Interludium-Ave Maris Stella – Colombina
Composer: Jacob Obrecht (1458-1505) (Cancionero de Segovia) & Fahmi Alqhai
Although Jacob Obrecht (1458-1505) was born in Ghent, his music is found in Spanish Renaissance manuscripts such as the Segovia songbook, and here Alqhai uses it as a new interlude between the works of the Colombina.
Lyrics
Ave, Maris Stella, Dei Mater alma,
Atque semper virgo, Felix coeli porta.
Solve vincla reis, Profer lumen caecis,
Mala nostra pelle, Bona cuncta posce.
Virgo singularis, Inter omnes mitis,
Nos culpis solutos, Mites fac et castos.
Sit laus Deo Patri, Summo Christo decus,
Spiritui Sancto, Tribus honor unus. Amen.
Hail, Star of the Sea, loving Mother of God,
and ever Virgin, happy gate of heaven.
Loose the chains of sinners, bring light to the blind,
drive away our ills, ask for every good.
Virgin beyond compare, gentlest of all,
make us, freed from sin, gentle and chaste.
Praise be to God the Father, glory to Christ most high
and to the Holy Spirit: to the Three one honour. Amen.
Credits
ACCADEMIA DEL PIACERE
Fahmi Alqhai, viola da gamba & direction
Alena Dantcheva, soprano
Gabriel Díaz, countertenor
Ariel Hernández, tenor
Jesús García Aréjula, baritone
Javier Jiménez Cuevas, bass
Rami Alqhai, viola da gamba
Johanna Rose, viola da gamba
Carles Blanch, vihuela
Marta Graziolino, harp
Francisco Javier Núñez, organ
Pedro Estevan, percussion
Jacobo Díaz, shawm
David García, sackbut
Luis Castillo, dulcian
Recording and editing (video and audio): Félix Vázquez
