The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2024/02/17/compline-2024-the-first-sunday-in-lent/

February 18, 2024 • The First Sunday in Lent

ORISON: Remember, O Lord – Plainsong, Tone IV [American Gradual, p. 67]

PSALM 25:1-9 – Plainsong, Tone IV.2

HYMN: The glory of these forty days (Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR) – mel. from Geistliche Lieder, 1535; harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone IV.2

ANTHEM: Lamentations of Jeremiah (a7) – Costanzo Festa (c. 1485/1490-1545)

POST-COMPLINE ORGAN MUSIC:

Variations on "Jesu dulcis memoria" by Jessica French

Arietta by Thomas H. Kerr

Five Sacred Dances by Margaret Vardell Sandresky

Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • James Wilcox, cantor • Susanna Valleau, post-compline organ recitalist

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers John Gulhagen 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/

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2024/02/11/compline-2024-the-last-sunday-after-the-epiphany/

February 11, 2024 • The Last Sunday after the Epiphany   [Theodora, Empress, c.867]

PROCESSIONAL: Jesus said, “You are the light of the world” – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

PSALM 50:1-6 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

HYMN: Christ upon the mountain peak (Tune: IBIS) – melody Thomas Kuras (1950-1997); harm. Peter R. Hallock

NUNC DIMITTIS (Setting II) – Tyler Morse – (b. 1990)

ANTHEM: What Hand Divine – Erin Aas (b. 1974)

Jason Anderson, director • Page Smith, violoncellist • William Turnipseed, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers John Gulhagen 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/

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2024/02/04/compline-2024-the-fifth-sunday-after-the-epiphany/

February 4, 2024 • The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

ORISON: ‘Praise ye the Lord’ from Six Hymns to Doctor Watts – Alice Parker (1925–2023)

PSALM 147 – Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014)

HYMN: Eternal light, shine in my heart (Tune: JACOB) – Jane Manton Marshall (1924–2019)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VIII; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629)

ANTHEM: Tu solus qui facis mirabilia – Josquin des Prez (c. 1450/1455–1521)

Jason Anderson, director • Josh Sandoz, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers Robin Ethridge and Estephan Meza, 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/

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2024/01/28/compline-2024-the-fourth-sunday-after-the-epiphany/

January 28, 2024 • The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany Thomas Aquinas, Friar and Theologian, 1274

ORISON: All praise to thee, my God, this night (Tune: TALLIS’ CANON) – Thomas Tallis (c. 1505-1585) [see HYMNS]

PSALM 111 – Plainsong, Tone VIII.5

HYMN 699: Jesus, Lover of my soul (Tune: ABERYSTWYTH) – Joseph Palmer (1841-1903)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong setting, Tone III.6

ANTHEM: Domine non sum dignus – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

Jason Anderson, director • Tyler Morse, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers Jim Buskirk and Ray Miller.

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/

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2024/01/21/compline-2023-the-third-sunday-after-the-epiphany-2/

January 21, 2024 • The Third Sunday after the Epiphany Agnes and Cecilia of Rome, Martyrs, 304 and c.230

ORISON (H 652): Dear Lord and Father of mankind (Tune: REST) – Frederick Charles Maker (1844-1927)

PSALM 62 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

HYMN: Jesus calls us; o’er the tumult (Tune: RESTORATION) – The Sacred Harp, 1835; arr. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone II; harm. John Holmes (d. 1629)

ANTHEM: Ambulans Jesus – Francisco Guerrero (1527-1599)

POST-COMPLINE ORGAN MUSIC:

"Prelude on Union Seminary," "Prelude on a theme of Gustav Holst (Thaxted)," and "Elegiac Prelude on Jerusalem" – Charles Callahan

Voluntary VIII in D Minor from 10 Voluntaries, Op. 5 – John Stanley

Prelude in C Minor, BWV 546 – J.S. Bach

Jason Anderson, director • Jeffrey Ricco, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor • Alan Lynch, post-Compline organ recitalist

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers Estphan 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/

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2024/01/14/compline-2023-the-second-sunday-after-the-epiphany-2/

January 14, 2024 • The Second Sunday after the Epiphany (sung with the Senior Choristers of the Choir School)

For this service, the men of the Compline Choir were joined by the Senior Choristers of the Saint Mark’s Cathedral Choir School, directed by Rebekah Gilmore. (This collaboration is intend to occur every other year, but it has not happened since 2019.) The organist for this service is Canon Michael Kleinschmidt.

ORISON: Here, O Lord, your servants gather (Tune: TOKYO) – Based on Japanese Gagaku mode; setting by Isao Koizumi (1907-1992)

PSALM 139 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN 689: I sought the Lord (Tune: FAITH) – J. Harold Moyer (1927-2012)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Roger Sherman

ANTHEM: Whom should we love like thee? – arr. Peter R. Hallock

Jason Anderson & Rebekah Gilmore, directors • Michael Kleinschmidt, organist • Gregory Bloch, reader • Tyler Morse, cantor

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers John Gulhagen and James Davidson, and videographer Chris Brown.

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/

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2024/01/07/compline-2023-the-first-sunday-after-the-epiphany-the-baptism-of-jesus/

January 7, 2024 • The First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of Jesus

ORISON (H 497): How bright appears the Morning Star (Tune: WIE SCHÖN LEUCHTET) – mel. att. Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608); arr. and harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

PSALM 89:1-2, 20-29 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: When Christ’s appearing was made known (Tune: ERHALT UNS, HERR) – mel. from Geistliche Lider, 1543; harm. Hans Leo Hassler (1564-1612), alt.

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone VI; harm. Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)

ANTHEM: The Baptism of Christ – Peter R. Hallock

Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Theo Floor, cantor • Joey Blundell, John Garlid, and Tyler Morse, anthem soloists

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers Robin Ethridge and Estephan Meza, 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/

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2023/12/31/compline-2023-eve-of-the-holy-name/

December 31, 2023 • EVE OF THE HOLY NAME

PROCESSIONAL: Puer nobis nascitur – from Moosburg Gradual, c. 1355-1360; arr. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

PSALM 147 – Peter R. Hallock

HYMN 82: Of the Father’s love begotten (Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM) – Sanctus trope, 11th cent.; adapt. Piae Cantiones, 1582; arr. Richard T. Proulx (1937-2010)

NUNC DIMITTIS (Tune: MARILYN) – Peter R. Hallock

ANTHEM I: Lullay my liking – Peter R. Hallock

ANTHEM II:When Christ was born of Mary free – John Joubert (1927-2019)

The Very Rev. Steven L. Thomason, dean & rector Ÿ Jason Anderson, director • J. Scott Kovacs, reader • Derek Tilton, cantor

Special thanks to this evening's videographer, David Wild, and to the many hospitality volunteers at this evening's Labyrinth Walk.

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/