April (April! The grace and smile that all beguile!) for flute sextet (with piccolo) by David Warin Solomons Piccolo - Digital Sheet Music

Arrangement for flute sextet (with piccolo) of my song based on my father's translation of Remi Belleau's poem "Avril"The pdf file contains score and partsThe sound sample is an electronic preview.April, the grace and smile that all beguile,The tang and the sweet breath:Perfume of Gods on high,Who from the skyRelish the scent of earth.The courteous gentleWho from exile summons the wanderers,The forked swifts that skim their way and seem of Spring the messengers.May-flower and eglantine,And verdant thyme, lilies and roses red At this so beauteous tide,Growing in prideWith lovely raiment spread.April, the grace and smileThat all beguile,The tang and the sweet breath: perfume of Gods on high, who from the skyRelish the scent of earth.April!©S N Solomons Videohttps://youtu.be/ZMMllAGgmDIafter Remi Belleau AVRILAvril, la grace, et le ris     De Cypris,Le flair et la douce haleine:Avril, le parfum des Dieux,     Qui des cieuxSentent l'odeur de la plaine.C'est toy courtois et gentil,     Qui d'exilRetires ces passagéres,Ces arondelles qui vont,     Et qui sontDu printemps les messagéres.L'aubespine et l'aiglantin,     Et le thym,L'oeillet, le lis et les rosesEn ceste belle saison,     A foison,Monstrent leurs robes écloses.Remi Belleau 1528-1577