Night Song: Canticum Vespertinum Sings the Office of Compline

Night Song: Canticum Vespertinum Sings the Office of Compline
Jennifer Lester, music director
Erik Bertrand, cantor
Daryl Bichel, organ
Soprano: Leah Bartell, Leah Costlow, Susanne Feld (guest), Lauren Hsu, Heather Nolasco, Beth Spaulding (on leave), Alison Thompson, Tanya Tupper
Alto: Adrian Baur, Terry Grissino, Maria Ivanova, Siân Kleindienst (on leave), Mariflor Salas, Sharon Shriver, Mackenzie Stratton, Hannah Szydlo
Tenor: Erik Bertrand (cantor), Paul Hoffman, Paul Mattal, John Meurling
Bass: Daryl Bichel, Luca Cantone, Bryce Denney (guest), Michael Jones, William Leonard

March 23, 2025
Recorded live at Night Song’s host church, First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, U.C.C.

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Program:
Motet: Versa est in luctum by Alfonso Lobo
*Chant Setting for Compline in the Lydian Mode by Daryl Bichel
*Psalm: 17, set by Patricia Van Ness
Chant: Intellige clamorem meum
*Hymn: Heinlein Forty Days and Forty Nights), arr. by Bichel
Marian Motet: Ave Regina caelorum by Lobo
*Organ piece: from Wilderness Vignettes by Bichel

*Music for compline composed by Daryl Bichel is available at https://www.darylbichel.com. Psalm settings and other music by Patricia Van Ness are available at https://www.patriciavanness.com.

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