office of Compline for August 15, 2010

Layne — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:12:21 +0000

12^th Sunday after Pentecost
St. Mary the Virgin (August 15^th)

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Blest are the pure in heart” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])

PSALM: 34: 1 – 9 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2)

HYMN: “Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels” (tune: Christe Sanctorum, Sarum plainsong, Mode I)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Charles Wood [1866 - 1926])

ANTHEM: Magnificat (setting by Charles Wood)

The Office of Compline for August 1, 2010

Layne — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:30:56 +0000

10^th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Brian Fairbanks
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Tym Mackey

ORISON: “Thou all transcendent Deity” (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ca. 1525 - 1594])

PSALM: 34 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2)

HYMN: “Te lucis ante terminum” (“Before the ending of the day”) (Brian Fairbanks)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Arthur Wills [b. 1926])

ANTHEM: “Gustate et videte” (Giovanni Matteo Asola [ca. 1532 - 1609])

The Office of Compline for July 18, 2010

Layne — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:07:03 +0000

8^th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Peace be within this sacred place” (Psalm 122, Alice Parker [b. 1925])

PSALM: 15 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Peace, perfect peace” (tune: Song 46, Orlando Gibbons [1583 - 1625])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Christopher Tye [ca. 1505 - ca. 1572])

ANTHEM: Jerusalem (melody by Charles Hubert Hastings Parry [1848 - 1918]; arranged by Nathan Jensen [b. 1968])

The Office of Compline for July 11, 2010

Layne — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:47:09 +0000

7^th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Brian Fairbanks

ORISON: “Slowly the rays of daylight fade” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])

PSALM: 25 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Te lucis ante terminum (To you before the close of day)“ (Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)

ANTHEM: “Visita quaesumus” (William Byrd [1539/40 - 1623])

The Office of Compline for July 4, 2010

Layne — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:41:26 +0000

6^th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Tym Mackey

ORISON: “O Christ, you are both light and day” (tune: Compline, David Hurd (b. 1950])

PSALM: 67 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1)

HYMN: “God, who stretched the spangled heavens” (tune: Holy Manna, from The Southern Harmony, 1835)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [1937 - 2010])

ANTHEM: “God be in my head” (Douglas Fullington [b. 1969])

The Office of Compline for June 27, 2010

Layne — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:08:13 +0000

5th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “The shadows of the evening hours” (Joshua Haberman [b. 1982])

PSALM: 16 (plainsong setting, Tone II Ending 2)

HYMN: “As longs the deer for cooling streams” (tune: Martyrdom, melody & bass by Hugh Wilson [1764 - 1824]; adapted & harmonized by Robert Smith [1780 - 1829])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (Anonymous setting arranged by Bernarr Rainbow; Tone IV)

ANTHEM: “Sicut cervus” (Charles Gounod [1818 - 1893])

The Office of Compline for June 20, 2010

Layne — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:24:28 +0000

4th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Now, as the troubled day departs” (Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])

PSALM: 46 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Before the ending of the day” (Te Lucis ante terminum, Compline Office hymn, plainsong, Mode VIII)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629], Mode II)

ANTHEM: “Jesu dulcis memoria” (Iain Quinn [b. 1973])

The Office of Compline for June 13, 2010

Layne — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:20:23 +0000

3rd Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “Christ, mighty Savior, Light of all creation” (plainsong Christe, Lux mundi, 14th c.)

PSALM: 32 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Te lucis ante terminum” (Ferial setting by Thomas Tallis [1505 - 1585])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Orlando Gibbons [1583 - 1625])

ANTHEM: “There is a balm in Gilead” (arranged by Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])

The Office of Compline for June 6, 2010

Layne — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:41:14 +0000

2nd Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Round me falls the night” (melody by A. Drese, [d. 1701], harmonizations by S. S. Wesley, Henry Ley, J. S. Bach)

PSALM: 91 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “To you before the close of day” (Compline office hymn: Te lucis ante terminum, plainsong, Mode VIII)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627], Mode VII)

ANTHEM: “Ubi caritas” (Maurice Duruflé [1902 - 1986])

The Office of Compline for May 30, 2010

Layne — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:43:51 +0000

Trinity Sunday

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Nathan Jensen

ORISON: “O Trinity of blessèd light” (Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])

PSALM: 8 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 2)

HYMN: “Holy God, we praise the Name” (tune: Grosser Gott, melody from Katholisches Gesangbuch, 1686; harmonized by Charles Winfred Douglas [1867 - 1944], after Conrad Kocher [1786 - 1872])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Charles Wood [1866 - 1926])

ANTHEM: “Great Lord of Lords” (Charles Wood)

The Office of Compline for May 16, 2010

Layne — Thu, 20 May 2010 18:47:00 +0000

7th Sunday of Easter
Sunday after the Ascension

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

PROCESSIONAL: “O clap your hands” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 97 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “O Lord Most High” (Aeterne Rex altissime, plainsong, Mode I)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623], Tone I Ending 8)

ANTHEM: “Regina coeli” (Robert White [ca. 1538 - 1574])

The Office of Compline for May 9, 2009

Layne — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:34:46 +0000

6th Sunday of Easter

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “O blest Creator” (Lucis creator optime, plainsong, Mode VIII, Worcester MS., 13th century)

PSALM: 67 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1)

HYMN: “Fairest Lord Jesus” (tune: St. Elizabeth, melody from Schlesische Volkslieder, 1842; harmonized by Thomas Tertius Noble [1867 - 1953])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by C. Andreas [fl. 16 century])

ANTHEM: “Come Down, O Love Divine” (Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])

The Office of Compline for April 25, 2010

Layne — Sat, 01 May 2010 22:58:40 +0000

4th Sunday of Easter
Good Shepherd Sunday

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “The King of love my shepherd is” (tune: St. Columba, Traditional Irish Melody)

PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Jesus, our mighty Lord” (tune: Monk’s Gate, Traditional Sussex Melody, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)

