The Fifth Sunday in Lent ORISON: Give judgment for me, O God – Plainsong, Mode IV PSALM 119:9-16 – Plainsong, Tone II.1 HYMN: Drop, drop, slow tears (Tune: SONG 46) – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2 ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah (a5) – Alfonso Ferrabosco the Younger (c. 1575-1628) Jason Anderson, director […]

The Fourth Sunday in Lent ORISON: Rejoice with Jerusalem– Plainsong, Mode V PSALM 107:1-3, 17-22 – Plainsong, Tone V.1 HYMN: Lord, keep us steadfast in your Word (Tune: JESU DULCEDO CORDIUM) – Plainsong, Mode II; ed. Carl C. Crosier (1945-2014); harm. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014 NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2 ANTHEM: Of the […]

The Third Sunday in Lent ORISON: He shall call upon me – Plainsong, Mode VIII PSALM 19 – Plainsong, Tone III.4 OFFICE HYMN: ‘Christe, qui lux es et dies,’ from Music for Compline – Plainsong, Mode II; arr. Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2 ANTHEM: Lamentations (Setting I) – Thomas […]

The Second Sunday in Lent ORISON: My eyes are ever looking to the Lord – Plainsong, Mode VI PSALM 22:22-30 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Lord Jesus, think on me (Tune: SOUTHWELL) – from Daman’s Psalter, 1579; adapt. Hymnal 1940; fauxbourdon harm. by Peter R. Hallock NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2 ANTHEM: […]

The First Sunday in Lent ORISON: Remember, O Lord – Plainsong, Tone IV [American Gradual] PSALM 25:1-9 – Plainsong, Tone IV.2 HYMN: The glory of these forty days (Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR) – mel. from Geistliche Lieder, 1535; harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2 ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah (a7) […]

The Last Sunday after the Epiphany PROCESSIONAL: Jesus said, “You are the light of the world” – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) PSALM 50:1-6 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: Christ upon the mountain peak (Tune: IBIS) – melody Thomas Kuras (1950-1997); harm. Peter R. Hallock NUNC DIMITTIS (Setting II) – Tyler Morse – (b. […]

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: ‘Praise ye the Lord’ from Six Hymns to Doctor Watts – Alice Parker (1925-2023) PSALM 147 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Eternal light, shine in my heart (Tune: JACOB) – Jane Manton Marshall (1924-2019) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VIII; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629) ANTHEM: Tu […]

The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: All praise to thee, my God, this night (Tune: TALLIS’ CANON) – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) PSALM 111 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.5 HYMN: Jesus, Lover of my soul (Tune: ABERYSTWYTH) – Joseph Palmer (1841-1903) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone III.6 ANTHEM: Domine non sum dignus – Tomás […]

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: Dear Lord and Father of mankind (Tune: REST) – Frederick Charles Maker (1844-1927) PSALM 62 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: Jesus calls us; o’er the tumult (Tune: RESTORATION) – The Sacred Harp, 1835; arr. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone II; harm. […]

The Second Sunday after Epiphany The Compline Choir is joined this week by the Senior Choristers of the St. Mark’s Cathedral Choir School, directed by Rebekah Gilmore ORISON: Here, O Lord, your servants gather (Tune: TOKYO) – Based on Japanese Gagaku mode; setting by Isao Koizumi (1907-1992) PSALM 139 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: […]