Podcasts about compline service

The Fifth Sunday of Easter ORISON: ‘O Light, O Way, O Truth, O Life', from Ten Orisons – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004) PSALM 148 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: O what their joy and their glory must be (Tune: O QUANTA QUALIA) – mel. from Antiphoner, 1681; harm. John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876) NUNC DIMITTIS […]

The Fourth Sunday of Easter ORISON: The God of love my Shepherd is (Tune: UNIVERSITY) – attr. Charles Collignon (1725-1785); verse 4 harm. Martin Fallas Shaw (1875-1958) PSALM 23 (Setting II) – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: All people that on earth do dwell (Tune: OLD 100TH) – mel. From Pseaumes octante trois de David, […]

The Third Sunday of Easter ORISON: Christians to the Paschal victim (Tune: VICTIMAE PASCHALI LAUDES) – Plainsong, Mode I; melody att. Wigbert (d. 1050?) and Christ the Lord is risen again (Tune: CHRIST IST ERSTANDEN) – mel. from Geistliche Lieder, 1533; harm. Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612) PSALM 33:1-11 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Lift […]

The Second Sunday of Easter ORISON: We walk by faith, and not by sight (Tune: ST. BOTOLPH) – Gordon Slater (1896-1979) PSALM 118:14-24 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1 HYMN 42: Now the day is over (Tune: MERRIAL) – Joseph Barnby (1838-1896) NUNC DIMITTIS from First Fauxbourdon Service – Philip Moore (b. 1943) ANTHEM: Peace – Peter R. […]

Easter Day PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) PSALM 114 – Plainsong, Tonus Peregrinus (Ninth psalm tone) HYMN: Come, ye faithful, raise the strain (Tune: GAUDEAMUS PARITER) – Medieval Bohemian Carol Melody, 1544; vs. 2 harm. Hymnal 1940; vs. 3 harm. Harvey Grace (1874-1944) NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tonus peregrinus; harm. William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) ANTHEM: […]

The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday ORISON: We glory in your cross, O Lord – Plainsong, Mode IV; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 31:9-16 – Plainsong, Tone III.5 RESPOND: In manus tuas – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558) HYMN: O sacred head, sore wounded (Tune: HERZLICH TUT MICH VERLANGEN) – Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612); […]

The Fifth Sunday in Lent ORISON: Give judgment for me, O God – Plainsong, Mode IV; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 126 – Plainsong, Tone I.9 HYMN: Drop, drop, slow tears (Tune: SONG 46) – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone VIII.1 ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah – William Byrd (c. 1540-1623) […]

The Fourth Sunday in Lent ORISON: Rejoice with Jerusalem– Plainsong, Mode V; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 32 – Plainsong, Tone III.4 HYMN: Kind Maker of the world (Tune: A LA VENUE DE NOËL) – mel. from Fleurs des noels, 1535 NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone VIII.1 ANTHEM: Media vita in morte sumus […]

The Third Sunday in Lent ORISON: My eyes are ever looking to the Lord – Plainsong, Mode VII; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 63:1-8 – Plainsong, Tone II.1 HYMN: Lord Jesus, think on me (Tune: SOUTHWELL) – from Daman's Psalter, 1579; adapt. Hymnal 1940; fauxbourdon harm. by Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) NUNC DIMITTIS – […]

The Second Sunday in Lent ORISON: You speak within my heart – Plainsong, Tone III; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 27:10-18 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1 HYMN: Eternal light, shine in my heart (Tune: JACOB) – Jane Manton Marshall (1924-2019) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone VIII.1 ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah – Juan de Lienas […]

The First Sunday in Lent ORISON: He shall call upon me – Plainsong, Mode VIII; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 91:1-2,9-16 – Plainsong, Tone IV.4 HYMN: Forty days and forty nights (Tune: AUS DER TIEFE RUFE ICH) – mel. att. Martin Herbst (1654-1681), alt.; harm. William Henry Monk (1823-1889) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, […]

The Last Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: 'Tis good, Lord, to be here! (Tune: CARLISLE) – Charles Lockhart (1745-1815) [St Paul's Hymn] PSALMS 99 & 150 – Plainsong, Tone VII.7 and C. V. Stanford (1852-1924) HYMN: Christ upon the mountain peak (Tune: IBIS) – melody Thomas Kuras (1950-1997); harm. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) NUNC DIMITTIS […]

