Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cultivate Wellbeing | 20240517 | Katie Derham delves into the surprising connections between classical music and gardens. In the last episode of this series, Katie chats to professor of psychobiology Daisy Fancourt about why music and gardens are beneficial to our physical and mental health, before hearing from baritone Roderick Williams about how his garden helps him balance the pressures of an international performance career. Are music and gardens good for your health and wellbeing? | ||
| Good Vibrations | 20240513 | Katie Derham delves into the surprising connections between classical music and plants. In the first episode of this series, Katie talks to botanist Chris Thorogood about whether music can help plants to grow, before chatting to composer Erland Cooper about the inspiration behind his project ‘Music For Growing Flowers'. Can music help plants to grow? | ||
| Musical Gardens | 20240516 | Katie Derham delves into the surprising connections between classical music and gardens. Glyndebourne head gardener Kevin Martin talks to Katie about how the gardens shape the opera productions. Also in today's episode, Alessandra Vinciguerra – director of La Mortella Gardens in Italy – shares how Susanna Walton's gardening influenced her composer husband William's projects. How have gardens shaped musical productions and projects? | ||
| Seeds Of Inspiration | 20240515 | Katie Derham delves into the surprising connections between classical music and gardens. With pianist David Owen Norris, Katie discusses how composers have been inspired by gardens across the centuries, before asking composer Helen Anahita Wilson how gardens and specific plants have shaped her musical creations. How have composers been inspired by gardens across the centuries? | ||
| Stylistic Similarities | 20240514 | 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. Are there stylistic similarities between classical music and gardens through the ages? | ||
| 01 | Good Vibrations | 20240506 | 20240513 (R3) | Katie Derham delves into the surprising connections between classical music and plants. In the first episode of this series, Katie talks to botanist Chris Thorogood about whether music can help plants to grow, before chatting to composer Erland Cooper about the inspiration behind his project ‘Music For Growing Flowers'. Can music help plants to grow? |
| 02 | Stylistic Similarities | 20240507 | 20240514 (R3) | Katie Derham delves into the surprising connections between classical music and gardens. In this episode, Katie talks to conductor and tenor Paul Agnew about whether we can draw stylistic parallels between classical music and garden design in previous centuries, before asking landscape designer Tom Stuart-Smith how he approaches his work with musical constructs in mind. Are there stylistic similarities between classical music and gardens through the ages? |
| 03 | Seeds Of Inspiration | 20240508 | 20240515 (R3) | Katie Derham delves into the surprising connections between classical music and gardens. In this episode, Katie talks to pianist David Owen Norris about how composers have been inspired by gardens across the centuries, before asking composer Helen Anahita Wilson how gardens and specific plants have shaped her musical creations. How have composers been inspired by gardens across the centuries? |
| 04 | Musical Gardens | 20240509 | 20240516 (R3) | Katie Derham delves into the surprising connections between classical music and gardens. In this episode, Katie chats to Glyndebourne head gardener Kevin Martin about how the gardens shape the opera productions, before talking to the director of La Mortella Gardens in Italy about how Susanna Walton's gardening influenced her composer husband's projects. How have gardens shaped musical productions and projects? |
| 05 LAST | Cultivate Wellbeing | 20240510 | 20240517 (R3) | Katie Derham delves into the surprising connections between classical music and gardens. In the last episode of this series, Katie chats to professor of psychobiology Daisy Fancourt about why music and gardens are beneficial to our physical and mental health, before hearing from baritone Roderick Williams about how his garden helps him balance the pressures of an international performance career. Are music and gardens good for your health and wellbeing? |