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Sunday, February 25, 2024

compline digital offering

In pace, in idipsum dormiam

"In pace, in idipsum dormiam," Guillaume Bouzignac (ed. J.E. Stromgren)

In pace, in idipsum dormiam et requiescam.

[In peace and into the same I shall sleep and rest.]

Si dedero somnum oculis meis,

[If I give slumber to my eyes]

et palpebris meis dormitationem,

[and to my eyelids drowsiness,]

dormiam et requiescam.

[I shall sleep and rest.]

The initial verse from Ps. 4 is followed by one from Ps. 132, taken out of context, to form this ancient responsory for Compline during Lent. (The music is based on the Gregorian responsorial chant.) Program note by John Stromgren.

Featuring members of the St. John's Parish Choir:

Jennifer M. Mulhern, Maggie O'Neill, soprano

Christina DeMaio, Terry McKinney, alto

Edward Hinson, Andrew Sokol, tenor

Joseph Harris, Olin Johannessen, bass

John Stromgren, director

Zuri Wemple, video

Olin Johannessen, technical direction and post-production

Recorded live in Roberts Hall at St. John's Episcopal Church, Portsmouth, NH, on January 31, 2024