The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: In your mercy, Lord, you called me (Tune: HALTON HOLGATE) – William Boyce (1711-1779); verse 3 harm. Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) PSALM 37:1-12,41-42 HYMN: Father all loving, who rulest in majesty (Tune: WAS LEBET) – mel. from Choral-Buch, 1754; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) NUNC DIMITTIS – Elway […]

The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: ‘Blest are the pure in heart,' from Ten Orisons – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004) PSALM 1 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) OFFICE HYMN: Before the ending of the day – Sarum plainsong, Mode VIII; harm. Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) NUNC DIMITTIS – Anonymous setting from The Lumley […]

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: Dear Lord and Father of mankind (Tune: REST) – Frederick Charles Maker (1844-1927) PSALM 138 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: Jesus calls us; o'er the tumult (Tune: RESTORATION) – mel. The Sacred Harp, 1835; arr. Greg Bloch NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VIII; harm. John Holmes […]

The Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the TempleCandlemas Procession at Compline ANTIPHON: Behold, our Lord will come with power – Plainsong, Mode III [American Gradual] PROCESSIONAL PSALM 48 PSALM 84 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Virgin-born, we bow before thee – Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572) Nunc Dimittis with Candlemas Antiphon ANTHEM: Almighty […]

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: Blessed Jesus, at thy word we are gathered (Tune: LIEBSTER JESU) – mel. Johann Ahle (1625-1673); harm. George Palmer (1846-1926) PSALM 19 – Plainsong, Tone III.4 HYMN: O Christ, the Word Incarnate (Tune: MUNICH) – harm. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone II; harm. John Holmes […]

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: Songs of thankfulness and praise (Tune: SALZBURG) – mel. Jakob Hintze (1622-1702); harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) PSALM 36:5-10 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: All praise to you, O Lord (Tune: CARLISLE) – Charles Lockhart (1745-1815) NUNC DIMITTIS – Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956) ANTHEM: Tribus miraculis […]

The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Jesus ORISON: ‘I come,' the great Redeemer cries (Tune: THIS ENDRIS NYGHT) – English mel.; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and Martin Fallas Shaw (1875-1958) PSALM 29 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Christ, when for us you were baptized (Tune: CAITHNESS) – melody from The Psalmes […]

The Eve of the Epiphany ORISON: Brightest and best of the stars of the morning (Tune: MORNING STAR) – James Proctor Harding (1850–1911) PSALM 96 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN 112: In the bleak mid-winter (Tune: CRANHAM) – Gustav Holst (1874-1934 NUNC DIMITTIS (Tune: MARILYN) – Peter R. Hallock ANTHEMS:The Three Kings – […]

The First Sunday after Christmas Day PROCESSIONAL: Once in royal David's city (Tune: IRBY) – mel. Henry John Gauntlett (1805-1876); harm. Arthur Henry Mann (1850-1929) PSALM 147 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Of the Father's love begotten (Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM) – Sanctus trope, 11th cent.; adapt. Piae Cantiones, 1582; arr. Richard T. Proulx (1937-2010) […]

The Fourth Sunday of Advent PROCESSIONAL: O come, O Wisdom from above (Tune: VENI EMMANUEL) – New trans. of the O Antiphons by Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976), sung to Plainsong, Mode I, from Processionale, 15th cent.; arr. and harm. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) CANTICLE: Magnificat – Plainsong, Tone II.1 with O Rex gentium (antiphon for […]

The Third Sunday of Advent ORISON: Rejoice in the Lord always – Plainsong, Mode I CANTICLE 9: The First Song of Isaiah – Plainsong, Tone VII.3 and Peter R. Hallock (1923-2014) HYMN: The King shall come when morning dawns (Tune: SAINT STEPHEN) – William Jones (1726-1800); verse 2 harm. The American Vocalist, 1849; verse 4 […]

The Second Sunday of Advent ORISON: People of Zion, look up – Plainsong, Mode VII CANTICLE 16: The Song of Zechariah – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1 HYMN: Prepare the way, O Zion (Tune: BEREDEN VÄG FÖR HERRAN) – mel. from Then Swenska Psalmboken, 1697; harm. Koralbok för Svenska Kyrkan, 1939, alt.; adapt. Jason A. Anderson (b. […]

The First Sunday of Advent ORISON: Matin Responsory – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) PSALM 25:1-9 – Plainsong, Tone IV.2 HYMN: Creator of the stars of night (Tune: CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM) – Plainsong, Mode IV NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard Proulx (1937-2010) ANTHEM: Rorate caeli desuper– Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) Jason Anderson, director • Tyler Morse, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

