Chant de Mai, Op. 53, No. 1

Belgian composer Joseph Jongen was one of the most distinguished organists of the early 20th century. Jongen’s style evolved from a late-Romantic foundation—influenced by Strauss and Franck—into a unique synthesis of Impressionistic textures and Belgian folk-like melodies.
Chant de Mai (Song of May) was composed in 1917 while Jongen and his family were living in London as refugees during World War I. It was published as the first of his Deux Pièces pour Orgue, Op. 53, alongside the Menuet-Scherzo.
My AI friend said “The piece is a "deliciously romantic" miniature that captures the freshness and optimism of spring” and who am I to argue. Besides which, it gives an opportunity to display the more poetic side of this fabulous instrument with its delicious open/harmonic flutes.