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Chris Beardshaw

Michael Berkeley's guest is the garden and landscape designer Chris Beardshaw.

Chris Beardshaw is a garden and landscape designer who has won 15 Gold Medals from the Royal Horticultural Society, and has enjoyed great success at the Chelsea Flower Show.

He was first given some seeds at the age of four, and - under the 'no nonsense' eye of his grandmother - soon became fascinated by growing things. He’s written several books, including 100 Plants That Almost Changed the World, and he’s shared his knowledge on everything from his favourite 'bombproof' plants to dealing with slugs as a regular panellist on Radio 4’s Gardener’s Question Time for more than 25 years.

Chris's choices include music by Rodrigo, Max Richter, Karl Jenkins and Elgar.

1 hour, 26 minutes

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Sun 7 Dec 202512:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Weary Wind of the West

    Choir: Worcester Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Donald Hunt.
    • Elgar: The Complete Choral Songs.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Petricor

    Performer: Alberto Fabris. Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Redi Hasa. Performer: Federico Mecozzi.
    • Cinema.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 8.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio

    Performer: Mark Walters. Music Arranger: Kevin Bolton. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band.
    • Grimethorpe.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: John Metcalf. Performer: Philip Sheppard. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • Voyager - Essential Max Richter.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    Flight from the City

    Performer: Jóhann Jóhannsson. Performer: Clarice Jensen. Performer: Ben Russell. Performer: Tarn Travers. Performer: Yuki Numata Resnick.
    • Orphee.
    • DG.
    • 1.

  • Johnny Flynn

    Detectorists (TV theme)

    Performer: Gabriel Stebbing. Performer: Dave Beauchamp. Singer: Johnny Flynn. Singer: Adam Beach.
    • Detectorists (Original Soundtrack from the TV Series).
    • Transgressive Records.
    • 1.

  • Garth Stevenson

    The Southern Sea

    Performer: Garth Stevenson.
    • Flying.
    • Garth Stevenson Music.
    • 8.

  • Gabríel Ólafs

    The Waves

    Performer: Gabríel Ólafs. Orchestra: Reykjavík Orkestra. Conductor: Viktor Orri Árnason.
    • Polar (Traveler’s Log).
    • Decca Records US.
    • 3.

  • Karl Jenkins

    The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace - XII. Benedictus

    Performer: Guy Johnson. Choir: National Youth Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
    • The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace.
    • DECCA.
    • 12.

  • Klaus Badelt

    Elysium (Gladiator)

    Composer: Lisa Gerrard. Orchestra: The Lyndhurst Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Greenaway.
    • Gladiator - Music From The Motion Picture.
    • Decca US (Classics).
    • 15.

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  • Sun 7 Dec 202512:00
    BBC Radio 3

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