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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Podcasts:
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])
7th 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, 15th century) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Morley [ca. 1557/58 - 1603], Tone I Ending 5) ANTHEM: "Viri Galilaei" (William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623])
6th 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]
5th 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., 13th century) NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tomkins [1572 - 1656]; Tone VI) ANTHEM: "Regina coeli laetare" (Robert White [ca. 1538 - 1574])
4th 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])
2nd 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)
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])
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])
5th 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)
4th 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])
3rd 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])
2nd 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., 12th century) NUNC DIMITTIS: (plainsong setting, Tone III Ending 4) ANTHEM: "Ne reminiscaris, Domine" (Jacobus Vaet [ca. 1529 - 1567])
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])
7th 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...]
6th 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])
