The Compline Service from St. Mark's Cathedral

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 […]