ANTHEM: “Surrexit pastor bonus” (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ca. 1525 - 1594])

The Office of Compline for April 18, 2010

Layne — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:54:32 +0000

3rd Sunday of Easter

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Blessed city, heavenly Salem” (plainsong Urbs beata Jerusalem, mode 2

PSALM: 114 (plainsong, tonus peregrinus)

HYMN: “Come ye faithful, raise the strain” (J. Horne, 1544)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (anonymous 16th-century setting, adapted by Bernarr Rainbow and Vernon Nicodemus)

ANTHEM: “Tulerunt Dominum meum” (Steffano Rossetto [fl. 1568-80])

The Office of Compline for April 4, 2010

Layne — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:50:23 +0000

Easter Day

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Tym Mackey

PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle (Peter Hallock)

CANTICLE: The Song of Moses (Exodus 15: 1 – 6, 11 – 13, 17 – 18; plainsong, Tonus Peregrinus)

HYMN: “Christians, to the Paschal Victim” (Victimae Paschali laudes, plainsong, Mode I; attributed to Wigbert {Wipo of Burgundy} [d. 1050?])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627]; Tone VI)

ANTHEM: “Haec est dies” (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])

The Office of Compline for March 28, 2010

Layne — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:28:03 +0000

Sunday of the Passion

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Drop, drop, slow tears” (tune: Song 46, 1623; Orlando Gibbons [1583 - 1625])

PSALM: 22: 1 – 21 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 1)

HYMN: “The royal banners forward go” (Vexilla Regis, Guillaume Dufay [1397 - 1474])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1)

ANTHEM: “We adore you, O Christ” (Richard Proulx [1937 - 2010])

The Office of Compline for March 21, 2010

Layne — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:30:10 +0000

5^th Sunday in Lent
In Memory of Richard T. Proulx

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Jerusalem, my happy home” (tune: Land of Rest; arr. by Richard Proulx [1937 - 2010])

PSALM: 126 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Amazing Grace” (tune: New Britain, from Virginia Harmony, 1831; arr. by Richard Proulx / Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx)

ANTHEM: In Praise of Music (Richard Proulx)

The Office of Compline for March 14, 2010

Layne — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:26:31 +0000

4^th Sunday in Lent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Brian Fairbanks

ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Mode II, harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 32 (plainsong, Tone III Ending 4)

HYMN: “Lord Jesus, think on me” (tune: Southwell, from Damon’s Psalter, 1579)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1)

ANTHEM: A setting of the “Lamentations of Jeremiah” (Jacob Arcadelt [ca. 1504 - ca. 1567])

The Office of Compline for March 7, 2010

Layne — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:08:19 +0000

3^rd Sunday in Lent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, Mode II, harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 63: 1 – 8 (plainsong, Tone II Ending 1)

HYMN: “Kind Maker of the world, O hear” (A la venue de Noël, melody from Fleurs des noëls [1535])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)

ANTHEM: A setting of the “Lamentations of Jeremiah” (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]; Setting I)

The Office of Compline for February 14, 2010

Layne — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:06:13 +0000

6th Sunday after the Epiphany
Transfiguration of Our Lord

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Brian Fairbanks

ORISON: “O wondrous type! O vision fair” (Aeterne Rex altissime, plainsong, Mode I)
PSALM: 99 (plainsong, Mode VII) & 150 (Charles Villiers Stanford)
HYMN: “Songs of thankfulness and praise” (tune: Salzburg, melody Jakob Hintze [1622 - 1702]; harmonized by Johann Sebastian Bach [1685 - 1750])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1637], Mode VII)
ANTHEM: “Resplenduit facies” (Tomás Luis de Victoria [1548 - 1611])

The Office of Compline for January 31, 2010

Layne — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:06:13 +0000

4th Sunday after the Epiphany

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Nathan Jensen

ORISON: “God be in my head” (Douglas Fullington [b. 1969])
PSALM: 8 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2)
HYMN: “Before the ending of the day” (Te Lucis ante terminum, Compline Office hymn, plainsong, Mode VIII, with harmonized verse by Orlande de Lassus [ca. 1530/32 - 1594])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1637], Mode VI)
ANTHEM: “In manus tuas” (John Sheppard [ca. 1515 - 1559])

The Office of Compline for January 24, 2010

Layne — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:06:13 +0000

3rd Sunday after the Epiphany

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “If ye love me” (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])
PSALM: 19 (plainsong, Tone III A 4)
HYMN: “Lord, keep us steadfast in your word” (plainsong, harmonized verse arranged by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956]))
ANTHEM: “Beati quorum via” (Sir Charles Villiers Stanford [1852 - 1924], arranged for men’s voices by Richard Barnes)

The Office of Compline for January 17, 2010

Layne — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:06:13 +0000

2nd Sunday after the Epiphany
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 18th)

Conductor: Jeremy Matheis
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Holy is the True Light” (Sir William H. Harris [1883 - 1972])

PSALM: 98 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “The eternal gifts of Christ the King” (Æterna Christi munera, Mediæval plainsong, Mode VII)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by C. Andreas, Tone VII)

ANTHEM: “Sometimes I feel like a motherless child” (Traditional spiritual arranged by Brian Fairbanks [b. 1968])

The Office of Compline for January 3, 2010

Layne — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:06:13 +0000

3 January 2010
2nd Sunday after Christmas

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

PROCESSIONAL: “Glory to God in the Highest” (Gloria in excelsis, plainsong, arranged by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
PSALM: 84 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “In the bleak mid-winter” (tune: Cranham, Gustav Theodore Holst [1874 - 1934])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (tune: Marilyn, setting by Peter Hallock)
ANTHEMS: 1) “Ave Maria” (Franz Biebl [1906 - 2001]);
2) Lullay, My Liking (Peter Hallock)

