Sunday Feature

Enter the Garden: Toru Takemitsu

Sunday 22 April 2007 22:00-22:45 (Radio 3)

The composer Takemitsu's music, philosophy and personality are explored alongside his attraction to the metaphor of the garden - 'I design gardens with music', claimed Takemitsu, a Japanese artist who found success on the concert platforms of the West before returning to the cultural influences of his birthplace.

Including interviews with his daughter Maki, film directors Masahiro Shinoda and Peter Grilli, composer Dai Fujikura, conductor Oliver Knussen, pop musician David Sylvian, a gardener from the Hama Rikyu garden in Tokyo and a previously unheard interview with the composer himself, recorded in the early 1990s.

Duration:

45 minutes

Sunday Feature

Episode and Playlist Information

• 10 Jun 07 HP Lovecraft
• 3 Jun 07 Elgar and Empire
• 20 May 07 The Splintered City
• 13 May 07 Charles Correa
• 6 May 07 Something in the Air
• 29 Apr 07 Ivan Blatny
• 22 Apr 07 Toru Takemitsu
• 15 Apr 07 Akram Khan
• 8 Apr 07 John Dankworth
• 1 Apr 07 Riches From Freetown

Sunday Feature pages