Otto Olsson - Tempus adest floridum (Choral) The Season of Flowers is Here (1/8)

Otto Olsson (19 December 1879 -- 1 September 1964) was a Swedish composer, organist and choir director.

Tempus adest floridum (The Season of Flowers is Here)
from Piae Cantiones

The Swedish Radio Choir conducted by Gustaf Sjökvist

The season of flowers is here, for the flowers are unfolding.
Spring is revealed in everything.
What the cold has ravaged, the warmth restores.
We see how this happens with much travail.

The fields are full of flowers, lovely to behold,
where the diversity of herbs is a delight.
Grass and plants rest in winter,
but in springtime they burgeon and grow.

The earth is decked with flowers and much loveliness,
to us are given pure minds and a noble yearning.
Let us therefore rejoice at the blessed time
and praise the Lord from the depth of our hearts.

Otto Olsson was one of the greatest organ virtuosos of his time. He studied organ with Lagergren and composition with Dente at the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, and then joined the faculty there, where he taught harmony (1908-24) and then organ (1924-45).[1] He was also the organist at the Gustav Vasa church in Stockholm. He became a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Music in 1915.

He used his strong background in counterpoint, combined with an affinity for French organ music, to create his late Romantic style of composition. He also had an interest in earlier music and used the plainchant techniques of Gregorian chant in his Gregorianska melodier. He explored polytonality in his work, an advancement not found in other Swedish works of the time. In addition to many fine works for the organ, instrumental and choral works, his best-known work is his setting of the Te Deum, a large piece for chorus, string orchestra, harp, and organ.

As a teacher, he influenced many Swedish church musicians, and he was important in the development of church music in Sweden, which had suffered a long period of decline, having served as a member of official committees that supervised the liturgy and hymnology. He also composed Psalm settings for congregational use and wrote two instructional books, on the art of choral singing and psalm singing.

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[colourmegone]

Thanks for posting this. I'm struggling with the translation of the title though, something about time and flowers/flowering.

[bartje11]

@colourmegone The season of flowers is here. I posted the whole poem. Thanks for the visit.

[esarfmij]

How lovely, indeed stumbling across a field of fragrant, melodic flowers. .

[colourmegone]

@bartje11 Thanks for your courteous reply. The music is wonderful.

[rhthesinner]

Beautiful music! Another great find. Thank you.

[loupblanc26]

Wonderful!