The Compline Service from St. Mark's Cathedral
Summary: A weekly podcast of the Compline service as sung every Sunday night by The Compline Choir in St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1954 by the group's former director, Peter R. Hallock, the service has become something of a phenomenon, with upwards of 500 people (most of them in their teens and early twenties) attending the service, and thousands in the local radio audience and on the Internet each week.
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The Last Sunday after the Epiphany Director: Jason Anderson Cantor: Thomas Adams Reader: William Turnipseed ORISON: O wondrous type! O vision fair (Plainsong, Mode I; tune: Aeterne Rex altissime) PSALMS: 99 (Plainsong, Tone VII) & 150 (Charles Villiers Stanford) HYMN: Christ upon the mountain peak (Tune: Ibis; harm. Peter R. Hallock) NUNC DIMITTIS: (Plainsong setting, Tone VII; harm. Ludovico da Viadana) ANTHEM: Resplenduit facies (Tomas Luis de Victoria)
The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: God is love, and where true love is God himself is there (Tune: Ubi caritas; music: Dom Gregory Murray, OSB [1905-1992]) PSALM 119:33-48 (Peter R. Hallock [b. 1924]) HYMN: Book of books, our people’s strength (Tune: Liebster Jesu; melody: Johann Ahle [1625-1673]; harm. George H. Palmer [1846-1926]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (Plainsong setting, Tone IV; anonymous harm. arr. B. Rainbow) ANTHEM: If ye love me (Thomas Tallis [c. 1505-1585]) Director: Jason Anderson Reader: Tyler Morse Cantor: Alan Wheaton
The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: Psalm 119, from Six Hymns to Doctor Watts (Alice Parker [b. 1925]) PSALM 119:1-16 (Plainsong, Tone II) HYMN: O Christ, the Word Incarnate (Tune: Munich; adapt. and harm. Felix Mendelssohn [1809-1847]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (Plainsong, Tone I; harm. William Byrd [c. 1540-1623]) ANTHEM: I give you a new commandment (John Sheppard [c. 1515-1558]) Director: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Jeremy Matheis
The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany Director: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: Eternal light, shine in my heart (Tune: Ach bleib bei uns; melody by Samuel Scheidt [1587-1654]; harm. Seth Calvisius [1556-1615]) PSALM 112:1-9 (Plainsong, Tone I.7) HYMN: God himself is with us (Tune: Tysk, from Psalm und Choralbuch, 1719) 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 Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple: Candlemas DIRECTOR: Jason Anderson OFFICIANT: The Very Rev. Steven Thomason, Dean & Rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral CANTORS: Ken Peterson and Jason Anderson PSALM 24 (Peter R. Hallock [b. 1924]) HYMN: O Zion, open wide thy gates (Tune: Edmonton, from Harmonia Sacra, ca. 1760) NUNC DIMITTIS: 'Marilyn' setting by Peter R. Hallock ANTHEM: Senex puerum portabat (William Byrd [c. 1540-1623]) DIRECTOR: Jason Anderson OFFICIANT: The Very Rev. Steven Thomason, Dean & Rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral CANTORS: Ken Peterson and Jason Anderson
The Third Sunday after the Epiphany Director: Jason Anderson Cantor: Richard Greene Reader: Bill Turnipseed ORISON: The people who in darkness walked (Tune: Caithness; The CL Psalmes of David, 1615; harm. Thomas Ravenscroft [1592?-1635?]) PSALM 27:1, 5-13 (Plainsong, Tone VIII.2) HYMN: Jesus calls us; o'er the tumult (Tune: Restoration; The Southern Harmony, 1835) NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong, Tone I; harm. C. Andreas [16th cent.] ANTHEM: Surge, illuminare (William Byrd [1540-1623])
The Third Sunday after the Epiphany Director: Jason Anderson Cantor: Ken Peterson Reader: Joel Matter ORISON: God of mercy, God of grace (Tune: Lucerna Laudoniae; Music: David Evans [1874-1948]) PSALM 40:1-10 (Plainsong, Tone II) HYMN: Thy kingdom come, O God! (Tune: St. Cecilia; Leighton George Hayne [1836-1883]) NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone III.4 ANTHEM: Christus est stella (Peter R. Hallock [b. 1924])
