Chiswick House & Gardens
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 0:46:41
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Sinopse
Ornamental oasis. Mental asylum. Much-loved public park. For nearly three hundred years, Chiswick House and Gardens have had a varied and sometimes surprising existence.Largely the creation of the 18th-century aristocrat Lord Burlington, Chiswick is also a place of great significance in garden history. It was here that Lord Burlington pioneered a more natural style of gardening that was to spread worldwide. It became of one of Britains greatest contributions to European art: the English landscape garden.Today that garden has been restored, with more than 1600 new trees and shrubs planted, original walkways cleared and vistas newly opened. On this trail, youll explore the gardens by searching out the Picture in the Landscape easels, which show historic images of the gardens at different points in its history. Ten writers have used these images as inspiration for poems, short plays, and sketches. Five of the writers are winners of the Chiswick Gardens audio trail competition, held in 2010. The other five are a mixture of established and emerging writers, including Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion.
Episódios
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![1a. Mind the Carriage!]()
1a. Mind the Carriage!
18/03/2017 Duração: 04minJacques Rigaud: (Drawing a picture) Can you see what it is yet? I’ve got the new house, dead centre. Lovely […]
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![1b. About Chiswick House]()
1b. About Chiswick House
18/03/2017 Duração: 02minNARRATOR: Lord Burlington designed the villa we know as Chiswick House in about 1725. It’s one of the most important […]
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![2a. Chiswick as it Never Was?]()
2a. Chiswick as it Never Was?
18/03/2017 Duração: 02minNARRATOR: ‘The Shadow’ by Michelle Penn, a London-based poet and fiction writer. SHADOW: (Tone: humorous jealousy) I am only her […]
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![2b. A Revolutionary Garden]()
2b. A Revolutionary Garden
18/03/2017 Duração: 01minNARRATOR: Chiswick was a new and revolutionary kind of garden. At the beginning of the 18th century, it was fashionable […]
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![3a. The Artist Admires His Handiwork]()
3a. The Artist Admires His Handiwork
18/03/2017 Duração: 05minNARRATOR: The Artist Admires His Handiwork, a.k.a. ‘It’s not Bill,’ by Under 18s competition winner Florence Read, aged 15. WILLIAM KENT: […]
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![3b. The Obelisk, Lord Burlington and William Kent]()
3b. The Obelisk, Lord Burlington and William Kent
18/03/2017 Duração: 02minNARRATOR: Burlington added the Obelisk to the garden in 1732. Built into its base is a classical sculpture of a […]
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![4a. The Ionic Temple]()
4a. The Ionic Temple
18/03/2017 Duração: 01minNARRATOR: Former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion reads his poem, ‘The Ionic Temple, Chiswick.’ SIR ANDREW MOTION: Once upon a time […]
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![4b. Chiswick after Lord Burlington]()
4b. Chiswick after Lord Burlington
18/03/2017 Duração: 01minNARRATOR: After Lord Burlington died in 1753, Chiswick House was inherited by his daughter, Charlotte, who married the 4th Duke […]
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![5a. A Place of Healing]()
5a. A Place of Healing
18/03/2017 Duração: 03minNARRATOR: ‘A Place of Healing’ by Adults competition winner Jo Thomas. Constance: Another beautiful day Lydia, and in such perfect […]
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![5b. A Peaceful Asylum]()
5b. A Peaceful Asylum
18/03/2017 Duração: 01minNARRATOR: The Tuke brothers ran their mental asylum here at Chiswick for more than 35 years. Rather than prescribing drugs, […]
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![6a. A Sporting Tradition]()
6a. A Sporting Tradition
18/03/2017 Duração: 03minNARRATOR: ‘A Sporting Tradition’ by Chiswick Residents competition winner Nigel Macarthur. MALE VOICE (in a comic fashion): Our spying is top […]
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![6b. The Classic Bridge and Orangery]()
6b. The Classic Bridge and Orangery
18/03/2017 Duração: 01minNARRATOR: From 1946 until 1992 the Turnham Green Cricket Club played on the pitch at weekends. Celebrity cricket matches were […]
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![7. An Audience of Oranges]()
7. An Audience of Oranges
18/03/2017 Duração: 02minNARRATOR: ‘An Audience of Oranges,’ a.k.a. ‘Critic’s Circle’ by Adult competition winner Katharine Kavanagh. Waiting in the wings the sweet […]
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![8. Goosefoot, Exedra, and Rock’n’Roll]()
8. Goosefoot, Exedra, and Rock’n’Roll
18/03/2017 Duração: 02minNARRATOR: At the end of this path is one of the key features of Chiswick’s garden, a series of radiating […]
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![9a. Long-Necked Visitors]()
9a. Long-Necked Visitors
18/03/2017 Duração: 04minNARRATOR: ‘Long Necked Visitors’ by Under 18s competition winner Lily Hewitt, aged 17. Herald: And to welcome the Tsar of […]
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![9b. The Duke and his Menagerie]()
9b. The Duke and his Menagerie
18/03/2017 Duração: 01minNARRATOR: The 6th Duke of Devonshire owned a large collection of exotic animals, among them an Indian bull, a Neapolitan […]
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![10a. A Prize for the Architect Earl]()
10a. A Prize for the Architect Earl
18/03/2017 Duração: 01minThis poem, ‘HERACLES’, is by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. To look at him now, who would think he’d flayed […]
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![10b. Inigo Jones Gateway]()
10b. Inigo Jones Gateway
18/03/2017 Duração: 01minNARRATOR: The gateway was designed by the celebrated architect Inigo Jones for Beaufort House in Chelsea in 1621. Lord Burlington […]
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![11. Parklife]()
11. Parklife
18/03/2017 Duração: 03minNARRATOR: ‘Parklife’ by Leah Kharibian, an audio script-writer and occasional film-maker who lives in Leicestershire. Ted Musing to himself Don’t […]
