The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: ‘Beloved, let us love one another,’ from In Praise of Singing – Alice Parker (b. 1925) PSALM 33:12-22 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: God is love (Tune: UBI CARITAS [MURRAY]) – A. Gregory Murray (1905-1992) NUNC DIMITTIS – Dana Marsh (b. 1965) ANTHEM: Ubi caritas – Maurice Duruflé […]

The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: If ye love me – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) PSALM 1 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: Blest are the pure in heart (Tune: FRANCONIA) – Johann Balthasar König (1691-1758); adapt. and harm. William Henry Havergal (1793-1870) NUNC DIMITTIS – Anonymous [No. 26], from The Lumley Books, c. […]

The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: Dear Lord and Father of mankind (Tune: REST) – Frederick Charles Maker (1844-1927) PSALM 138 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: Jesus calls us; o’er the tumult (Tune: RESTORATION) – mel. The Sacred Harp, 1835; arr. Gregory W. Bloch NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong – Tone V.1 ANTHEM: […]

The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: Now as the troubled day departs – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004) PSALM 70 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: God, that madest earth and heaven (Tune: AR HYD Y NOS) – Welsh melody; arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and Ernest Bullock (1890-1979) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VIII; […]

The Third Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: Blessed Jesus, at thy word we are gathered (Tune: LIEBSTER JESU) – mel. Johann Ahle (1625-1673); harm. George Palmer (1846-1926) PSALM 19 – Plainsong, Tone III.4 HYMN: O Christ, the Word Incarnate (Tune: MUNICH) – harm. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847 NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong, Tone II; harm. John Holmes (d. […]

The Second Sunday after the Epiphany ORISON: Songs of thankfulness and praise (Tune: SALZBURG) – mel. Jakob Hintze (1622-1702); harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) PSALM 36:5-10 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: All praise to you, O Lord (Tune: CARLISLE) – Charles Lockhart (1745-1815) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VI; harm. Orlando Gibbons (c. 1583-1625) […]

The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Jesus ORISON: ‘I come,’ the great Redeemer cries (Tune: THIS ENDRIS NYGHT) – English melody; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and Martin Fallas Shaw (1875-1958) PSALM 89:1-2, 20-29 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: When Christ’s appearing was made known (Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR) – melody from […]

The Second Sunday after Christmas Day PROCESSIONAL: Puer nobis nascitur – Moosburg Gradual, c. 1355-1360; arr. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) PSALM 84 – Peter R. Hallock (1924 – 2014) HYMN: It came upon the midnight clear (Tune: NOEL) – English melody; arr. Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842-1900) NUNC DIMITTIS (Tune: MARILYN) – Peter R. Hallock ANTHEM: In […]

The First Sunday after Christmas Day PROCESSIONAL: Gloria in excelsis Deo – Plainchant, adapt. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) PSALM 147 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Of the Father’s love begotten (Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM) – Sanctus trope, 11th cent.; adapt. Piae Cantiones, 1582 NUNC DIMITTIS (Tune: MARILYN) – Peter R. Hallock ANTHEMS: There is no […]

The Fourth Sunday of Advent ORISON: O heavenly Word, eternal Light (Tune: Verbum supernum prodiens) – Plainsong, Mode 2, Nevers MS., 13th cent. CANTICLE 3 – The Song of Mary – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1 (Solemn) HYMN: The angel Gabriel from heaven came (Tune: Gabriel’s Message) – Basque carol; arr. Edgar Pettman (1865-1943) NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard Proulx (1937-2010) ANTHEM: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging […]