Poetry Cafe 22: Gardens and Flowers
27.08.2015
Texts read and Music played
Walk to the Paradise Garden, by Frederick Delius, played by The Royal Philharmonic Orchcestra, conducted by Meredith Davies Poem, Gods Garden, by Robert Frost Poem, Down by the Sally Gardens, by W.B. Yeats Down by the Sally Gardens, set to music by Ivor Gurney, and sung by Stephen Roberts, accompanied by Clifford Benson Poem (part) text of the Flower Duet from Lakmé, by Delibes. (French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille) The Flower Duet, from Lakmé, by Delibes, sung by Hei-Kyung Hong (soprano) and Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano), with the Munich Radio Orchestra, conducted by Jesús López Cobos Poem, The Violet and the Bee, by John Bannister Tabb Flight of the Bumble Bee, by Rimsky Korsakov, played by Sergei Nakariakov and Alexander Markovich La fleur que tu mavais jetée from Carmen, by Georges Bizet, sung by Placido Domingo, with the New Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Sherill Milnes Honeysuckle Rose, sung by Louis Armstrong Poem, The Glory of the Garden, by Rudyard Kipling Ramblin Rose, sung by Nat King Cole En el Generalife, from Nights in the Gardens of Spai,n by Manuel la Falla, played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Raphael Frübeck de Burgos, with Alicia de Larrocha on piano Poem, Two Gardenias, by Isolina Carillo (read in English translation) Sonnet, Shall I compare thee to a summers day? by William Shakespeare, read by Jan Josef in German translation Dos Gardenias, by The Buena Vista Social Club