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The Essay Music in Bloom

How have gardens shaped musical productions and projects?

Katie Derham delves into the surprising connections between classical music and gardens.

Glyndebourne head gardener Kevin Martin talks to Katie about how the gardens shape the opera productions. Also in today鈥檚 episode, Alessandra Vinciguerra 鈥� director of La Mortella Gardens in Italy 鈥� shares how Susanna Walton鈥檚 gardening influenced her composer husband William鈥檚 projects.

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Thu 16 May 2024 21:45
麻豆社 Radio 3

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  • Ethel Smyth

    The Wreckers (Act 2 Prelude)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • CONIFER.

  • Georges Bizet

    Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre (Carmen)

    Choir: Choir of Radio France. Singer: Marina Domashenko. Singer: Andrea Bocelli. Choir: Ma卯trise de Radio France. Singer: Eva Mei. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Singer: Thierry F茅lix. Singer: Magali L茅ger. Singer: Delphine Haidan. Singer: Olivier Lallouette. Singer: Alain Gabriel. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Bizet, Carmen - Duets and Arias: Bocelli/Domashenko/Mei/Terfel.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Figures in the Garden vii Nocturne

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Antony Pay.
    • Warner.

  • William Walton

    Symphony No 2 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • London.

  • William Walton

    Cello Concerto

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Briger.
    • Walton: Cello Concerto - Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

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  • Thu 16 May 2024 21:45
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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