The Compline Choir

06/08/2026

"In peace and into the same I shall sleep and rest" - the opening words of the anthem at Compline tonight; go here for texts and link to the broadcast on Classical KING Seattle:

Compline is open to the public. For current restrictions or more information, go to the Compline Choir website. St. Mark’s Cathedral “Rose Window with Filters” (Kevin Johnson) The…

06/01/2026

On Sunday May 31, 2026, The Compline Choir observes the Eve of the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary with a presentation of Franz Biebl’s beloved Ave Maria…

06/01/2026

Tonight's Compline celebrates the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (May 31); go here for texts and link to the broadcast on Classical KING Seattle:

Compline is open to the public. For current restrictions or more information, go to the Compline Choir website. 15th-century icon of the Theotokos (“God-bearer”) {Wikimedia Commons) The…

05/28/2026

Following the previous post (which was a selection from Cyrillus Kreek’s Taavati Laulud [Psalms of David] that the Compline Choir sang for the first time in May 2026), here is a memorable presentation of another selection by Kreek from that same 1923 collection: Õnnis on inimene [Blessed is the man], a setting of verses drawn from Psalms 1, 2, and 3, recorded during a service of Evensong in Canterbury Cathedral during the choir’s 2024 pilgrimage to the UK.

05/27/2026

Kiida, mu hing, Issandat [Bless the Lord, O my soul] is a setting of verses from Psalm 104 in Estonian, from the collection Taavati laulud [Psalms of David] published in 1923 by Cyrillus Kreek.

Sung at the Office of Compline for the Feast of Pentecost at Saint Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, May 23, 2026.

05/25/2026

Tonight's anthem is a setting of the beginning verses of Psalm 104 by the Estonian Composer Cyrillus Kreek (1889-1962); go here for texts and link to the broadcast on Classical KING Seattle:

Compline is open to the public. For current restrictions or more information, go to the Compline Choir website. East Anglian Missal, Pentecost, early 14th c. (Wikimedia Commons) The Compline Choir …

05/21/2026

For the Feast of Pentecost, an excerpt from Peter Hallock’s setting of Psalm 104 in The Compline Psalter.

05/20/2026

Podcast of May 17, 2026
The Seventh Sunday of Easter: The Sunday after Ascension Day

ORISON: God is ascended (Tune: GEN HIMMEL AUFGEFAHREN IST) – German, 16th cent.; arr. Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)
PSALM 68:1-20 – Peter R. Hallock
HYMN: A hymn of glory let us sing (Tune: JAM LUCIS ORTO SIDERE) – Plainsong, Mode I, Mailander Hymnem, 15th cent.
NUNC DIMITTIS – Anonymous, from Lumley Books, c. 1547-1552 [No. 26]
ANTHEM: Ascendo ad Patrem meum – Blasius Amon (c. 1558-1590)

Jason Anderson, director • J. Scott Kovacs, reader • Joey Blundell, cantor

The Compline Service from St. Mark's Cathedral · Episode

05/17/2026

For the Sunday after the feast of the Ascension, today's anthem is "Ascendo ad Patrum meum," by Blasius Amon (1558-1590); go here for texts and link to the broadcast on Classical KING Seattle:

Compline is open to the public. For current restrictions or more information, go to the Compline Choir website. Paris Missal (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Latin 859…

05/16/2026

The setting of Psalm 68 is one of the most dramatic selections in The Compline Psalter, the collection of psalm settings written for The Compline Choir by its founder Dr Peter Hallock.