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Music for Gardens
A playlist of listeners’ suggestions for music for gardens.
BBC Playlister Breakfast Music Box
Breakfast brings you a Music Box of pieces recommended by listeners to guide and inspire you throughout the year.
You can listen to the whole collection of works in BBC Playlister.
Added by Breakfast listeners
| Composer | Title |
|---|---|
| Debussy | Estampes - III. Jardins sous la pluie |
| Elgar | The Wand of Youth |
| Falla | Nights in the Gardens of Spain |
| Balfe | Come into the garden, Maud |
| Mozart | 'La Finta giardiniera' Overture (K.196) |
| Flanders and Swann | Misalliance (Honeysuckle and bindweed) |
| Butterworth | 6 Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad' |
| Janáček | On an overgrown path |
| Bax | The Garden of Fand |
| Percy Grainger | Country Gardens |
| Britten | The Salley Gardens |
| Vaughan Williams | The Lark Ascending |
| Tarrega | Recuerdos de la Alhambra for guitar |
| Handel | Silent Worship |
| Paul Mealor | Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal |
| Britten | 5 Flower Songs, Op. 47 |
| Respighi | 3 Botticelli Pictures |
Added by The Choir, The Early Music Show and Saturday Classics
| Composer | Title |
|---|---|
| Mahler | Symphony No. 1 in D major |
| Sibelius | Svarta Rosor (Black Roses) Op. 26 No. 1 |
| Trad. | Mo Li Hua (Jasmine Flower) |
| Fats Waller | Honeysuckle Rose |
| Delibes | Flower duet from Lakmé |
| Clément Janequin | Le Chant des Oiseaux |
| Marin Marais | Le Labyrinthe |
| Jacob van Eyck | Engels Nachtegaeltje |
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BBC Playlister Breakfast Music Box
Listen to all the works in the list above in BBC Playlister. Follow the Music Box playlist in Spotify to hear new works as they're added.
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