Vinea mea electa (Quatre motets pour un temps de Pénitence, No. 2)

My Vine, My Chosen One

Poulenc, Francis (1899–1963)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SSAATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → The Sacred Paschal Triduum → Friday of the Passion of the Lord

Publication Information:
Salabert — E.A.S. 16768 (1946, 1962)

Text Information:
Reference: Responsory III at First Nocturn, Good Friday

Duration: 2:45
Lyrics:

Vinea mea electa, ego te plantavi:
quomodo conversa es in amaritudinem,
ut me crucifigeres et Barrabam dimitteres.

Sepivite et lapides elegi ex te 
et oedificavit turrim.

English translation:
My vine, my chosen one, I planted you;
how are you then turned into bitterness,
that you should crucify me and release Barrabas?
	
I fenced you in and cleared you of stones
and built you a defending tower.

Notes: Actually SSAATBB with Tenor divisi.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Nov 20, 2021 Last updated: Jan 23, 2022