The First Sunday after the Epiphany The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ Director: Jason Anderson Cantor: Jeremy Matheis Reader: Bill Turnipseed ORISON: 'I come,' the great Redeemer cries (Tune: This Endris Nyght; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872-1958]) PSALM 89:1, 2, 20-29 (Peter R. Hallock [b. 1924]) HYMN: Christ, when for us you were baptized (Tune: Caithness; melody, The Psalmes of David in Prose and Meeter, 1635; harm. The English Hymnal, 1906) [H 121] NUNC DIMITTIS: Anonymous setting from the Lumley Choir Books [c. 1547-1552] ANTHEM: The Baptism of Jesus (Hallock)
The Eve of the Epiphany DIRECTOR: Jason Anderson CANTOR: Thomas Adams READER: Jeff Ricco PROCESSION: Glory to God in the highest (Plainsong, adapt. Hallock) PSALM 98 (Peter R. Hallock [b. 1924]) HYMN: What child is this? (Tune: Greensleeves; harm. Carols Old and New, 1871, alt.) NUNC DIMITTIS: Double choir setting in E major by Charles Wood [1866-1926] ANTHEMS: (1) Lux aurumque (Eric Whitacre [b. 1970]) (2) Ante luciferum genitus (Jacob Handl [1550-1591])
The First Sunday after Christmas Director: Jason Anderson Cantor: Derek Tilton Reader: Joel Matter PROCESSIONAL: Glory to God in the highest (Plainsong, adapt. Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM 96 (Plainsong, Tone V) HYMN: O little town of Bethlehem (Tune: Forest Green; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872-1958]) NUNC DIMITTIS: Setting by Peter Hallock (Tune: Marilyn) ANTHEMS (1) There is no Rose of such virtue (Stephen Caracciolo [b. 1962]) (2) Lullay my liking (Peter Hallock) (3) O magnum mysterium (Gerald Near [b. 1942])
The Fourth Sunday of Advent Director: Jason Anderson Cantors: Richard Greene, Jason Anderson Officiants: The Very Rev. Steve Thomason, Dean of St. Mark's Cathedral, & Jeremy Matheis ORISON: Matin Responsary (Jason A. Anderson [b.1976]) CANTICLE: Magnificat: "My soul doth magnify the Lord" (Charles Wood) with plainsong O Antiphon O Rex Gentium (appointed for December 22) as set by Peter R. Hallock [b. 1924] HYMN: Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming (arr. Tyler A. Morse [b.1990]) NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, Tone III.4 ANTHEM: Rorate caeli desuper (Peter R. Hallock) FINAL RESPONSES: Vesper Responsory (Jason A. Anderson)
3rd Sunday of Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Cantor: Jeremy Matheis Reader: Joel Matter ORISON: Creator of the stars of night (Plainsong, Mode 4) PSALM 146:4-9 (Plainsong, Tone IV.2) HYMN: Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding (William H. Monk [1823-1889]) NUNC DIMITTIS: Two-part setting with handbells by Peter R. Hallock (b. 1924) ANTHEM: Ecce Dominus veniet — Tomás Luis de Victoria (c.1548-1611)
2nd Sunday in Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: "Redeemer of the nations, come" (?Veni Redemptor gentium) PSALM: 85 (Plainsong, Tone III.5) HYMN: "Comfort, comfort ye my people" (Psaume 42) NUNC DIMITTIS: (2-part with bells setting by Roger Sherman) ANTHEM: "Pulcherrima rosa" (Anonymous, Codex Speciálník)
1st Sunday in Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Thomas Adams Procession: "O, come, O come, Emmanuel" (Veni, veni, Emmanuel, Mode I, Processionale, 15th century, with harmonized refrain by Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 122 (plainsong, Tone I Ending 2) HYMN: "Prepare the way, O Zion" (Bereden väg för Herran, melody from Then Swenska Psalmboken, 1697; harmonization from Koralbok för Swenska Kyrken, 1939, altered) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [1937 - 2010]) ANTHEM: "Audivi vocem de cælo" (plainsong, Mode I, and verses by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])
Last Sunday after Pentecost Christ the King Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeffrey Ricco 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 - 1602], Tone I Ending 5) ANTHEM: "Great Lord of Lords" (Charles Wood [1866 - 1926])
