Voicing & Instruments: SATB Chorus and Piano, or opt. String Quartet and Oboe
Composer/Arranger: Trotta, Michael John
Based on text by Robert Louis Stevenson, the piece has a rousing melody set in compound duple meter. The music depicts the imagery of streamlets gushing and the many sounds of rejoicing nature that accompany spring. A brief section in simple meter portrays a scene of pastoral tranquility. The piece finishes with the intial melody accompanied by a soaring descant.