Love and Spring was composed in April and May 1906 and first performed later that year. It was included in a Henry Wood Promenade Concert in 1914. The score is prefaced by an extract from The Song of Solomon:
"Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth, and the time of the singing of birds is come."


ORCHESTRATION
Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, Cor Anglais, 2 Clarinets in Bb/A, 2 Bassoons
4 Horns in F, 3 Trumpets in Bb, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani
Percussion (3 players: Triangle, Cymbals, Bass Drum, Glockenspiel),
Harp (or 2 or 3)
Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass)