A setting of a poem by Anatole de Ségur (1823-1902), Salut Printemps was composed in 1882. Conductor Morna Edmundson says “The mood is light, fresh, and sentimental.” Here is the recurring refrain:

Salut printemps, jeune saison
Dieu rend aux plaines leur couronne
La sève ardente qui bouillonne
S'épanche et brise sa prison
Bois et champs sont en floraison.

(Greetings Spring! Youthful season. God restores to the plains their glories. The glowing sap, bubbling and seething, bursts from its prison.)

~ Program Notes by Charley Sampson, copyright 2022