The Office of Compline for December 20, 2009

Layne — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:06:13 +0000

20 December 2009
4th Sunday in Advent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

PROCESSIONAL: “O come, o come, Emmanuel” (Veni, veni, Emmanuel, plainsong, Mode I, Processionale, 15th century)
PSALM: The Song of Mary (Magnificat, { Luke 1: 46 – 55 }, plainsong, Tone VIII, adapted by Charles Winfred Douglas [1867 - 1944] and Bruce E. Ford [b. 1947])
HYMN: “The Word whom earth and sea and sky adore and laud and magnify” (Quem terra, pontus, aethera, Mode II, Nevers MS., 13th century)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [b. 1937])
ANTHEM: “Quem terra, pontus, aethera” (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623])

The Office of Compline for December 13, 2009

Layne — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:06:13 +0000

13 December 2009
3rd Sunday of Advent

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “Creator of the stars of night” (Conditor alme siderum, plainsong, Mode IV, 9th century)
PSALM: The First Song of Isaiah (Ecce, Deus, { Isaiah 12: 2 – 6 }, plainsong, Tone VII Ending 3)
HYMN: “Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding” (William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629], Tone VIII Ending 1)
ANTHEM: “Rorate caeli” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

The Office of Compline for December 6, 2009

Layne — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:06:13 +0000

6 December 2009
2nd Sunday of Advent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Brian Fairbanks

ORISON: “O heavenly Word, eternal light” (Verbum supernum prodiens, plainsong, Mode II, Nevers MS., 13th century)
PSALM: The Song of Zechariah (Benedictus Dominus Deus, { Luke 1: 68 – 79 }, plainsong, Tone VIII, adapted by Bruce E. Ford [b. 1947])
HYMN: “Comfort, comfort ye my people” (melody by Claude Goudimel [1514 - 1573]; arr. by Louis Bourgeois [ca. 1510 - ca. 1561])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (Two-part setting by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
ANTHEM: “Audivi vocem de cœlo” (plainsong, Mode I, and verses by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

The Office of Compline for November 29, 2009

Layne — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:06:13 +0000

29 November 2009
1st Sunday of Advent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Redeemer of the nations, come” (Veni Redemptor gentium, plainsong, Mode I, Einsiedeln MS., 12th century)
PSALM: 85 (plainsong, mode 3)
HYMN: “Come thou long expected Jesus” (tune: Stuttgart [1715]; adapted and harmonized by William Henry Havergal [1793 - 1870])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [b. 1937])
ANTHEM: “De caelo veniet” (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])

The Office of Compline for November 22, 2009

Layne — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:06:13 +0000

22 November 2009
Last Sunday after Pentecost
Christ the King

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Bring Us, O Lord God” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
PSALM: 149 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath” (Old 113th, melody from Strassburger Kirchenamt, [1525]; verses 2 & 4 harmonized by Peter Hallock)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (tune: Marilyn; setting by Peter Hallock)
ANTHEM: To the Supreme Being (Peter Hallock)

The Office of Compline for November 15, 2009

Layne — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:14:30 +0000

15 November 2009
24th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Help Me, O Lord” (Shaker tune arranged by Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969])
PSALM: 16 (plainsong, Tone II Ending 2)
HYMN: “For the beauty of the earth” (Lucerna Laudoniae, David Evans [1874 - 1948])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)
ANTHEM: “In Praise of Music” (Richard Proulx [b. 1937])

The Office of Compline for November 8, 2009

Layne — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:14:30 +0000

8 November 2009
23rd Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Now the day is over” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])
PSALM: 146 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 2)
HYMN: “I heard the voice of Jesus say” (from Archbishop Parker’s Psalter [1567]: Third Mode Melody; Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)
ANTHEM: “Christus est stella” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

The Office of Compline for November 1, 2009

Layne — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:14:30 +0000

1 November 2009
All Saints Day

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “Bring us, O Lord God” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
PSALM: 149 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “Who are these like stars appearing” (tune: Zeuch mich, zeuch mich, melody from Geistreiches Gesang-buch [1698], harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585], Tone VII)
ANTHEM: “O quam gloriosum” (Tomás Luis de Victoria [1548 - 1611])

The Office of Compline for October 25, 2009

Layne — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:14:37 +0000

25 October 2009
21st Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “God that madest earth and heaven” (tune: Ar Hyd y Nos, Traditional Welsh melody)
PSALM: 126 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “Amazing Grace” (tune: New Britain, W. Walker, Southern Harmony, 1835, arranged by Richard Proulx [b. 1937] and Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)
ANTHEM: “Domine salva nos” (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623])

The Office of Compline for October 11, 2009

Layne — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:14:37 +0000

11 October 2009
19th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Thomas Adams

ORISON: “Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts” (Christe redemptor, Sarum plainsong, Mode I)
PSALM: 90: 12 – 17 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1)
HYMN: “Te lucis ante terminum” (“Before the ending of the day”) (Orlande de Lassus [ca. 1530/32 - 1594])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (anonymous setting arranged by Bernarr Rainbow, Tone IV)
ANTHEM: “Inclina, Domine, aurem tuam” (Cristóbal de Morales [ca. 1500 - 1553])

The Office of Compline for October 4, 2009

Layne — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:14:37 +0000

4 October 2009
18th Sunday after Pentecost
St. Francis of Assisi

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Lord, make us servants of your peace” (tune: Dickinson College, Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr. [1923 - 1979])
PSALM: 8 (plainsong, Tone V Ending2)
HYMN: “Te lucis ante terminum” (“To you before the close of day”) (Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1)
ANTHEMS: 1) “Tout puissant, trés saint” (Francis Poulenc [1899 - 1963])
2) “Agnus Dei” from Missa Sancti Francisi (George Oldroyd [1887 - 1956])

The Office of Compline for September 20, 2009

Layne — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:14:37 +0000

20 September 2009
16th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Ken Peterson

ORISON: “If ye love me” (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])
PSALM: 119: 33 – 48 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “Lord, keep us steadfast in thy word” (plainsong, Mode II, harmonized verse by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629], Tone II Ending 1)
ANTHEM: “I will meditate” (Richrd Proulx [b. 1937])

