Seniores populi

General information

The Ninth Responsory of the Office of Tenebrae on Maundy Thursday. Taken from Matthew 26:55; Mark 14:48; and various other portions of the Passion of Christ.

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Ruggerio Argilliano — Seniores populi  Latin SATB.SATB
• Johann Michael Haydn — 9 Responsoria in Coena Domini  Latin SATB
• Marco Antonio Ingegneri — Seniores populi  Latin SATB
• Orlando di Lasso — Seniores populi  Latin SATB
• Pomponio Nenna — Senióres pópuli  Latin SATB
• Jeffrey Quick — Seniores populi  Latin SSATBB
• Ludovico da Viadana — Seniores populi  Latin SATB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — Seniores populi  Latin SATB, ATTB, ATBB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Responsories for Maundy Thursday, ZWV 55:1-9  Latin SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Seniores populi, ZWV 55:09  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Seniores populi consilium fecerunt, Ut Jesum dolo tenerent, et occiderent: cum gladiis et fustibus exierunt tamquam ad latronem. Collegerunt pontifices et pharisæi concilium. Ut Jesum dolo tenerent, et occiderent: cum gladiis et fustibus exierunt tamquam ad latronem. Seniores populi...

English translation The elders of the people convened a council, That they might conspire to seize Jesus and kill him: with swords and clubs they went forth, as if against a robber. The chief priests and the Pharisees assembled a council. That they might conspire to seize Jesus and kill him: with swords and clubs they went forth, as if against a robber. The elders of the people...