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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3rd Sunday in Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Kenneth Peterson Advent Lucernarium, Tone IV PROCESSIONAL: "Creator of the stars of night" (Conditor alme siderum, Mode IV) PSALM: 85 (plainsong, Tone III Ending 5) HYMN: "Hark! a thrilling voice is sounding" (tune: Merton, William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Roger Sherman [b. 1954]) ANTHEM: "Obsecro Domine" (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])
2nd Sunday in Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeffrey Ricco Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: "Comfort, comfort ye my people" (melody by Claude Goudimel [1514 - 1572]) PSALM: 126 (Peter Hallock) 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 Roger Sherman [b. 1954]) ANTHEM: "Audivi vocem de cœlo" (plainsong, Mode I, and verses by Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])
1st Sunday in Advent Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: "Redeemer of the nations, come" (Veni Redemptor gentium, plainsong, Mode I, Eisiedeln MS., 12th century) PSALM: 25 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Come, thou long expected Jesus" (tune: Stuttgart [1715]; adapted and harmonized by William Henry Havergal [1793 - 1870]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [1937 - 2010]) ANTHEM: "Jubilemus omnes" (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
Last Sunday after Pentecost Christ the King In Recognition of Peter Hallock’s 88th Birthday Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Bring us, O Lord God" (Peter Hallock [b. 1924]) PSALM: 24 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath" (tune: Old 113th, melody from Strassburger Kirchenamt [1525], harmonized by Peter Hallock) NUNC DIMITTIS: (tune: Marilyn, setting by Peter Hallock) ANTHEM: To the Supreme Being (Peter Hallock)
The Sunday after All Saints (Nov. 1) Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: "Holy is the true light" (Sir William H. Harris [1883 - 1973]) PSALM: 24 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Let saints on earth in concert sing" (tune: Dundee, melody from The CL Psalmes of David, [1615]; harmonized by Thomas Ravenscroft (1592? - 1635?), altered) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by James Bassi) ANTHEM: "Laudem dicite Deo" (John Sheppard [1515 - ca. 1559])
22nd Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Help me, O Lord" (Shaker tune arranged by Kevin Siegfried [b. 1969]) PSALM: 126 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Te lucis ante terminum" ("To you before the close of day") (Tone VIII, setting by Kevin Siegfried) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Orlando Gibbons [1583 - 1625]) ANTHEM: "Domine salva nos" (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623])
21st Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: "All praise to thee, my God, this night" (tune: Tallis Canon, Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585]) PSALM: 91: 9 - 16 (Peter Hallock, Anglican chant) HYMN: "Te lucis ante terminum" ("Before the ending of the day") (Orlando di Lasso [ca. 1530/32 - 1594], Tone VIII) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Morley [ca. 1557/58 - 1603], Tone VII Ending 1) ANTHEM: "Inclina, Domine, aurem tuam" (Cristóbal de Morales [ca. 1500 - 1553])
20th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: "O God, our help in ages past" (tune: St. Anne, melody attributed to William Croft [1678 - 1727], harmonized by William Henry Monk [1823 - 1889]; altered) PSALM: 90: 12- 17 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1) HYMN: "O Jesus, crowned with all renown" (tune: Kingsfold, Traditional English melody, arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [1539/40 - 1623], Tone I Ending 8) ANTHEM: "Lord, Teach Us to Number Our Days" (C. H. Lloyd [1849 - 1919])
An audio interview of Jason Anderson (http://filesource.abacast.com/king/Compline/compline.mp3) director of the Compline Choir for Classical KING FM 98.1 (http://www.king.org/), conducted by host Brad Eaton in October 2012, provides a brief discussion of the Compline service, the radio and web broadcast, its history, the church year, and its effect on the church of St. Mark’s, the wider Episcopal church, Seattle, and listening audience of Classical KING FM 98.1 (http://www.king.org/).
18th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: "Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels" (tune: Caelites Plaudant, melody from Antiphoner [1728]; harmonized by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958]) PSALM: 91 (Peter Hallock) HYMN: "Jesus, came, adored by angels" (tune: Lowry, Gerald Near [b. 1942]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (anonymous setting arranged by Bernarr Rainbow [1914 - 1998]) ANTHEM: Peace (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])
17th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: William Turnipseed Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Dear Lord and Father of mankind" (M. Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 16 (plainsong, Tone II Ending 2) HYMN: "The duteous day now closeth" (tune: Innsbruck, Heinrich Isaac [ca. 1450 - 1517]; arranged by Johann Sebastian Bach [1685 - 1750]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627]) ANTHEM: "Iustus germinabit sicut lilium" (Jacob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])
16th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Jeremy Matheis ORISON: "You are the Christ, O Lord" (tune: Wyngate Canon, Richard Wayne Dirksen [1921 - 2003]) PSALM: 118: 14 - 24 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1) HYMN: "Christ is made the sure foundation" (Urbs beata Jerusalem, plainsong, Mode II, Nevers MS., 13th century) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Charles Wood [1922 - 1926]) ANTHEM: "Tu es Petrus" (Hans Leo Hassler [1564 - 1612])
*updated with correct audio link 15th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Joel Matter Cantor: Kenneth Peterson ORISON: "Now the day is over" (Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 146 (plainsong, Mode 4) HYMN: "Te lucis ante terminum" (Thomas Tallis [1505 - 1585], festal setting) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629]) ANTHEM: "Be unto me O Lord, a tower of strength" (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623])
14th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jason Anderson Cantor: Richard Greene ORISON: "Blessed city, heavenly Salem" (plainsong Urbs beata Jerusalem, Mode 2, 13th c.) PSALM: 15 (plainsong, Tone III) HYMN: "O Christ, you are both light and day"plainsong Christe, qui lux es et dies, Mode 2, 15th c.) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Richard Proulx [1937 - 2010]) ANTHEM: "Deus canticum novum" (Giovanni Matteo Asola [ca. 1532 - 1609]
13th Sunday after Pentecost Conductor: Jason Anderson Reader: Jeremy Matheis Cantor: Thomas Adams ORISON: "Slowly the rays of daylight fade" (Searle Wright [1918 - 2004]) PSALM: 34: 15 - 22 (plainsong, Tone V Ending 2) HYMN: "Te lucis ante terminum" (plainsong, Mode 8, harmonized by Thomas Tallis [1505 - 1585]) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong, mode 4) ANTHEM: "Salve nos, vigilantes" (Jacob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])
