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Radio 3,14 May 2024,14 mins

SeriesMusic in Bloom

Stylistic similarities

The Essay

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Katie Derham delves into the surprising connections between classical music and gardens. Katie asks landscape designer Tom Stuart-Smith how he approaches his work with musical constructs in mind. She also talks to conductor and tenor Paul Agnew about whether we can draw stylistic parallels between classical music and garden design in previous centuries.

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act I: Vorspiel
    Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act I: Vorspiel
    Richard Wagner
  3. 2.
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Variation 30; Aria da capo)
    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Variation 30; Aria da capo)
    Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. 3.
    Atys: Prologue
    Atys: Prologue
    Jean‐Baptiste Lully
  5. 4.
    Rinaldo (Overture)
    Rinaldo (Overture)
    George Frideric Handel
  6. 5.
    Recitative 'From Harmony, from Heav'nly Harmony' from Ode to St Cecilia
    Recitative 'From Harmony, from Heav'nly Harmony' from Ode to St Cecilia
    George Frideric Handel
  7. 6.
    'When Nature Underneath a Heap' from Ode to St Cecilia
    'When Nature Underneath a Heap' from Ode to St Cecilia
    George Frideric Handel