With Richard Baker.
Five Gardens
1: The Garden of Eden
Gardens are often thought of as an image of paradise. In the Garden of Eden mankind lived in harmony with the beasts, the plants, and with his
God. Such perfection did not last long, and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from their garden introduced the note of strife into human life. Music includes:
Purcell Sleep Adam and Take Thy Rest Susan Gritton (soprano),
King's Consort, director Robert King
Haydn Achieved Is the Glorious Work (Creation) Soloists, Choir of New
College, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Christopher Hogwood
Delius The Walk to the Paradise Garden
(A Village Romeo and Juliet) Bournemouth Sinfonietta, conductor Richard Hickox
Jeremiah Clarke The Glory of the Arcadian Groves Alfred Deller (alto), Desmond Dupre (lute/viola da gamba), Robert Elliot (harpsichord) Producer Anthony Sellors