Stylistic similarities
Are there stylistic similarities between classical music and gardens through the ages?
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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Richard Wagner
Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act I: Vorspiel
Orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch. -
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Variation 30; Aria da capo)
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Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully
Atys: Prologue
Singer: Monique Zanetti. Singer: Arlettte Steyer. Singer: Agn猫s Mellon. Singer: Guy de Mey. Singer: Jean-Paul Fouch茅court. Singer: Bernard Deletr茅. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie. -
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George Frideric Handel
Rinaldo (Overture)
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood. -
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George Frideric Handel
Recitative 'From Harmony, from Heav'nly Harmony' from Ode to St Cecilia
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort.- Linn.
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George Frideric Handel
'When Nature Underneath a Heap' from Ode to St Cecilia
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort.- Linn.
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