A musical bouquet of songs and pieces inspired by the arrival of spring.

From roses and jasmin to lotus and daisies, composers across the centuries have turned to nature for symbolism and emotion. With classical, jazz, pop and world music, this episode celebrates the sounds of spring and the many ways flowers have found their way into music.

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong: A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
Hildegard von Bingen: Vos flores rosarum
Mecano: Una rosa es una rosa
Herbert Howells: A Spotless Rose
Sting, Cheb Mami: Desert Rose
Franz Schubert: Heidenröslein, D. 257
Heinrich Werner: Heidenröslein
Franz Lehár: Heidenröslein
Jane Monheit: Honeysuckle Rose
Benjamin Britten: Five Flower Songs, To Daffodils
Charles Mingus: Flowers for a Lady
Miley Cyrus: Flowers
Traditional Chinese Folk Song: Mo Li Hua, Jasmine Flower
Sergei Rachmaninov: 6 Romances, Op. 38, N° 3 Daisies
Richard Strauss: Mädchenblumen, Op. 22, Kornblumen
Cristóbal Tapia de Veer: The White Lotus, Main Theme
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Waltz of the Flowers