I Denna Ljuva Sommartid
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About This Piece
This original setting of the traditional Swedish psalm features accessible writing, warm, sweeping lines, and rich harmonies that will immerse both audiences and singers into the stunning - yet fleeting - Scandinavian summer landscape. The original text was written in German by Paul Gerhardt in 1653, "Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud" ("Go forth, my heart, and seek delight"). Joachin von Düben wrote the more popular Swedish translation, and Catherine Winkler wrote the English translation. The music can be sung in any of the three languages.
Details
- Voicing
- SATB
- Composer
- Clark William Lawlor
- Duration
- 3:22
Clark William Lawlor (b. 1980) is an award-winning composer, software engineer, cyclist, and pickleball enthusiast from Salt Lake City, Utah. After studying composition, choral education, and piano performance at the University of Utah in the early 2000s, Clark took a detour from music to pursue a career in business and software engineering. Following a nearly two-decade hiatus, he rekindled his passion for choral music in 2022 after joining a local choir. His first choral composition in over 20 years achieved international acclaim, launching a new chapter in his creative journey. Since then, Clark has been steadily building his body of work, earning multiple awards along the way.
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I denna ljuva sommartid gå ut, min själ, och gläd dig vid den store Gudens gåvor. Se, hur i prydning jorden står, se, hur för dig och mig hon får så underbara håvor. Av rika löv är grenen full, och jorden täckt sin svarta mull med sköna gröna kläder. De fagra blommors myckenhet med störe prakt och härlighet än Salomos dig gläder. När jag hör trastens klara sång, när lärkan jublar dagen lång högt ovan fält och backar, då kan jag icke tiga still. Min Gud, så länge jag är till för livet jag dig tackar. -Swedish text by Joachim von Düben, 1708-1786 -Original German by Paul Gerhardt, 1607 -1676