The Office of Compline for September 13, 2009

Layne — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:14:37 +0000

13 September 2009
15th Sunday after Pentecost
Holy Cross (September 14th)

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Tym Mackey

ORISON: “Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle” (Pange lingua, plainsong, Mode III, Sarum Melody)
PSALM: 46 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “The royal banners forward go” (Vexilla Regis prodeunt, plainsong, with harmonized verses by Guillaume Du Fay [1397 - 1474])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1)
ANTHEM: “We adore you, O Christ” (Richard Proulx [b. 1937])

The Office of Compline for September 6, 2009

Layne — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:14:37 +0000

6 September 2009
14th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Now the day is over” (Sir Joseph Barnby [1838 - 1896])
PSALM: 146 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 2)
HYMN: “Ill praise my Maker while Ive breath” (Old 113th, melody from Strassburger Kirchenamt, [1525]; harmonized by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629], Tone II Ending 1)
ANTHEM: “Be unto me, O Lord, a tower” (William Byrd [1539/40 - 1623])

The Office of Compline for August 23, 2009

Layne — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:14:37 +0000

23 August 2009
12th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Phos hilaron” (“O gracious light”) (Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969])
PSALM: 34: 15 – 22 (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 2)
HYMN: “Te lucis ante terminum” (“Before the ending of the day”) (Compline office hymn, a plainsong melody in Mode VIII with a harmonized verse by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Charles Wood [1866 - 1926])
ANTHEM: “Salve nos Domine, vigilantes” (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])

The Office of Compline for August 16, 2009

Layne — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:14:37 +0000

16 August 2009
11th Sunday after Pentecost
St. Mary the Virgin (August 15th)

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Blest are the pure in heart” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])
PSALM: 34: 1 – 9 (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 2)
HYMN: “Jerusalem, my happy home” (tune: Land of Rest, arranged by Richard Proulx [b. 1937])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (Anonymous setting, Mode VI)
ANTHEMS: Two anthems by Leonel Power [ca. 1370/1385 - 1445] from the Old Hall MS:
1) “Beati progenies”,
2)”Ave Regina clorum”

The Office of Compline for August 9, 2009

Layne — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:14:37 +0000

9 August 2009
10th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Brian Fairbanks
Reader: Brian Hopkins
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Zion, praise thy Savior” Lauda Sion Salvatorem, plainsong, Mode VII, 12th century)
PSALM: 34: 1 – 8 (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 2)
HYMN: “Humbly I adore thee, Verity unseen” (Adoro devote, French church melody, Mode V, Processionale, [1697])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Ludovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627], Mode VI)
ANTHEM: “Gustate et videte” (Giovanni Matteo Asola [ca. 1532 - 1609])

The Office of Compline for August 2, 2009

Layne — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:14:37 +0000

9th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Fred McIlroy IV
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “O Christ, you are both light and day” (Christe, qui Lux es et dies, plainsong, Mode II, Mailander Hymnen, 15th century)
PSALM: 91 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 4)
HYMN: “O Trinity of blessed light” (O lux beata Trinitas, plainsong, Mode VIII)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)
ANTHEM: “Sanctus” and “Benedictus” from the Mass for three voices by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623]

The Office of Compline for July 26, 2009

Layne — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:14:37 +0000

26 July 2009
8th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Jesus, thou joy of loving hearts” (Christe redemptor, Sarum plainsong, Mode I)
PSALM: 145: 10 – 19, 22 (Sean Glenn)
HYMN: “To you before the close of day” (Compline office hymn: Te lucis ante terminum, plainsong, Mode VIII, Antiphonale Sarisburiense, Vol. II))
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Peter Hallock)
ANTHEM: “Deus canticum novum” (Giovanni Matteo Asola [ca. 1532 - 1609])

The Office of Compline for July 19, 2009

Layne — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:14:37 +0000

19 July 2009
7th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “The King of love my Shepherd is” (tune: St. Columba, Traditional Irish Melody;
last verse harmonized by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “Jesus, our mighty Lord” (tune: Monks Gate, a Traditional Sussex Melody,
arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1)
ANTHEM: “Tu solus qui facis” (Josquin Desprez [ca. 1440 - 1521])

The Office of Compline for July 5, 2009

Layne — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:14:37 +0000

5 July 2009
5th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Brian Fairbanks
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “God be in my head” (Douglas Fullington [b. 1969])
PSALM: 48 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “Amazing grace” (arranged by Richard Proulx [b. 1937])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Dana Marsh)
ANTHEMS: I) “Sometimes I feel like a motherless child” (arranged by Brian Fairbanks [b. 1968])
II) “There is a balm in Gilead” (arranged by Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])

The Office of Compline for June 28, 2009

Layne — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:14:37 +0000

28 June 2009
4th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Christ, mighty Savior, Light of all creation” (Christe, Lux mundi, plainsong, Mode VII, Freiburg MS., 14th century)
PSALM: 91 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 4)
HYMN: “Blessed city, heavenly Salem” (Urbs beata Jerusalem, plainsong, Mode II, Nevers MS., 13th century)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone V Ending 1)
ANTHEM: “Agnus Dei” from the Mass for three voices by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623]

The Office of Compline for June 21, 2009

Layne — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:14:37 +0000

21 June 2009
3rd Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Fred McIlroy IV
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “Now the day is over” (Tune: Merrial, Sir Joseph Barnby [1838 - 1896])
PSALMS: 134 & 4 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “To you before the close of day” (Te lucis ante terminum, Compline office hymn, plainsong, Mode VIII, Antiphonale Sarisburiense, Vol. II)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [b. 1937])
ANTHEM: “Holy is the True Light” (Sir William H. Harris [1883 - 1972])

The Office of Compline for June 14, 2009

Layne — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:14:37 +0000

14 June 2009
2nd Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock / Jason Anderson (anthem & final responses)
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Slowly the rays of daylight fade” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])
PSALM: 149 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “The duteous day now closeth” (tune: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, melody attributed to Heinrich Isaac [1440/50 - 1517]; harmonized by Johann Sebastian Bach [1685 - 1750])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623] — Tonus Peregrinus)
ANTHEM: “If we could shut the gate” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

