Ave Maris Stella

This is hymne sur Ave Maris Stella by Nicolas de Grigny (1672 - 1703). This hymne in four parts is contained in his only organ book ("livre d'orgue") and contains four movements typical for French baroque organ music. It is composed to be played intermittendly with the verses of the hymne:

Ave, maris stella,
Dei mater alma
atque semper virgo,
felix caeli porta.

00:00 Plein Jeu

Solve vincla reis,
profer lumen caecis,
mala nostra pelle,
bona cuncta posce.

01:15 Fugue

Virgo singularis,
inter omnes mitis,
nos culpis solutos
mites fac et castos.

03:27 Duo

Sit laus Deo Patri,
summo Christo decus,
Spiritui Sancto
honor, tribus unus.
Amen

05:13 Dialogue sur les Grands Jeux