Bohuslav Martinů - Spring in the Garden

- Composer: Bohuslav Martinů (8 December 1890 -- 28 August 1959) - Performer: Giorgio Koukl - Year of recording: 2007 Jaro v Zahrade [Spring in the Garden], H. 125, written in 1920. 00:00 - I. What Shall We Play Now? Tag? 01:45 - II. I Think I Should Go To Sleep 03:57 - III. Why Shouldn’t We Play With Soldiers? 05:42 - IV. It Isn’t Bad, Now Is It, To Pick Some Flowers The original manuscript of the four short children’s games, titled “Spring in the Garden“, has been lost along with information about their first performances. The cycle, which was written in Prague in 1920 and eventually published there in 1948 only after Martinů had settled in the United States, has since enjoyed availability in multiple print editions.