The Compline Service from St. Mark's Cathedral

The Compline Choir

A weekly podcast of the Compline service as sung every Sunday night by The Compline Choir in St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1954 by the group's former director, Peter R. Hallock, the service has become something of a phe

  • 33 minutes 2 seconds
    The Office of Compline for
    The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: In all our grief and fear, we turn to you (Tune: FREDERICKTOWN) – Charles R. Anders (1929-2020) PSALM 146 – Plainsong, Tone IV.2 HYMN: All who love and serve your city (Tune: CHARLESTOWN) – mel. from The Southern Harmony, 1865; harm. Alastair Cassels-Brown (1927-2001), alt.; vs. 3 reharm. Jason […]
    11 November 2024, 5:30 am
  • 33 minutes 27 seconds
    The Office of Compline for November 3, 2024
    All Souls: All the Faithful Departed (transferred) ORISON: ‘I heard a voice from heaven,’ from Burial Sentences – Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656); adapt. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977) PSALM 130 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Jerusalem, my happy home (Tune: LAND OF REST) – American folk hymn; collected by Annabel Morris Buchanan (1889-1983); arr. Richard […]
    4 November 2024, 5:30 am
  • 25 minutes 45 seconds
    The Office of Compline for October 27, 2024
    The Twenty-Third Sunday of Pentecost ORISON: Help me, O Lord, thy way to keep – Shaker tune, arr. Kevin Seigfried (b. 1969) PSALM 126 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Lord, we are blind (Tune: GODMANSTONE) – Cyril V. Taylor (1907-1991) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone III.4 ANTHEM: A Colloquy with God – Richard Rodney […]
    28 October 2024, 5:30 am
  • 28 minutes 46 seconds
    The Office of Compline for October 20, 2024
    The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Be present, O merciful God – Roupen Shakarian (b. 1950) PSALM 91:9-16 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) OFFICE HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum (Before the ending of the day) – Roupen Shakarian NUNC DIMITTIS – Roupen Shakarian ANTHEM: The Road Home (Tune: PROSPECT) – adapt. Stephen Paulus (1949-2014) Jason […]
    21 October 2024, 5:30 am
  • 30 minutes 26 seconds
    The Office of Compline for October 13, 2024
    The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Now the day is over – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004) PSALM 90:12-17 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.1 HYMN: My God, how wonderful thou art (Tune: WINDSOR) – mel. William Damon (c. 1540-c. 1591), alt.; harm. Henchman & Hancock, 1754; Booke of Musicke, 1591; and The Academic Hymnal, 1899 NUNC DIMITTIS […]
    14 October 2024, 5:30 am
  • 36 minutes 43 seconds
    The Office of Compline for October 6, 2024
    The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: ‘Beloved, let us love one another’ from In Praise of Singing – Alice Parker (1925-2023) PSALM 139 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: God himself is with us (Tune: TYSK) – from Psalm und Choralbuch, 1719; arr. Gregory Bloch NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tonus peregrinus; harm. William Byrd […]
    7 October 2024, 5:30 am
  • 38 minutes 4 seconds
    The Office of Compline for September 29, 2024
    Saint Michael and All Angels ORISON: The Soul-Leading – Ina Boyle (1889-1967) PSALM 103 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: How shall I sing that majesty? (Tune: COE FEN) – Kenneth Naylor (1931-1991) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VI; harm. Anon. 16th cent. composer ANTHEM: Tibi Christe, splendor Patris – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. […]
    30 September 2024, 5:30 am
  • 30 minutes 56 seconds
    The Office of Compline for September 22, 2024
    The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost ORISON: Maker of all things – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) PSALM 54 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976) OFFICE HYMN: Te lucis ante terminum (Before the ending of the day) – Plainsong, Mode VIII; harm. Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594) NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone IV; harm. Anon., adapt. Bernarr Rainbow […]
    23 September 2024, 5:30 am
  • 31 minutes 26 seconds
    The Office of Compline for September 15, 2024
    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 – […]
    16 September 2024, 5:30 am
  • 30 minutes 12 seconds
    The Office of Compline for September 9, 2024
    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; […]
    9 September 2024, 3:03 am
  • 26 minutes 28 seconds
    The Office of Compline for September 1, 2024
    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 […]
    2 September 2024, 5:30 am
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