The Office of Compline for June 7, 2009

Layne — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:14:37 +0000

7 June 2009
Holy Trinity

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Tym Mackey

ORISON: “O Trinity of blessed light” (O lux beata Trinitas, plainsong, Mode VIII)

PSALM: 93 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 3) & 150 (C. V. Stanford, arr. Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “All praise to thee, my God, this night” (tune: Tallis Canon, Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (tune: Marilyn, setting by Peter Hallock)

ANTHEM: “Gloria tibi, Domine” (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623])

The Office of Compline for May 31, 2009

Layne — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:14:37 +0000

31 May 2009
Day of Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Nathan Jensen

ORISON: “Come, Thou Holy Spirit, come” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])
PSALM: 104: 25 – 32, 35 – 37 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire” (tune: Veni Creator Spiritus, plainsong, Mode VIII)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)
ANTHEM: “Come Holy Spirit” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

The Office of Compline for May 24, 2009

Layne — Mon, 25 May 2009 21:14:37 +0000

24 May 2009
7th Sunday after Easter

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Richard Greene

PROCESSIONAL: “O clap your hands” (Psalm 47) (Peter Hallock)
PSALM: 47 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2)
HYMN: “A hymn of glory let us sing” (Iam lucis orto sidere, plainsong, Mode I, Mailander Hymnen, 15th century)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585], Tone VII)
ANTHEM: “O Rex gloriae” (Luca Marenzio [ca. 1560 - 1599])

The Office of Compline for May 10, 2009

Layne — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:14:37 +0000

10 May 2009
5th Sunday of Easter

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Jason Anderson

ORISON: “Now the day is over” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])
PSALM: 66: 1 – 11 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “My song is love unknown” (John Ireland [1879 - 1962])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tomkins [1572 - 1656]; Tone VI)
ANTHEM: “Ubi caritas” (polyphonic setting of the chant by Maurice Durufl [1902 - 1986])

The Office of Compline for May 3, 2009

Layne — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:14:37 +0000

3 May 2009
4th Sunday of Easter
Good Shepherd Sunday

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “O Trinity of blessed light” (O lux beata Trinitas, plainsong, Mode VIII)
PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “The King of love my shepherd is” (tune: St. Columba, Traditional Irish Melody)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (anonymous setting, Tone VI)
ANTHEM: “Surrexit pastor bonus” (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ca. 1525 - 1594])

The Office of Compline for April 12, 2009

Layne — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:14:37 +0000

Easter Day – The Resurrection of Our Lord

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Tym Mackey

PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle (Peter Hallock)
PSALM: 114 (plainsong, Tonus Peregrinus)
HYMN: “Christians, to the Paschal Victim” (Victimae Paschali laudes, plainsong, Mode I; attributed to Wigbert {Wipo of Burgundy} [d. 1050?])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd — Tonus Peregrinus)
ANTHEM: “Haec est dies” (Jakob Handl (Gallus) [1550 - 1591])

The Office of Compline for March 29, 2009

Layne — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:14:37 +0000

29 March 2009
5th Sunday in Lent

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Nathan Jensen

ORISON: “God be in my head” (Douglas Fullington)
PSALM: 119: 9 – 16 (plainsong setting)
HYMN: “Jesus, Redeemer of the world” (Jesu, nostra redemptio, plainsong, Mode VIII, Worcester MS, 13th century)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)
ANTHEM: “Si iniquitates observaveris” (Samuel Wesley [1766 - 1837])

The Office of Compline for March 15, 2009

Layne — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:14:37 +0000

15 March 2009
3rd Sunday in Lent

Conductor: Jeremy Matheis
Reader: Jason Anderson
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Peace be within this sacred place” (Alice Parker [b. 1925])
PSALM: 19 (plainsong, Tone III A 4)
HYMN: “To you before the close of day” (Te lucis ante terminum, Compline office hymn, plainsong, Mode VIII, Antiphonale Sarisburiense, Vol. II)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [b. 1937])
ANTHEM: “Hear my prayer, O Lord” (Thomas Thompkins [1572 - 1656])

The Office of Compline for January 25, 2009

Layne — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:14:37 +0000

25 January 2009
3rd Sunday after the Epiphany

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Fr. Ralph Caskadden
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Jesus, thou Joy of loving hearts” (Christe redemptor, Sarum plainsong, Mode I)
PSALM: 19 (plainsong, Tone III A 4)
HYMN: “Jesus calls us; oer the tumult …” (tune: Restoration, melody from The Southern Harmony, 1835)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623] – Tonus Peregrinus)
ANTHEMS: 1) “He that hath my commandments” (William Mundy [ca. 1529 - 1591])
2) “If ye love me” (Nathan Jensen [b. 1968])

The Office of Compline for January 18, 2009

Layne — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:14:37 +0000

18 January 2009
2nd Sunday after the Epiphany
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 19th)

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “The eternal gifts of Christ the King” (terna Christi munera, Medieval plainsong, Mode VII)

PSALM: 46 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “There is a balm in Gilead” (Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585], Mode VII)

ANTHEM: “Holy is the true light” (Sir William H. Harris [1883 - 1972])

The Office of Compline for January 11, 2009

Layne — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:14:37 +0000

11 January 2009
1st Sunday after the Epiphany
The Baptism of Our Lord

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Jason Anderson

ORISON: “Christ, when for us you were baptized” (tune: Caithness, from The Psalmes of David in Prose and Meeter, harmonized The English Hymnal, 1906)
PSALM: 89: 1, 2, 20 – 29 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “I come, the great Redeemer cries” (tune: This Endris Nyght, English melody; harmonized by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1972 - 1958])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])
ANTHEM: The Baptism of Christ (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

The Office of Compline for January 4, 2009

Layne — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:14:37 +0000

4 January 2009
2nd Sunday after Christmas

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “O come ye servants of the Lord” (Christopher Tye [ca. 1505 - 1572])
PSALM: 84 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “Earth has many a city” (tune: Stuttgart, melody from Psalmodia Sacra, oder Andchtige und Schne Gesange, 1715; harmonized by K. D. Smith [b. 1928])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (tune: Marilyn, setting by Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
ANTHEM: “Videntes stellam magi” (Claude Goudimel [ca. 1514/1520 - 1572])

The Office of Compline for December 28, 2008

Layne — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:14:37 +0000

28 December 2008
1st Sunday after Christmas

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Of the Fathers love begotten” (Divinum mysterium, Sanctus trope, 11th century)
PSALM: 147 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “In the bleak midwinter” (tune: Cranham, Gustav Theodore Holst [1874 - 1934])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes, Tone II Ending 1)
ANTHEMS: 1) The Coventry Carol (from the Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors, 15th century)
2) “Deo gratia persolvamus” (Anonymous, ca. 1430)

The Office of Compline for December 21, 2008

Layne — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:14:37 +0000

21 December 2008
4th Sunday in Advent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Of the Fathers love begotten” (Divinum mysterium, Sanctus trope, 11th century)

PSALM: 147 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Lo, how a rose eer blooming” (Michael Prtorius [ca. 1571 - 1621], Carl Orff [1895 - 1982])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainson setting, Tone III Ending 4)

ANTHEMS: 1) “Lullay, My Liking” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
2) “Gloria in excelsis Deo” from the Mass for three voices (William Byrd [1539/40 - 1623])

The Office of Compline for December 7, 2008

Layne — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:14:37 +0000

7 December 2008
2nd Sunday in Advent

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Jason Anderson

PROCESSIONAL: The Second Song of Isaiah (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
PSALM: 85 (plainsong, Tone I)
HYMN: “Comfort, comfort ye my people” (melody by Claude Goudimel [1514 - 1573]; arr. by Louis Bourgeois [ca. 1510 - ca. 1561])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)
ANTHEM: “De caelo veniet” (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])

The Office of Compline for November 30, 2008

Layne — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:14:37 +0000

30 November 2008
1st Sunday in Advent

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

PROCESSIONAL: “O come, O come, Emmanuel” (Veni, veni, Emmanuel, plainsong, Mode I, Processionale, 15th century)
PSALM: 126 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “Come thou long expected Jesus” (tune: Stuttgart [1715]; adapted and harmonized by William Henry Havergal [1793 - 1870])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Morley [1557/58 - 1603])
ANTHEM: “Canite tuba” (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])

The Office of Compline for November 23, 2008

Layne — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:14:37 +0000

23 November 2008
Last Sunday after Pentecost
Christ the King

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Jesus, our mighty Lord” (Traditional Sussex Melody, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958])
PSALM: 24 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “The head that once was crowned with thorns” (tune: St. Magnus, melody Divine Companion, 1707, harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)
ANTHEM: “Great Lord of Lords” (Charles Wood [1866 - 1926])

The Office of Compline for November 16, 2008

Layne — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:14:37 +0000

16 November 2008
27th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Jason Anderson

ORISON: “Thy mercies fill the earth, O Lord” (Alice Parker [b. 1925])
PSALM: 90 (plainsong, Tone IV Ending 4)
HYMN: “I sought the Lord” (tune: Faith, J. Harold Moyer [b. 1927])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)
ANTHEMS: 1) “Agnus Dei” from the Mass for Three Voices (William Byrd [1539/40 - 1623])
2) “Agnus Dei” from Missa Sancti Francisci (George Oldroyd [1886 - 1951])

The Office of Compline for November 9, 2008

Layne — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:14:37 +0000

9 November 2008
26th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Tym Mackey

ORISON: “My spirit longs for thee” (John Dowland [1563 - 1626])
PSALM: 121 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “I to the hills will lift mine eyes” (tune: Burford, from A Book of Psalmody, 1718)
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tomkins [1572 - 1656], Tone VI)
ANTHEM: “I will lift up mine eyes” (Ernest Walker [1870 - 1949])

The Office of Compline for November 2, 2008

Layne — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:14:37 +0000

2 November 2008
25th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Holy is the true light” (Sir William H. Harris [1883 - 1973])
PSALM: 149 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “Who are these like stars appearing” (tune: Zeuch mich, zeuch mich, melody from Geistreiches Gesang-buch [1698], harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])
ANTHEM: Portions from the “Missa pro defunctis” (Orlande de Lassus [1530/32 - 1594])

The Office of Compline for October 26, 2008

Layne — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:14:37 +0000

26 October 2008
24th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jeremy Matheis
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Maker of all things” (from Archbishop Parkers Psalter, fourth mode melody, Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])
PSALM: 68: 1 – 20 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “All people that on earth do dwell” (tune: Old 100th, melody from Pseaumes octante trois de David, 1551; harmonized after Louis Bourgeois [ca. 1510 - ca. 1561]; v. 4: fauxbourdon and harmonized by John Dowland [1563 - 1626])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629]; Tone II Ending 1)
ANTHEM: “Rerum creator omnium” (attributed to William Mundy [ca. 1529 - 1591])

The Office of Compline for October 12, 2008

Layne — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:14:37 +0000

12 October 2008
22nd Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Tym Mackey

ORISON: “Now cheer our hearts this eventide” (Nathan Jensen)
PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock)
HYMN: “There is a balm in Gilead” (Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])
NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Orlando Gibbons, Tone I Ending 2)
ANTHEM: “Jesu, dulcis memoria” (Iain Quinn [b. 1973])

The Office of Compline for October 5, 2008

Layne — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:14:37 +0000

5 October 2008
21st Sunday after Pentecost
St. Francis (October 4th)

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: "Jesus, Redeemer of the world" (Jesu, nostra redemptio, plainsong, Mode 8, Worcester MS., 13th century)

