@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 Surely trees were there first and pavements grow round *them*? 🙂

@tweatirs @BBCRadio3 Not sure about that Ian. Mostly they are planted in pavements. And frankly we need far more of them to help clean the air. Although we also need local councils who realise they need after care. Millions die because they are plonked and not properly nurtured.

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 Good morning, Ian and everyone. After yesterday’s success (thanks again) I should perhaps let others have their turn in the Playlist but will look forward to the outcome.

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 Shall only catch a little as out part of morning, but many thanks for the excellent programmes this week!

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 It is great having you back btw. Trees growing from pavements is definitely a good point but more so, buddleia growing from tiny cracks in bricks or guttering gives me a strange sense of ‘hope’. Nature will persevere.

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 Wonderful start to today's programme. One of my all time favourites. Thank you.

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 Standing by, valves warming nicely, coffee brewed.

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 Surprises? If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise - Andrew Carter's a cappella choral version should sneak the Teddy Bears' Picnic under the R3 radar.

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 Maybe I with many others suggest the slow movement of Haydn 94 it has a knickmane which I won’t tell you- it’s a surprise

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 How about “No Surprises” by Radiohead? Pianist Christopher O’Reilly transcribed it for solo piano and his playing is magical. Plus don’t forget Radiohead guitarist Johnny Greenwood had a surprise second career as a film and orchestral composer. So surprise us all with Radiohead

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 I am guessing that audiences around the world would have been both surprised and amazed when Gustavia Holst’s Planets Suite was first heard. Jupiter in particular continues to both surprise and delight.

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 If your intrepid producer can locate Marc Minkowski's recording of the Surprise Symphony with Les Musiciens du Louvre then the surprise is... not what you'd expect. 😉

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 A choir practising in an English country church......Wonderful selection of music Ian, Thank you.

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 The Ligeti takes me back to November last year when I saw Le Grand Macabre in Frankfurt. Such a fun opera.

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 Lovely to hear Michael Head just now…

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 Absolutely loved that Finzi Ian. Dies Natalis is a fantastic piece & a great singer on that recording. Happily think Finzi is currently having a bit of a renaissance. Heard his Ecologues on R3 recently- also brilliant music.

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 William Brown - what wonderful clarity of diction in the Finzi. Just shows you can sound your ‘r’ s without its being a murrrrrder, and without sounding too old fashioned. And it makes all the difference to the words.

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 What a great piece!!

@Ianskellyradio3 @BBCRadio3 Sparkling wit on Essential Classics — welcome change from hissing tedium