The Last Sunday after Pentecost: The Reign of Christ ORISON: ‘Psalm 95' from Six Hymns to Doctor Watts – Alice Parker (1925-2023) PSALMS 93 & 150 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.3 & C. V. Stanford (1852-1924) HYMN 419: Lord of all being, throned afar (Tune: MENDON) – mel. from Methodist Harmonist, 1821; adapt. Lowell Mason (1792-1872) NUNC […]

The Twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost; 100th Birthday of Peter R. Hallock ORISON: Bring us, O Lord God – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) PSALMS 134 & 4 – Peter R. Hallock HYMN: I'll praise my Maker while I've breath (Tune: OLD 113TH) – Melody from Strassburger Kirchenamt, 1525; harm. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) NUNC DIMITTIS (2-part […]

The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: In all our grief and fear, we turn to you (Tune: FREDERICKTOWN) – Charles R. Anders (1929-2020) PSALM 146 – Plainsong, Tone IV.2 HYMN: All who love and serve your city (Tune: CHARLESTOWN) – mel. from The Southern Harmony, 1865; harm. Alastair Cassels-Brown (1927-2001), alt.; vs. 3 reharm. Jason […]

All Souls: All the Faithful Departed (transferred) ORISON: ‘I heard a voice from heaven,' from Burial Sentences – Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656); adapt. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977) PSALM 130 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Jerusalem, my happy home (Tune: LAND OF REST) – American folk hymn; collected by Annabel Morris Buchanan (1889-1983); arr. Richard […]

The Twenty-Third Sunday of Pentecost ORISON: Help me, O Lord, thy way to keep – Shaker tune, arr. Kevin Seigfried (b. 1969) PSALM 126 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Lord, we are blind (Tune: GODMANSTONE) – Cyril V. Taylor (1907-1991) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.4 ANTHEM: A Colloquy with God – Richard Rodney […]

The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Be present, O merciful God – Roupen Shakarian (b. 1950) PSALM 91:9-16 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) OFFICE HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum (Before the ending of the day) – Roupen Shakarian NUNC DIMITTIS – Roupen Shakarian ANTHEM: The Road Home (Tune: PROSPECT) – adapt. Stephen Paulus (1949-2014) Jason […]

The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Now the day is over – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004) PSALM 90:12-17 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1 HYMN: My God, how wonderful thou art (Tune: WINDSOR) – mel. William Damon (c. 1540-c. 1591), alt.; harm. Henchman & Hancock, 1754; Booke of Musicke, 1591; and The Academic Hymnal, 1899 NUNC DIMITTIS […]

The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: ‘Beloved, let us love one another' from In Praise of Singing – Alice Parker (1925-2023) PSALM 139 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: God himself is with us (Tune: TYSK) – from Psalm und Choralbuch, 1719; arr. Gregory Bloch NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tonus peregrinus; harm. William Byrd […]

Saint Michael and All Angels ORISON: The Soul-Leading – Ina Boyle (1889-1967) PSALM 103 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: How shall I sing that majesty? (Tune: COE FEN) – Kenneth Naylor (1931-1991) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VI; harm. Anon. 16th cent. composer ANTHEM: Tibi Christe, splendor Patris – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. […]

The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Maker of all things – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) PSALM 54 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) OFFICE HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum (Before the ending of the day) – Plainsong, Mode VIII; harm. Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone IV; harm. Anon., adapt. Bernarr Rainbow […]

Holy Cross Day (transferred) ORISON: Hope of the world, thou Christ of great compassion (Tune: DONNE SECOURS) – mel. from Trente quatre pseaumes de David, 1551; harm. Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572) PSALM 46 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Cross of Jesus, cross of sorrow (Tune: CROSS OF JESUS) – John Stainer (1840-1901) NUNC DIMITTIS – […]

The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Now cheer our hearts this eventide (Tune: ACH BLEIB BEI UNS) – Geistliche Lieder, Leipzig, 1589; harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) PSALM 115 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: O worship the King, all glorious above (Tune: HANOVER) – att. William Croft (1678-1727) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone I; […]

The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Round me falls the night – mel. A. Drese (1620-1701); harm. S.S. Wesley (1824-1899), Henry Ley (1887-1962), and J. S. Bach (1685-1750) PSALM 15 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Lamp of our feet (Tune: NUN DANKET ALL UND BRINGET EHR) – mel. att. Johann Cruger (1598-1662), alt. NUNC DIMITTIS […]

The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: The shadows of the evening hours – Joshua Haberman (b. 1982) PSALM 34:15-22 – Plainsong, Tone V.2 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 […]

