The Compline Service from St. Mark's Cathedral

THE DAY OF PENTECOST: WHITSUNDAY  ORISON: O Lord, give thy Holy Spirit – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)  PSALM 104:25-32,35-37 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN 503: Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire (Tune: Come, Holy Ghost) – John Henry Hopkins, Jr. (1820-1891); adapt. and harm. David Hurd (b. 1950)  NUNC DIMITTIS – Anonymous, from Lumley Books, c. 1547-1552 [No. 29]  ANTHEM: Kiida, mu hing, Isaandat – Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962); ed. […]

The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day  ORISON: God is ascended (Tune: Gen Himmel aufgefahren ist) – German, 16th cent.; arr. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  PSALM 68:1-20 – Peter R. Hallock  HYMN 217: A hymn of glory let us sing (Tune: Jam lucis orto sidere) – Plainsong, Mode I, Mailander Hymnem, 15th cent.  NUNC DIMITTIS – Anonymous, from Lumley Books, c. 1547-1552 [No. 26]  ANTHEM: Ascendo ad Patrem meum – Blasius Amon (c. […]

The Sixth Sunday of Easter; Rogation Sunday  ORISON: Jesus, thou Joy of loving hearts (Tune: Christe Redemptor) – Sarum Plainsong, Mode I [see HYMNS]  PSALM 66:1-11 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN 210: The day of resurrection (Tune: Ellacombe) – from Gesangbuch, 1784; harm. William Henry Monk (1823-1889), alt.  NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VIII; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629)  ANTHEM: Victimae paschali laudes – William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)  Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • Theo Floor, cantor 

The Fifth Sunday of Easter ORISON: ‘The Call’ from Five Mystical Songs – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)  PSALM 31:1-5,15-16 – Plainsong, Tone IV.2  HYMN: Thou art the Way (Tune: Saint James) – Raphael Courteville (d. 1735); vs. 4 harm. Henry G. Ley (1887-1962)  NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone II; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629)  ANTHEM: Love bade me welcome – David Hurd (b. 1950)  Jeremy Matheis, director • William Turnipseed, reader • John Garlid, cantor 

The Fourth Sunday of Easter ORISON: The Lord is my shepherd – Bobby McFerrin (b. 1950)  PSALM 23 (Setting I) – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN: The King of love my shepherd is (Tune: Saint Columba) – Irish mel., harm. Hymnal 1940 and Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VI; harm. Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)  ANTHEM: The Good Shepherd – Alice Parker (1925-2023)  Jason Anderson, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • James Wilcox, cantor

The Third Sunday of Easter ORISON: God himself is with us (Tune: TYSK) – from Psalm und Choralbuch, 1719; arr. Gregory Bloch PSALM 116 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Lift your voice rejoicing, Mary (Tune: FISK OF GLOUCESTER) – Thomas Foster (1938-2025) NUNC DIMITTIS – Melchior Franck (c. 1579-1639); arr. Robert Preston & Gregory […]

The Second Sunday of Easter ORISON: This joyful Eastertide (Tune: VREUCHTEN) – Dutch carol; harm. George Wood (1866-1926); vs. 2 harm. Alice Parker (1925-2023); final refrain harm. The Baptist Hymnal, 1975 PSALM 16 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) HYMN: We walk by faith, and not by sight (Tune: SAINT BOTOLPH) – Gordon Slater (1896-1979); […]

The Sunday of the Resurrection: Easter Day PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) CANTICLE: The Song of Moses – Plainsong, Tone I and Tonus peregrinus; arr. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977) HYMN: Ad cenam Agni providi – Plainsong, Mode VIII; harm. Guillaume Dufay (c. 1397-1474); ed. Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) NUNC DIMITTIS: Plainsong setting, […]

The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday ORISON: Shame and rebuke have broken my heart – Plainsong, Mode VIII; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 88 – Plainsong, Tone I RESPOND: In manus tuas – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558) HYMN: Today, he who hung the earth upon the waters is hung upon the tree – […]

The Fifth Sunday in Lent ORISON: When the Lord saw the sisters of Lazarus – Plainsong, Mode I; adapt. Bruce E. Ford (1947-2025) PSALM 130 – Plainsong, Tone IV.5 HYMN: Drop, drop, slow tears (Tune: SONG 46) – Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2 ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah – Thomas Tallis […]