The Compline Service from St. Mark's Cathedral

ORISON: “Fairest Lord Jesus” (tune: St. Elizabeth, melody from Schlesische Volkslieder, [1842]; harmonized by Thomas Tertius Noble [1867 - 1953])

PSALM: 67 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1)

HYMN: “O Jesus, crowned with all renown” (tune: Kingsfold, Traditional English mellody arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting in E by Charles Wood [1866 - 1926])

ANTHEM: “Christ Rising Again” (John Sheppard [ca. 1515 - 1559])

ORISON: The Call (from Five Mystical Songs, Ralph Vaughan Williams [1872 - 1958])

PSALM: 96 (plainsong)

HYMN: “Come, pure hearts, in joyful measure” (Alles ist an Gottes Segen, Johann Löhner [1645 - 1705])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by John Holmes [d. 1629], Tone VIII Ending 1)

ANTHEM: “Deus, qui beatum Marcum” (Giovanni Gabrieli [ca. 1554/57 - 1612])

*The director apologizes for the egregious error in the piano accompaniment for The Call.

ORISON: “The Lord is my shepherd” (Robert “Bobby” McFerrin, Jr. [b. 1950])

PSALM: 23 (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

HYMN: “The King of love my shepherd is” (tune: St. Columba, Traditional Irish Melody; last verse harmonized by Peter Hallock)

NUNC DIMITTIS: (Anonymous setting, Tone VI)

ANTHEM: “Surrexit pastor bonus” (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [ca. 1525 - 1594])

ORISON: “At the Lamb’s high feast we sing” (tune: Salzburg, melody by Jakob Hinze [1622 - 1702], harmonized by Johann Sebastian Bach [1685 - 1750])

PSALM: 115 (Peter Hallock)

HYMN: “Christians, to the Paschal victim offer your thankful praises!” (Victime Paschali laudes, plainsong, Mode I; melody attributed to Wigbert {Wipo of Burgundy} [d. 1050?])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Lodovico Grossi da Viadana [ca. 1560 - 1627]; Tone VII)

ANTHEM: “Regina coeli” (Robert White [ca. 1538 - 1574])

ORISON: “O sons and daughters, let us sing” (O filii et filiae, melody from Airs sur les hymnes sacrez, odes et noëls, [1623])

PSALM: 118: 14 – 29 (plainsong, Tone VIII Ending 1)

HYMN: “We walk by faith, and not by sight” (tune: St. Botolph, Gordon Slater [1896 - 1979])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by Thomas Tallis)

ANTHEM: “Sermone blando” (Thomas Tallis [ca. 1505 - 1585])

PROCESSIONAL: Easter Canticle (Peter Hallock [b. 1924])

PSALM: 114 (plainsong, Tonus peregrinus)

HYMN: “Come ye faithful, raise the strain” (tune: Gaudeamus pariter, melody from Johann Horn [1490 - 1547] - Gesangbuch, [1544])

NUNC DIMITTIS: (setting by William Byrd [ca. 1539/40 - 1623], Tonus peregrinus)

ANTHEM: “Haec est dies” (Jakob (Handl) Gallus [1550 - 1591])