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON:  Calm the Tempests of my Heart – Elizabeth Alexander (b.1962), Text: Sören Kierkegaard, adapted PSALM 84 – Sheila Bristow  HYMN: O Christ, you are both light and day – David Hurd (b. 1950)  NUNC DIMITTIS: Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956) ANTHEM: Adoremus in Aeternum – Ērik Ešenvalds (b. 1977) The […]

The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON:  Let my prayer arise – Dimitri Bortniansky (1751-1825), arr. Kevin Siegfried PSALM 34: 1-9 [St. Helena Psalter] – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014), adapt. & ed. Gregory Bloch HYMN: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree – Alice Parker (1925-2023) arr. Gregory Bloch NUNC DIMITTIS: Harmonized plainchant, Tone V ANTHEM: I am Wisdom – Peter R. Hallock Rebekah […]

The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost ORISON:  Grace to you and peace – Alice Parker (1924-2023), arr. Gregory Bloch  PSALM 33: 1-11 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014), arr. Jeff Reynolds HYMN: Christe qui lux es et dies  – Stephanie Martin (b. 1962) NUNC DIMITTIS: William Byrd (c. 1540-1623), arr. Bill Bertolas and Jeff Reynolds ANTHEM: Ave Generosa – Ola Gjeilo (b. […]

Tenth Sunday after PentecostBon Voyage Compline ORISON: ‘III. Sanctus,' from Messe ‘Cum jubilo,' Op. 11 – Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) PSALMS 97 and 98 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) and Patricia Van Ness (b. 1951) HYMN: King of glory, King of peace (Tune: GWALCHMAI) – John David Jones (1827-1870) NUNC DIMITTIS from Saint Mark's Service – […]

The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: ‘V. Agnus Dei,' from Messe ‘Cum jubilo,' Op. 11 – Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986) PSALM 78:1-13 – Margaret Burk (b. 1990) HYMN: God is Love: let heaven adore him (Tune: BLAENWERN) – from Sacred Melodies, 1815; arr. William Gardiner (1770-1853) NUNC DIMITTIS from Magdalen Service – Grayston Ives (b. 1948) […]

The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Immortal, invisible, God only wise (Tune: SAINT DENIO) – Welsh hymn, from Caniadau y Cyssegr, 1839; adapt. John Robert (1822-1877) PSALM 91:1-12 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: How shall I sing that majesty? (Tune: COE FEN) – Kenneth Naylor (1931-1991) NUNC DIMITTIS from The Evening Service – Stephen […]

The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: O gladsome Light (Tune: NUNC DIMITTIS) – mel. Loÿs Bourgeois (c. 1510-1559); harm. Claude Goudimel (c. 1514/1520-1572) PSALMS 69:1-6 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: God of grace and God of glory (Tune: WEBBE'S SAINT THOMAS) – Samuel Webbe the Elder (1740-1816) NUNC DIMITTIS – Erin Aas (b. 1974) […]

The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Bring us, O Lord God – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) PSALM 72:1-13 –John Fenstermaker (b. 1942) HYMN: City of God, how broad and far (Tune: RICHMOND) – mel. Thomas Haweis (1733-1820); harm. Samuel Webbe (1740-1816) NUNC DIMITTIS from The Evening Service – Stephen Sturk (b. 1950) ANTHEM: ‘Agnus Dei,' […]

The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: ‘Phos hilaron,' from Music for Compline – Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969) PSALM 88:1-10 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Jesus shall reign where'er the sun (Tune: TRURO) – Psalmodia Evangelica, 1789 NUNC DIMITTIS from Second Fauxbourdon Service – Philip Moore (b. 1943) ANTHEM: Abendgebet – Jacob Beranek (b. 1998) Jason […]

The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Sometimes a light surprises (Tune: OFFERTORIUM) – mel. Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806); harm. Ancient & Modern, 2013 PSALM 89:1-9 – David Hurd (b. 1950) OFFICE HYMN: ‘Te lucis ante terminum,' from Music for Compline – Sarum plainsong, Mode VIII; arr. Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969) NUNC DIMITTIS from First Fauxbourdon Service […]

The Third Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: God is here! (Tune: EVERTON) – Henry Thomas Smart (1813-1879) PSALM 65 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Lord, it belongs not to my care (Tune: SAINT HUGH) – Edward John Hopkins (1818-1901) NUNC DIMITTIS – Erin Aas (b. 1972) ANTHEM: ‘Gloria,' from Mass for Four Voices – Thomas Tallis […]