Belle rose de mai

The poem of Nicolas Le Digne, poet of the XVIth century,is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. With an extreme delicacy, the tribute comes through the image of the rose.In a flowery language, the poet evokes the themes of beauty, the "life of the soul", and that of "cheerful revival" ; His lyricism, intimistic, is radiant of light.The anthem begins with a ritornello in the organ, intended to evoke the opening of the petals of the rose while installing a climate of mystery and meditation. The voices will be most of the time a cappella, the destitution of the music always serving emotion in a mixture of moose, worship and tenderness.