Jill Paton Walsh
Michael Berkeley's guest is author Jill Paton Walsh. Her musical choices include Bizet, Copland, Britten, Mozart and Haydn.
Jill Paton Walsh lives with the ghost of Lord Peter Wimsey - having taken on the mantle of Dorothy L Sayers and continuing, to great acclaim, her hugely successful detective stories.
But before Lord Peter Wimsey she was already a highly esteemed writer, and her prolific output spans nearly fifty years of children's books and literary fiction. But despite this her medieval philosophical novel, Knowledge of Angels, was turned down by British publishers, so she and her husband published the book themselves, and it went on to be a bestseller - and was shortlisted for the 1994 Booker Prize.
The winner of many other literary prizes, including the Whitbread and the Smarties Prize, she was awarded a CBE in 1996 for services to literature.
Jill talks to Michael Berkeley about what it's like to take on the voice of another author, her love of children's fiction, and how music has sustained her through very sad and difficult times. Her music choices include Bizet, Copland, Britten, Mozart and Haydn.
Producer: Jane Greenwood
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Novelist Jill Paton Walsh on Schubert
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Come Scoglio (Cosi fan tutte)
Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Singer: Montserrat CaballΓ©. -
Benjamin Britten
Bounce me high... (Albert Herring)
Conductor: Steuart Bedford. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Recordare (Requiem)
Conductor: Peter Schreier. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. -
Georges Bizet
Menuet (L'Arlesienne Suite No.2)
Conductor: Charles Dutoit. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de MontrΓ©al. -
Franz Schubert
String Quintet in C, D.956 (2nd mvt: Adagio)
Ensemble: Cleveland Quartet. Performer: YoβYo Ma. -
Joseph Haydn
Piano Sonata in D major, H.16.37 (1st mvt: Allegro con brio)
Performer: Alfred Brendel. -
Aaron Copland
Simple Gifts (Old American Songs)
Conductor: Aaron Copland. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Singer: William Warfield.
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