Vinea mea electa

General Information

The Third Responsory of the Office of Tenebrae on Good Friday. Taken from Isaiah 5:1-4; Jeremiah 2:21.

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Anonymous — Vinea mea electa  Latin SATB
• Mariano Garau — Vinea mea electa  Latin SATB
• Luigi Mazzi — Vinea mea electa  Latin SATB.SATB
• Pomponio Nenna — Vinea mea elécta  Latin SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Vinea mea electa  Latin SATB
• Ludovico da Viadana — Vinea mea electa  Latin SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Responsories for Good Friday, ZWV 55:10-18  Latin SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Vinea mea electa, ZWV 55:12  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Vinea mea electa, ego te plantavi: Quomodo conversa es in amaritudinem, ut me crucifigeres, et Barabbam dimitteres? Sepivi te, et lapides elegi ex te, et ædificavi turrim. Quomodo conversa es in amaritudinem, ut me crucifigeres, et Barabbam dimitteres? Vinea mea electa...

English translation O my chosen vineyard, I planted thee: How art thou turned into bitterness, that thou wouldst crucify me, and release Barabbas? I walled thee in, and I picked the stones out of thee, and I built a tower. How art thou turned into bitterness, that thou wouldst crucify me, and release Barabbas? O my chosen vineyard...