Learn more about the Women's Compline Choir here.
Order of Service | Each week's repertoire is posted here.
The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/compline-2025-the-third-sunday-after-pentecost/
June 29, 2025 • The Third Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8C) Women’s Compline Choir
ORISON: Let my prayer arise like incense (Да исправится молитва моя) - Dmytro Bortniansky (1751-1825); arr. Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969)
PSALM 16 – Doug Fullington (b. 1969)
HYMN: Jesus calls us; o’er the tumult (Tune: RESTORATION) - mel. The Southern Harmony, 1835; arr. Greg Bloch (b. 1977)
NUNC DIMITTIS – Linda Kachelmeier (b. 1965)
ANTHEM: In pace, in idipsum – John Sheppard (c. 1515-1558)
Rebekah Gilmore, director • Sybil Adams, reader • Sarah Eisert, cantor
Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers John Gulhaugen and James Davidson.
Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/
and: https://complinechoir.org/
If you watch and enjoy our live-streamed or archived services, please consider making a donation in support of the mission and ministry of this cathedral.
You may also donate using the Venmo mobile app from your smartphone (search for @SaintMarksCathedralSeattle ) Thank you for your generosity.
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Order of Service | Each week's repertoire is posted here.
The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/06/22/compline-2025-the-second-sunday-after-pentecost/
June 22, 2025 • The Second Sunday after Pentecost [Alban, Martyr, c. 304]
ORISON: ‘Phos hilaron’ from Music for Compline – Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969)
PSALM 22:22-30 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)
OFFICE HYMN: ‘Te lucis ante terminum’ from Music for Compline – Kevin Siegfried
NUNC DIMITTIS – Roger Sherman
ANTHEM: There is a balm in Gilead – African-American Spiritual; arr. Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956)
Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • James Wilcox, cantor
Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers Jim Buskirk and Robin Ethridge.
Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/
and: https://complinechoir.org/
If you watch and enjoy our live-streamed or archived services, please consider making a donation in support of the mission and ministry of this cathedral.
You may also donate using the Venmo mobile app from your smartphone (search for @SaintMarksCathedralSeattle ) Thank you for your generosity.
Offerings given at this service go to the Richard Younge Curates of Color Fund, which supports new clergy of color in their ministries. To make a donation, please visit resources.ecww.org/give, select “Other Donations” under “Giving Options,” then indicate “Richard Younge” under “Other Designation.”
Order of Service | Each week's repertoire is posted here.
The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/06/15/compline-2025-the-first-sunday-after-pentecost-trinity-sunday/
June 15, 2025 • The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity Sunday Jason Anderson
ORISON: O Trinity of blessed Light – Jeff Junkinsmith (b. 1956)
PSALM 8 – Plainsong, Tone V.2 with fauxbourdons by Gerre Hancock (1934-2012); adapt. Greg Bloch
HYMN: Holy God, we praise thy Name (Tune: GROSSER GOTT) – mel. from Katholisches Gesangbuch, 1686; harm. Charles Winfred Douglas (1867-1944), after Conrad Kocher (1786-1872); vs. 4 harm. Rejoice in the Lord, 1985
NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone V; harm. Vincente Ripollès (1867-1943)
ANTHEM: Let us now laud and magnify – William Mundy (c. 1529-c. 1591)
POST-COMPLINE ORGAN MUSIC:
Chorale-prelude on O Lammes Gott unschuldig, BWV 656 – J.S. Bach
Toccata and Fuga in A minor – Johan Ludwig Krebs
Ken Pendergrass, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor • Shari Shull, post-compline organ recitalist
Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality minister Priscilla Strand, and videographer Michael Perera.
Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/ and: https://complinechoir.org/
If you watch and enjoy our live-streamed or archived services, please consider making a donation in support of the mission and ministry of this cathedral.
You may also donate using the Venmo mobile app from your smartphone (search for @SaintMarksCathedralSeattle ) Thank you for your generosity.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to technical difficulties, this 11 a.m. Eucharist did not go live via Vimeo or YouTube. (The liturgy was live on Facebook as usual.) The video of the liturgy has been uploaded and can now be seen or below:
TWO (NON-CONSECUTIVE) SUNDAYS: JUNE 29 AND AUGUST 24, 2025, 9:30 P.M., in the cathedral nave, broadcast, and livestreamed
Following their debut in the summer of 2019, the Women's Compline Choir, led by Saint Mark's Associate Musician Rebekah Gilmore, has become an annual tradition at Saint Mark's, chanting the Office of Compline in place of the all-male Compline Choir and presenting special repertoire for women's voices, including world-premiere compositions and arrangements.
In the summer of 2019, the men of the Compline Choir traveled to the U.K. for two weeks, serving residencies in Canterbury and Salisbury. To cover the services during absence, Saint Mark's Associate Musician Rebekah Gilmore was asked to assemble an all-female choir, comprising some of the most accomplished choral singers in the Seattle area. The services they sang, the first all-female services in the 63-year history of Compline at Saint Mark's, were deeply moving to many. The Women's Compline Choir now gathers to chant the service a few times each year, usually during the summer. (This included a quartet of women's voices in the summer of 2020.) These service can be seen and heard in the videos and recordings below on this page.
In the past, the choir has chanted Compline on a few Sundays in a row each year, but this year, for the first time, the Women's Compline Choir services are on two non-consecutive Sundays two months apart: June 29 and August 24.
More details about the 2025 Women's Compline Choir services will be posted here as they become available.
REPERTOIRE FOR AUGUST 24, 2025:
Shaker Song, arr. Kevin Siegfried – Angels of Peace
Sheila Bristow – Psalm 103 (world premiere)
Joseph Barnby – Now the day is over [tune: Merrial]
Carolus Andreas – Nunc dimittis Tone VIII
Joan Szymko – Oración por la Paz
REPERTOIRE FOR JUNE 29, 2025:
Dmitry Bortniansky – Let my prayer arise like incense - [Да исправится молитва моя]
Doug Fullington – Psalm 16
The Southern Harmony, arr. G. Bloch – Jesus calls us; o’er the tumult - [tune: Restoration]
Linda Kachelmeier – Nunc dimittis
John Sheppard – In pace, in idipsum
Full choir, but limited congregation—service closed to the public due to pandemic precautions.
Limited to four singers due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Before the pandemic, Compline was never livestreamed, and so only one of the three Women's Compline Choir services in 2019 was filmed (August 18; the second of the three services). Audio recordings of the two other 2019 liturgies may be found here or below:
Learn more about this special service here.
Order of Service in Eastertide | Each week's repertoire is posted here.
The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/06/08/compline-2025-the-day-of-pentecost-whitsunday/
June 8, 2025 • THE DAY OF PENTECOST: WHITSUNDAY
ORISON: Veni Sancte Spiritus – Plainsong, Mode I
PSALM 104:25-32,35-37 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)
HYMN: O thou who camest from above (Tune: HEREFORD) – Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876)
NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone II; harm. Matteo Palotta (1680-1758)
ANTHEM: Come, Holy Spirit – Peter R. Hallock
Jason Anderson, director • William Turnipseed, reader • Fred McIlroy, cantor
Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteer: hospitality ministers James Davidson and John Gulhaugen.
Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/
and: https://complinechoir.org/
If you watch and enjoy our live-streamed or archived services, please consider making a donation in support of the mission and ministry of this cathedral.
You may also donate using the Venmo mobile app from your smartphone (search for @SaintMarksCathedralSeattle ) Thank you for your generosity.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall or online via Zoom. Free, no registration required. Optional Community Dinner at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family)
For the final Cathedral Commons of the program year, we’ll explore the theme of honoring the Sabbath through the first set of videos and discussion questions from Bishop Phil LaBelle’s new Zimzum Discipleship series. This is a great bookend to Bishop LaBelle’s first forum with us in September 2024, and a great way to consider rest and recreation in the summer months.
