A relaxing SoundScape – a playlist of music alongside scenery from different parts of the homestead garden at Maison des Marguerites.
SoundScape for Spring Days
There are 4 Playlists
- Classical playlist embedded on the video on the Channel (copyright free music)
- Specially chosen Classical playlist on Spotify (there is a you Tube/ free alternative) but you need to keep clicking the links.
- Mellow, Tranquil 60s and early 70s music (ditto for You Tube links)
- More Modern Mellow Music (ditto for You Tube links)
The 3 playlists are:
- Chanson de matin – a classical playlist, chosen by me (Ruth)
Chanson de matin Classical Playlist
- Mellow Moments – tranquil 60s and 70s songs, chosen by Nigel
Mellow Music 60s and early 70s Playlist
- More Modern Garden – chosen by our daughter
Playlist 1
If you watch the Video on You Tube this Playlist is embedded in the Video
Playlist 2
Mellow Moments
This Playlist is chosen from 60s and 70s very chilled music, which is chosen to accompany the Video of the garden at Champ de la Grange (Frugal French Homestead).
Watch the Video, turn off the sound and listen to the video with this soundtrack. Chill on a journey to the French countryside.
| Wond’ring Aloud | Jethro Tull |
| Bryter Layter | Nick Drake |
| April Come She Will | Simon & Garfunkel |
| Little Bit of Rain | Karen Dalton |
| Fairy Tale Lullaby | John Martyn |
| Scarborough Fair/ Canticle | Simon & Garfunkel |
| Windmills of your Mind | Noel Harrison |
| Ne me quitte pas | Jacques Brel |
| Stranger on the Shore | Acker Bilk |
| Swinging Shepherd Blues | Johnny Pate Quintet |
| Sunny Skies | James Taylor |
| Minstrel of the Dawn | Gordon Lightfoot |
| I’ll have to say I Love you in a Song | Jim Croce |
| Daydream | Wallace Collection |
| Take Five | Dave Brubeck |
| Here Comes the Sun | The Beatles |
| Time in a Bottle | Jim Croce |
| Bourée | Jethro Tull |
Listen on Spotify :Mellow Music Playlist
On You Tube
This is the playlist – the songs have been located on You Tube. It isn’t the same as a playlist on Spotify as you need to click for the next song, but we don’t all have opportunity for Spotify. So, this way the songs are free.
| Title | Link to Video |
| Wond’ring Aloud | Wondrin Aloud |
| Bryter Layter | Bryter Layter |
| April Come She Will | April Simon and Garfunkel |
| Fairy Tale Lullaby | Fairy Tale Lullaby |
| Scarborough | Scarboroguh Fair |
| Windmills of your Mind | Windmills |
| Ne me quitte pas | Ne me quitte pas |
| Stranger on the Shore | Stranger on the Shore |
| Swinging Shepherd Blues | Swinging Shepherd Blues |
| Sunny Skies | Sunny Skies |
| Minstrel of Dawn | Minstrel |
| I’ll have to say I love you…. | I’ll have to Say |
| Daydream | Daydream |
| Take Five | Take Five |
| Here comes the sun | Here comes the sun |
| Time in a Bottle | Time in a Bottle |
| Bourée | Bouree Jethro Tull |
Playlist 3
Chanson de matin – classical music playlist
Music is chosen to accompany the video of the garden at Champ de la Grange (Frugal French Homestead). Watch the Video, turn off the sound and listen to the video with this soundtrack. Chill on a journey to the French countryside. Bon boyage!
| Chanson de matin | Edward Elgar |
| A Downland Suite.Minuet. Alegretto grazioso | John Ireland |
| 5 Bagatelles. No 3 Carol. Andante simplice | Gerald Finzi |
| 2 Arabesques | Claude Debussy |
| Méditation from Thais | Jules Massenet |
| Concerto for Lute, 2 Violins. Continuo in D Major RV93 | Antonio Vivaldi |
| Suite bergamasque | Claude Debussy |
| Vivaldi variation: Concerto for Strings in G minor RV 156 | Florian Christi |
| Ma mère l’Oye: Pavane de La Belle au bois dormant | Maurice Ravel |
| The Flower Garden | Joe Hisaishi |
| 3 gymnopédies: Lent et grave | Erik Satie |
| Berceuse : Op 16 | Gabriel Fauré |
| Pavane | Gabriel Fauré |
| Orfeo ed Eurodice | Christophe Glúck |
| Oboe concerto in D minor | Tomaso Albinoni |
Listen on Spotify: Chanson de Matin Playlist
I’ve found all the pieces on You Tube. It isn’t the same as a playlist on Spotify, playing without gaps, but we don’t all have opportunity for Spotify. So, the songs are all here free.
| Title | Link to Video |
| Chanson de matin | Chanson de matin |
| A Downland Suite | Downland |
| 5 Bagatelles | Bagatelle |
| 2 Arabesques | Aranesques Debussy |
| Méditation from Thais | Meditation |
| Concerto for Lute, 2 Violins. Continuo in D Major RV93 Largo | Vivaldi Largo |
| Suite bergamasque | Debussy bergamasque |
| Vivaldi variation: Concerto for Strings in G minor RV 156 | Variations Vivaldi |
| Ma mère l’Oye: Pavane | Pavane – Ravel |
| The Flower Garden | The Flower Garden |
| 3 gymnopédies: Lent et grave | 3 Gymnopédies: III. Lent et grave |
| Berceuse : Op 16 | Bercause |
| Pavane – Fauré | Pavane |
| Orfeo ed Eurodice | Gluck |
| Oboe concerto in D minor | Oboe concerto in D minor |
Playlist 4
More Modern Garden playlist
More Modern Music is chosen to accompany the video of the garden at Champ de la Grange (Frugal French Homestead). Watch the Video, turn off the sound and listen to the video with this soundtrack.
Chill on a journey to the French countryside. Bon boyage!
| Put your Records on | Corinne Bailey Mae |
| River | Leon Bridges |
| Solar Power | Lorde |
| Green Green Grass | George Ezra |
| Sunny Day | beabadoobee |
| Daylight | Taylor Swift |
| Coming up Easy | Paolo Nutini |
| Green Garden | Laura Mvula |
| Mystery of Love | Maurice Ravel |
| Old Pine | Ben Howard |
| Flume | Bon Iver |
| Summer Girl | HAIM |
| Garden Song | Phoebe Bridgers |
| One Day Like this | Elbow |
| Unintended | Muse |
| Flowers in the Window | Travis |
Listen on Spotify: Modern Garden Playlist
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