Focus on Flowers

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Focus on Flowers episodes

May 23, 2014 Hummel And The Fortepiano
We’re headed into the 19th century with Hummel piano concertos, recorded for the first time on period instruments by Solamente Naturali.
7 min
May 22, 2014 Swallowtails
Adult butterflies linger in our gardens longer when we have the types of plants on which they can lay their eggs.
2 min
May 19, 2014 Elegies
For many composers grappling with the death of a colleague or patron, the best memorial proved to be...music. We’ll hear a selection of musical memorials.
2 min
May 18, 2014 Psychologist and Author Gerd Gigerenzer
Peter Todd interviews German psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer, who studies the use of bounded rationality and heuristics in decision making.
56 min
May 16, 2014 Onward And Upward
Kudos to Jean Lamon for over three decades with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra!
11 min
May 15, 2014 Baby Mums
The best time to plant chrysanthemums is now...in the spring!
2 min
May 12, 2014 And One Was A Soldier
We’re heading into battle this hour, for a sampling of music by, for, or about soldiers.
59 min
May 11, 2014 Poetry And Conversation With Mark Wunderlich
Mark Wunderlich reads poems from his new collection and sits down for a chat with us!
16 min
May 09, 2014 The Mozart-Bach Connection
Christophe Rousset plays Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin plays related works by Mozart and his contemporaries.
15 min
May 08, 2014 Milkweed For Monarchs!
Pretty and striped, Monarch caterpillars eat various species of milkweed, so plant lots of it to entice this butterfly to your garden.
2 min