Order of Service in Eastertide | Each week's repertoire is posted here.
The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/compline-2025-the-seventh-sunday-of-easter-the-sunday-after-ascension-day/
June 1, 2025 • The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day
PROCESSION: O clap your hands – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)
PSALM 57 – Peter R. Hallock
HYMN: The head that once was crowned with thorns (Tune: SAINT MAGNUS) – mel. attr. Jeremiah Clarke (1674-1707); harm. William Henry Monk (1823-1889) and Geoffrey Shaw (1879-1943), alt.
NUNC DIMITTIS – John Munday (c. 1555-1630)
ANTHEM: Viri Galilaei – William Byrd (c. 1540-1623)
The Very Rev. Steven L. Thomason, Dean & Rector • Jason Anderson, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • Joey Blundell, cantor
Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteer: hospitality ministers Estephan Meza and Priscilla Strand, and videographer Michael Lee
Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/
and: https://complinechoir.org/
If you watch and enjoy our live-streamed or archived services, please consider making a donation in support of the mission and ministry of this cathedral.
You may also donate using the Venmo mobile app from your smartphone (search for @SaintMarksCathedralSeattle ) Thank you for your generosity.
Order of Service in Eastertide | Each week's repertoire is posted here.
The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/05/25/compline-2025-the-sixth-sunday-of-easter/
May 25, 2025 • The Sixth Sunday of Easter
ORISON (H 460): Alleluia! sing to Jesus! (Tune: HYFRYDOL) – Rowland Hugh Prichard (1811-1887)
PSALM 65 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)
HYMN: Hark! I hear the harps eternal (Tune: INVITATION NEW) – arr. William Hauser (1812-1880); adapt. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977)
NUNC DIMITTIS (Tone VI) – Tyler Morse (b. 1990)
ANTHEM: Christus est Stella Matutina – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)
Jason Anderson, director • Tyler Morse, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor
Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteer: hospitality minister Jim Buskirk and videographer Tim Shore.
Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/ and: https://complinechoir.org/
If you watch and enjoy our live-streamed or archived services, please consider making a donation in support of the mission and ministry of this cathedral.
You may also donate using the Venmo mobile app from your smartphone (search for @SaintMarksCathedralSeattle ) Thank you for your generosity.
Order of Service in Eastertide | Each week's repertoire is posted here.
The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/05/18/compline-2025-the-fifth-sunday-of-easter/
May 18, 2025 • The Fifth Sunday of Easter
ORISON: ‘O Light, O Way, O Truth, O Life’, from Ten Orisons – M. Searle Wright (1918-2004)
PSALM 148 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)
HYMN 623: O what their joy and their glory must be (Tune: O QUANTA QUALIA) – mel. from Antiphoner, 1681; harm. John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)
NUNC DIMITTIS (Tone II) – Tyler Morse (b. 1990)
ANTHEM: Ubi caritas – Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)
POST-COMPLINE ORGAN MUSIC:
Charles-Marie Widor, mvt. 2, Andante Sostenuto, from Symphonie Gothique, Op. 70
J.S. Bach, Concerto in G Major, BWV 592
Denis Bédard, Variations on Ubi Caritas
Marcel Dupré, Antiphon No. 1 from Vêpres du commun des fêtes de la Sainte Vierge, Op.18
Jason Anderson, director • Jeffrey Ricco, reader • Carl Bolstad, cantor • John Stuntebeck, post-Compline recitalist
Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers Estephan Meza and Priscilla Strand, and videographer Michael Perera.
Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/
and: https://complinechoir.org/
If you watch and enjoy our live-streamed or archived services, please consider making a donation in support of the mission and ministry of this cathedral.
You may also donate using the Venmo mobile app from your smartphone (search for @SaintMarksCathedralSeattle ) Thank you for your generosity.