PSALM: 104: 25 – 37 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: "Lord, make us servants of your peace" (tune: Dickinson College, Lee Hastings Bristol, Jr. [1923 - 1979])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Orlando Gibbons)

ANTHEM: "Iustus germinabit sicut lilium" (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])

The Office of Compline for September 28, 2008

Layne — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:14:37 +0000

28 September 2008
20th Sunday after Pentecost
St. Michael and All Angels (September 29th)

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels” (Christe sanctorum, Sarum plainsong, Mode I)

PSALM: 103 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Round the Lord in glory seated” (tune: Rustington, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry [1848 - 1918])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes; Tone VIII Ending 1)

ANTHEM: “Tibi Christe, splendor patris” (plainsong, Mode II; polyphonic verses by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ca. 1525 - 1594])

The Office of Compline for September 21, 2008

Layne — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:14:37 +0000

21 September 2008
19th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Steven Iverson

ORISON: “God, that madest earth and heaven” (tune: Ar Hyd y Nos, Traditional Welsh Melody)

PSALM: 97 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “For the beauty of the earth” (tune: Lucerna Laudoni, David Evans [1874 - 1949])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)

ANTHEM: “To the Supreme Being” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

The Office of Compline for September 7, 2008

Layne — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:14:37 +0000

7 September 2008
17th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Now the day is over” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])

PSALM: 34: 1 – 8 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2)

HYMN: “God himself is with us” (tune: Tysk, from Psalm und Choralbuch, 1719)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627], Mode II)

ANTHEM: “O bone Jesu” (Claudio Monteverdi [1576-1643])

The Office of Compline for August 31, 2008

Layne — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 21:14:37 +0000

31 August 2008
16th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Jason Anderson
Cantor: Nathan Jensen

ORISON: “God be in my head” (Doug Fullington)

PSALM: 99 (plainsong, Mode VII)

HYMN: “All praise to thee, my God, this night” (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting)

ANTHEM: “Deus canticum novum” (Giovanni Mateo Asola [ca. 1540 - 1609])

The Office of Compline for August 24, 2008

Layne — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:14:37 +0000

24 August 2008
15th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Now as the troubled day departs” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])

PSALMS: 134, 4 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Before the ending of the day” (Compline office hymn: Te lucis ante terminum, setting by Thomas Tallis [1505 - 1585], Mode VIII)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627], Mode VII)

ANTHEM: “Salva Nos Domine, Vigilantes” (Jacob Handl [1550 - 1591])

The Office of Compline for August 17, 2008

Layne — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:14:37 +0000

17 August 2008
14th Sunday after Pentecost
St. Mary the Virgin (August 15th)

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Jason Anderson

ORISON: “The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended” (Louis Bourgeois, 1543 [1510 - 1562])

PSALM: 34: 1 – 9 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2)

HYMN: “Sing we of the blessed mother” (tune: Rustington, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry [1848 - 1918])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623], Tone I Ending 8)

ANTHEM: “Ave Maria” (Franz Biebl, 1964 [1906 - 2001])

The Office of Compline for August 10, 2008

Layne — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:14:37 +0000

10 August 2008
13th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Jason Anderson

ORISON: “Jesus, lead the way” (Tune: Rochelle, Adam Drese, 1698 [1620 - 1701])

PSALM: 84 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Eternal light, shine in my heart” (Ach bleib bei uns, melody by Samuel Scheidt [1587 - 1654]; harmonized by Seth Calvinius [1556 - 1615])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by C. Andreas, 16th century; Tone I)

ANTHEM: “Jesu, dulcis memoria” (Iain Quinn [b. 1973])

The Office of Compline for July 27, 2008

Layne — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:14:37 +0000

27 July 2008
11th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Kenneth Peterson

ORISON: “God be in my head” (Douglas Fullington)

PSALM: 91 (plainsong setting, Tone IV Ending 4)

HYMN: “All praise to thee, my God, this night” (From Archbishop Parkers Psalter, 1567: Tallis Canon, Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)

ANTHEM: “Si iniquitates observaveris” (Samuel Wesley [1766 - 1837])

The Office of Compline for July 20, 2008

Layne — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:14:37 +0000

20 July 2008
10th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Jason Anderson

ORISON: “The duteous day now closeth” (O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, melody attributed to Heinrich Isaac [ca. 1450 - 1517]; harmonized by Johann Sebastian Bach [1685 - 1750])

PSALM: 46 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “When all thy mercies, O my God” (From Ravenscrofts Psalter, 1623; harmonized by Samuel Sebastian Wesley [1810 - 1876])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Jeff Junkinsmith [b. 1956])

ANTHEM: “Iustus germinabit sicut lilium” (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])

The Office of Compline for July 13, 2008

Layne — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:14:37 +0000

13 July 2008
9th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Jereny Matheis
Cantor: Tym Mackey

ORISON: “Now the day is over” (Tune: Merrial, Sir Joseph Barnby [1838 - 1896])

PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Te lucis ante terminum (To you before the close of day)” (Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]))

ANTHEM: “If we could shut the gate” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

The Office of Compline for July 6, 2008

Layne — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:14:37 +0000

6 July 2008
8th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “The shadows of the evening hours” (Joshua Haberman [b. 1982])

PSALM: 147 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Ill praise my maker while Ive breath” (tune: Old 113th, melody from Strassburger Kirchenamt, 1525; harmonized by Peter Hallock)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [? - 1629], Tone VIII Ending 1)

ANTHEM: “I will meditate” (Richard Proulx [b. 1937])

The Office of Compline for June 29, 2008

Layne — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:14:37 +0000

29 June 2008
7th Sunday after Pentecost
St. Peter and St. Paul (June 29th)

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Nathan Jensen

ORISON: “Slowly the rays of daylight fade” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])

PSALM: 148 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “King of the martyrs noble band” (Jesu, nostra redemptio, plainsong, Mode VIII, Worcester MS, 13th century)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627], Mode VII)

