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Are music and gardens good for your health and wellbeing?
Katie Derham delves into the surprising connections between classical music and gardens.
In the last episode of this series, Katie chats to professor of psychobiology Daisy Fancourt about why music and gardens are beneficial to our physical and mental health, before hearing from baritone Roderick Williams about how his garden helps him balance the pressures of an international performance career.
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Fri 17 May 202421:45
BBC Radio 3
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Eric Whitacre
Deep Field (Earth Choir)
Choir: Virtual Choir 5. Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.- Unquiet.
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Percy Grainger
A Shropshire Lad
Performer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- Halle.
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Franz Schubert
Winterreise, Op. 89, D. 911 (Sung in English): No. 5. The Linden Tree
Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Roderick Williams.- Schubert: Winter Journey.
- Signum Classics.
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