The Office of Compline for December 29, 2024

The First Sunday after Christmas Day PROCESSIONAL: Once in royal David’s city (Tune: IRBY) – mel. Henry John Gauntlett (1805-1876); harm. Arthur Henry Mann (1850-1929) PSALM 147 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014) HYMN: Of the Father’s love begotten (Tune: DIVINUM MYSTERIUM) – Sanctus trope, 11th cent.; adapt. Piae Cantiones, 1582; arr. Richard T. Proulx (1937-2010) [see Tintinnabulum] NUNC DIMITTIS (Tune: MARILYN) – Peter R. Hallock ANTHEMS:O beatam et sacrosanctum diem – Peter Philips (1561-1628)When Christ was born of Mary free – John Joubert (1927-2019) Jason Anderson, director • Scott Kovacs, reader • Theo Floor, cantor

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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 phenomenon, with upwards of 500 people (most of them in their teens and early twenties) attending the service, and thousands in the local radio audience and on the Internet each week.