ANTHEM: “Tu es Petrus” (Hans Leo Hassler [1564 - 1612])

The Office of Compline for June 22, 2008

Layne — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:14:37 +0000

22 June 2008
6th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Jason Anderson

ORISON: “Round me falls the night” (melody by A. Drese, [d. 1701], harmonizations by S. S. Wesley, Henry Ley, J. S. Bach)

PSALM: 91 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “When Christ was lifted from the earth” (tune: St. Botolph, Gordon Slater [1896 - 1979])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)

ANTHEM: “Ubi caritas” (polyphonic setting of the chant by Maurice Durufl [1902 - 1986])

The Office of Compline for August 14, 2005

Layne — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:14:37 +0000

14 August 2005
13th Sunday after Pentecost
St. Mary the Virgin (August 15th)

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Bill Turnipseed
Cantor: Jeff Junkinsmith

ORISON: “Blest are the pure in heart” (Searle Wright)

PSALM: 34 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2)

HYMN: “Sing we of the blessed Mother” (Charles Hubert Hastings Parry [1848 - 1918])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Mode III)

ANTHEM: “Ave Maria” (Franz Biebl [1906 - 2001])

The Office of Compline for June 8, 2008

Layne — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:14:37 +0000

4th Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Bill Turnipseed
Cantor: Tym Mackey

ORISON: “O Trinity of blessd light” (tune: Bromley, Franz Joseph Haydn [1732 - 1809])

PSALM: 119: 33 – 48 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Jesus calls us; oer the tumult” (melody from The Southern Harmony, 1835, harmonized for the [Episcopal] Hymnal 1982)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Orlando Gibbons [1583 - 1625]; Tone 1 Ending 2)

ANTHEM: “Beati quorum via” (Sir Charles Villiers Stanford [1852 - 1924]; arranged for mens voices by Richard Barnes)

The Office of Compline for June 1, 2008

Layne — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:07:27 +0000

3rd Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

ORISON: “Now the day is over” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])

PSALM: 103 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “The duteous day now closeth” (tune: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen, melody attributed to Heinrich Isaac [1440/50 - 1517]; harmonized by Johann Sebastian Bach [1685 - 1750])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (Anonymous 16th century setting, Tone VI)

ANTHEM: “I laid me down to rest” (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623])

The Office of Compline for May 25, 2008

Layne — Tue, 27 May 2008 00:35:12 +0000

2nd Sunday after Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Phos hilaron” (“O gracious light”) (Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969])

PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Amazing Grace” (arranged by Richard Proulx [b. 1937] and Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585], Mode 7)

ANTHEM: “Laudate Dominum” (Frank Ferko [b. 1950])

The Office of Compline for May 18, 2008

Layne — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:09:21 +0000

The Holy Trinity

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Jason Anderson

ORISON: “O Trinity of blessed light” (O lux beata Trinitas, plainsong, Mode VIII)

PSALMS: 93 (plainsong, Mode VIII Ending 3) & 150 (C. V. Stanford [1852 - 1924])

HYMN: “All praise to thee, my God, this night” (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Charles Wood [1866 - 1926])

ANTHEM: “Great Lord of Lords” (Charles Wood)

The Office of Compline for May 11, 2008

Layne — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:35:12 +0000

Day of Pentecost

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Joel Matter
Cantor: Tym Mackey

ORISON: “Come, Thou Holy Spirit, come” (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004])

PSALM: 104: 25 – 32, 35 – 37 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire” (tune: Veni Creator Spiritus, plainsong, Mode VIII)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd[1539/40 - 1623] – Tonus Peregrinus)

ANTHEM: “If we could shut the gate” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

The Office of Compline for May 4, 2008

Layne — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:32:12 +0000

7th Sunday of Easter
Ascension of Our Lord

Conductor: Jason Anderson
Reader: Jeremy Matheis
Cantor: Fred McIlroy IV

PROCESSIONAL: “O clap your hands” (Psalm 47) (Peter Hallock)

PSALM: 47 (plainsong, Mode V Ending 2)

HYMN: “O Lord Most High, eternal King” (terne Rex altissime, plainsong, Mode I)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Padre Vincente Ripolls, Tone V)

ANTHEM: “Viri Galili” (William Byrd [1539/40 - 1623])

The Office of Compline for April 27, 2008

Layne — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:00:00 +0000

6th Sunday of Easter
Rogation Sunday

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: Father Ralph Carskadden
Cantor: Richard Greene

ORISON: “Now the day is over” (tune: Merrial, Sir Joseph Barnby [1838 - 1896])

PSALM: 104: 25 – 32, 35 – 37 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature” (tune: St. Elizabeth, melody from Schlesische Volkslieder, 1842; harmonized by Thomas Tertius Noble [1867 - 1953])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4)

ANTHEM: “Sicut cervus” (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ca. 1525 - 1594])

The Office of Compline for April 20, 2008

Layne — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:00:00 +0000

5th Sunday of Easter

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Tym Mackey

ORISON: “God that madest earth and heaven” (tune: Ar Hyd y Nos,Traditional Welsh Melody)

PSALM: 40 (plainsong, Mode II Ending 1)

HYMN: “All praise to thee, my God, this night” (tune: Tallis Canon, from Archbishop Parkers Psalter, [1567], Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627])

ANTHEM: “Bring us, O Lord God” (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

The Office of Compline for March 30, 2008

Layne — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:00:00 +0000

2nd Sunday of Easter

Conductor: Peter Hallock
Reader: William Turnipseed
Cantor: Nathan Jensen

ORISON: “The shadows of the evening hours” (Joshua Haberman [b. 1982])

PSALM: 118: 14 – 29 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 3)

HYMN: “O sons and daughters, let us sing”(O filii et filiae, melody from Airs sur les hymnes sacrez, odes et nols, 1623)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [? - 1629], Tone II Ending 1)

ANTHEM: “Christ rising again” (John Sheppard [ca.1515 - ca.1559])