Recessit pastor noster

General information

The Fourth Responsory of the Office of Tenebrae on Holy Saturday.

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Ruggerio Argilliano — Recessit Pastor noster  Latin SATB.SATB
• Carlo Gesualdo — Recessit pastor noster  Latin SSATTB
• Jacob Handl — Recessit Pastor noster  Latin SATB
• Johann Michael Haydn — Recessit pastor noster  Latin SATB
• Orlando di Lasso — Recessit Pastor noster  Latin SATB
• Pomponio Nenna — Recessit pastor noster  Latin SATB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — Recessit pastor noster  Latin SATB,ATBB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Recessit pastor noster, ZWV 55:22  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Recessit pastor noster, fons aquæ vivæ, ad cujus transitum sol obscuratus est: Nam et ille captus est, qui captivum tenebat primum hominem: hodie portas mortis et seras pariter Salvator noster disrupit. Destruxit quidem claustra inferni, et subvertit potentias diaboli. Nam et ille... Portuguese translation Morre o nosso pastor, fonte de água viva, em sua morte o Sol escureceu, Pois foi feito prisioneiro aquele que manteve cativo o primeiro homem. Hoje os portões e as cadeias da morte o nosso Salvador destruiu. Ele destruiu os cárceres do submundo e Ele subjugou as forças do Inferno. Pois foi...

English translation Our Shepherd is gone, the fountain of living water, at whose passing the sun was darkened: For he was taken captive, who was holding captive the first man: today, our Savior shattered the gates of death and likewise its bars. Indeed, he hath destroyed the confines of hell, and hath overthrown the powers of the devil. For he...