Compact Discoveries 45: Musical Gardens
Series: Compact Discoveries
From: Fred Flaxman
Length: 00:57:56
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Piece Description
Fred Flaxman presents "In a Monestary Garden" by Ketelbey, "Country Gardens" by Grainger, "The Flowers" by Sibelius, and "Chrysanthemums" by Pucinni, along with butterflies by Grieg and Lavalle and bees by Mendelssohn and Rimsky-Korsakov. Complete script with playlist available here or at www.compactdiscoveries.com.
Broadcast History
This program was originally distributed nationally by the WFMT Radio Network in 2003.
Transcript
Compact Discoveries
a series of one-hour radio programs produced, written, hosted, recorded and edited by Fred Flaxman
?2003 and 2007 by Fred Flaxman
Program 45
"Musical Gardens"
MUSIC: William Bolcolm: Old Adam from The Garden of Eden, performed by Rebecca Penneys on the piano [Fleur de Son FDS 57956, track 14] under the following: [2:06]
FLAXMAN: Welcome to Compact Discoveries. I?m your guide, Fred Flaxman. The music in the background is Old Adam from ?The Garden of Eden? by the American composer William Bolcolm. It is played by pianist Rebecca Penneys. I thought it was just the right piece to begin this hour devoted to ?Musical Gardens.? After all, it was the very first garden, wasn?t it?
Let?s listen to the rest of this composition. I think you?ll find it a compact discovery!
MUSIC: up until the end of the above piece
FLAXMAN: From William Bolcolm?s...
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Timing and Cues
please see attached script with playlist
Additional Files
- script as html file (45_musical_gardens_html_script)




