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Radio 3,13 Dec 2025,56 mins

SeriesIn the Beginning

The Green Planet

Music Matters

Available for 23 days

James MacMillan and guests discuss how music reflects Earth’s beauty, nature, and ecological themes. They explore pieces like Gaia Theory, Tapiola, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, covering topics from musical depictions of ecosystems to theological views on Earth as a sacred creation and our shared responsibility to care for it.

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Tracklist

  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Joy To the World
    Joy To the World
    Lowell Mason
  3. 2.
    Sinfonia Pastorale in D major, Op. 4, No. 2: IV. Presto
    Sinfonia Pastorale in D major, Op. 4, No. 2: IV. Presto
    Johann Stamitz
  4. 3.
    Theory of the Earth
    Theory of the Earth
    Jay Capperauld