The Compline Service from St. Mark's Cathedral

The 24th Sunday after Pentecost Proper 27  ORISON (H 601): O day of God, draw nigh (Tune: Saint Michael) – Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510-c. 1561); harm. William Henry Monk (1823-1889)  PSALM 78:1-7 – David Hurd (b. 1950) HYMN: Rejoice, rejoice, believers and let your lights appear (Tune: Llangloffan) – mel. from Hymnau a Thonau er […]

ALL SAINTS’ DAY  ORISON: Hark! I hear the harps eternal (Tune: Invitation New) – arr. William Hauser (1812-1880); adapt. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977) PSALM 149 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN 526: Let saints on earth in concert sing (Tune: Dundee) – melody from The CL Psalmes of David, 1615; harm. Thomas Ravenscroft (c. […]

The 22nd Sunday after Pentecost; Proper 25  ORISON: ‘Slowly the rays of daylight fade’ from Ten Orisons – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)  PSALM 90:1-12 – Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977) HYMN: O God, our help in ages past (Tune: Saint Anne) – mel. att. William Croft (1678-1727); harm. William Henry Monk (1823-1889)  NUNC DIMITTIS – […]

SAINT LUKE  ORISON: ‘Psalm 147’ from Six Hymns to Doctor Watts – Alice Parker (1925-2023)  PSALM 147 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN: The eternal gifts of Christ the King (Tune: Aeterna Christi munera) – Plainsong, Mode VII  NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VII; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560-1627)  ANTHEM: Ibant apostoli – […]

The 20th Sunday after Pentecost; Proper 23  ORISON: ‘Blest are the pure in heart,’ from Ten Orisons – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)  PSALM 91 (Setting I) – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN: All praise to thee, my God, this night (Tune: Tallis’ Canon) – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585)  NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VI; harm. […]

Francis of Assisi, Friar and Deacon  ORISON: ‘Seigneur, je vous en prie’ from Quatre petites prières de Saint-François d’Assise – Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)  CANTICLE: The Song of the Creatures – Martin Shaw (1875-1958); arr. Gregory Bloch (b. 1977) HYMN 416: For the beauty of the earth (Tune: Lucerna Laudoniae) – David Evans (1874-1948)  NUNC DIMITTIS […]

The 17th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 20 ) ORISON: Richard de Castre’s Prayer to Jesus – Richard Runciman Terry (1865-1938); arr. for men’s voices by Vernon Nicodemus  PSALMS 134 & 4 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)  HYMN 627: Lamp of our feet (Tune: Nun danket all und bringet Ehr) — mel. att. Johann Cruger (1598-1662), alt.  […]

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 15th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18A)  ORISON: God be in my head – Doug Fullington (b. 1969)  PSALM 149 – Plainsong, Tone I.9  HYMN: The duteous day now closeth (Tune: O Welt, ich muss dich lassen) – mel. attr. Heinrich Isaac (c. 1450-1517); harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)  NUNC DIMITTIS – Arthur Wills (1926-2020)  ANTHEM: O sing joyfully – Adrian Batten (1591-1637)  Jason Anderson, director • William Turnipseed, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor 

The 14th Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 17A)  ORISON: The shadows of the evening hours – Joshua Haberman (b. 1982)  PSALM 105:1-6,23-26 – John Fenstermaker (b. 1942)  HYMN: Lord of all being, throned afar (Tune: Mendon) – German mel., adapt. Lowell Mason (1792-1872)  NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone VII; harm. Lodovico Grossi da Viadana (c. 1560-1627)  ANTHEM: Salva nos, Domine, vigilantes – Jacob Handl (1550-1591)  Jason Anderson, director • Jeffrey Ricco, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor