The Secret Garden
Book Playlist

The Secret Garden Playlist

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

20 tracks
balanced
Nov 2, 2026
2 mixes for this book

This playlist moves from the hush and mystery of Misselthwaite Manor into the fresh air and patient renewal of the garden, reflecting Mary's and Colin's changing lives. Its instrumental pieces evoke the moors, hidden places, and gradual recovery, while the vocal songs touch on loneliness, childhood, friendship, and the restorative pull of nature.

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Track List

20 songs
1

The Secret Garden suite - piano version

Zbigniew Preisner · My Life Preisner’s Music (Live in Bielsko - Biała)

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2

Secret Garden

Bruce Springsteen · Tracks II: The Lost Albums

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3

Salut d'amour, Op. 12

Edward Elgar · English Festival

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4

Simple Symphony, Op. 4: II. Playful Pizzicato

Benjamin Britten · Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Simple Symphony, etc.

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5

"Méditation" from Thaïs

Jules Massenet · "Méditation" from Thaïs

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6

Intermezzo In A Major, Op. 118, No. 2

Johannes Brahms · Brahms Intermezzi

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7

Dolly Suite, Op. 56 (Excerpts): I. Berceuse

Gabriel Fauré · Fauré: Piano Music for 4-Hands

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8

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Frederick Delius · On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

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9

Edward MacDowell: Op. 51, No. 1. To a Wild Rose

Edward MacDowell · Edward MacDowell: Op. 51, No. 1. To a Wild Rose

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10

Kol Nidrei, Op. 47

Max Bruch · Bruch: Concerto for Violin No. 1 - Kol Nidrei

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11

Préludes / Book 1, L. 117: No. 8, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

Claude Debussy · Debussy: Préludes / Book 1, L. 117: No. 8, The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

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12

Garden Song

Phoebe Bridgers · Punisher

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13

Flowers In The Window

Travis · The Invisible Band

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14

Green Garden

Laura Mvula · Sing to the Moon

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15

Wildflowers

Tom Petty · Wildflowers

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16

Here Comes The Sun - Remastered 2009

The Beatles · Abbey Road (Remastered 2009)

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17

You've Got a Friend - 2019 Remaster

James Taylor · Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (2019 Remaster)

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18

Orphan Girl

Gillian Welch · Revival

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19

Little Green

Joni Mitchell · Blue

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20

Bloom - Bonus Track

The Paper Kites · Woodland

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