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Compline at St. David’s Episcopal Church Austin

About Me

"All you have to do is sit back and listen as the accomplished St. David's singers bring to life the ancient sung-and-chanted Compline service. The church is dark (and cool!), the incense sweet, the voices sweeter, and if a thunderstorm happens to pass overhead, all the better."-The Austin ChronicleEvery Sunday night, anywhere from three to a dozen singers (a goodly proportion of whom are active members of Austin's wider music community) prepare and sing the ancient monastic office of compline, a collection of prayers, hymns, readings, and psalms that sanctify the close of the waking day. Every word of the office is sung a cappella, set to chant or to polyphony. English and Latin renaissance masterworks comprise the majority of the choir's repertory, which varies within the bounds of seasonally appropriate literature and according to the singers available on a given Sunday night.Compline takes place in the historic sanctuary of St. David's Episcopal Church, at the corner of 7th & San Jacinto, Austin, Texas. The half-hour office begins at 9:00 PM each Sunday of the year.Come end your weekend enveloped by peaceful darkness and soothing sacred music. (Background photograph courtesy of Chau Nguyen. )

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Member Since: 31/12/2007
Type of Label: Unsigned

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Music Lists for September, 2008

Sunday the 7th (Pentecost 17/eve of the Nativity of the BVM) Director/Cantor: David Stevens SATB: 5-4-3-4 Orison: George Oldroyd  Prayer to Jesus Psalm: 87 (Tone 4.3 fauxbourdon by Francis Burgess)...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:43:00 GMT

Music Lists for December, 2008

Sunday the 7th (2nd Sunday of Advent/after St Nicholas of Myra)Director: Barbara MansonCantor: Jonathan NesvadbaSATB: 2-1-0-3Orison: "The night is far advancing" (Die Nacht ist vorgedrungen)Psalm: 110...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:54:00 GMT

Music Lists for November, 2008

Sunday the 2nd (Pentecost 25/after All SS/All Souls)Director: Howard BurkettCantor: Joan Ely CarlsonSATB: 2-1-0-1Orison: plainsong  "O gracious Light" (mode 2, cento Bruce Ford & James McGregorPs...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:48:00 GMT

Music Lists for October, 2008

Saturday the 4th (St Francis of Assisi) Compline as closing event of Eckhart Lecture Series/St David's Parish Retreat 8:00 PM Director: David Stevens Cantor: Barbara Manson SATB: 2-2-1-2 Orison: Ad...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:45:00 GMT

Music Lists for August, 2008

Sunday the 3rd (Pentecost 12) Director/Cantor: David Stevens SATB: 2-2-1-3 Orison: Henry Loosemore  O Lord, increase my faith Psalm: 14 Hymn: plainsong  "Jesus, redeemer of the world" (Jesu nostra ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:41:00 GMT

Music Lists for July, 2008

Sunday the 6th (Pentecost 8) Director: Howard Burkett Cantor: Barbara Manson SATB: 2-2-2-2 Orison: Thomas Morley  Teach me thy way, O Lord (à 5) Psalm: 145:13-22 Hymn: Michael Haller  Discite a me...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:56:00 GMT

Music Lists for June, 2008

Sunday the 1st (Pentecost 3/Sunday after the Visitation) Director: Howard Burkett Cantor: Paul D'Arcy SATB: 1-1-1-7 Orison: Thomas Tallis  "Maker of all things" (The Fourth Tune) Psalm: 31 Hymn: pl...
Posted by on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:12:00 GMT

Compline in Seattle: Progenitor Par Excellence of Compline in Austin (Article Repost)

The compline choir at St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle. (http://www.complinechoir.org/)Brad and Jennifer Earle relax and meditate to the ancient chants of the Compline Choir, which performs on Sunday n...
Posted by on Mon, 26 May 2008 00:05:00 GMT

Music Lists for May, 2008

Sunday the 4th (7th Sunday of Easter/Sunday after the Ascension) Director: David Stevens Cantor: Fr. James Misko SATB: 3-4-2-2 Orison: ? Couillart  Viri Galiaei Psalm: 96 Hymn: "The Lord ascendeth ...
Posted by on Sun, 25 May 2008 23:44:00 GMT

Music Lists for April, 2008

Sunday the 6th (3rd Sunday of Easter)   Director: Howard Burkett Cantor: Fr. James Misko SATB: 1-2-2-5   Orison: Gregor Aichinger  Regina Caeli Psalm: 116 Hymn: plainsong  "To you, before ...
Posted by on Sun, 25 May 2008 23:38:00 GMT