Compline LENT 2 Monday, 26th Feb @ 9.30 p.m.

[DracoM]

LENT 2

Compline

A reflective service of night prayer for the second week of Lent from the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Englefield Green. With words and music for the end of the day, including works by Mundy, Tallis, Victoria and Philips, sung by the choir of Royal Holloway, University of London.
Introit: Adolescentulus sum ego (Mundy)
Preces (Plainsong)
Hymn: Christe qui lux es et dies (Tallis)
Psalm 91 (Plainsong)
Reading: Isaiah 58 vv.6-7
Responsory: In manus tuas (Plainsong)
Canticle: Nunc dimittis (Victoria)
Marian Antiphon: Ave regina caelorum (Philips)

Rupert Gough (conductor)

[jonfan]

I listen to these during journeys driving through a dark countryside on Mondays, a Tenebrae in fact! A relief there’s no explanations about what’s going on; just let it happen and take from the experience.

[DracoM]