Percival Everett
Michael Berkeley's guest is the American writer Percival Everett.
The American writer Percival Everett is enjoying a moment in the spotlight: his novel The Trees was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2022; an earlier book, Erasure, was adapted into the recent Oscar-winning film American Fiction; and his latest novel, James, is already a best-seller in the United States. It鈥檚 a powerful re-telling of Mark Twain鈥檚 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, from the perspective of Huck鈥檚 enslaved friend Jim.
In the past four decades he's published two dozen novels, and another dozen books of stories and poetry, but he's just as happy away from the world of literature, fly-fishing or painting. He's also worked as a horse trainer, a cowboy and a jazz guitarist. Jazz and blues feature among the music he shares with us, along with Dvorak, Schoenberg, Gustav Holst鈥檚 The Planets.
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Gustav Holst
The Planets Suite, Op. 32: I. Mars
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.- Holst: The Planets.
- London Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Charles Mingus
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Performer: Charles Mingus.- Ah Um.
- Red Cab Records.
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Robert Johnson
Kind Hearted Woman Blues
Singer: Robert Johnson.- The Centennial Collection.
- Columbia/Legacy.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Symphony No.9 in E minor "From the New World" (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.- Dvo艡谩k: Symphony No. 9 'From the New World' / Sibelius: Finlandia.
- Signum Records.
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Lyle Lovett
I Will Rise Up / Ain't No More Cane
Ensemble: Lyle Lovett and His Large Band.- It's Not Big It's Large.
- Humphead Records.
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Lorenzo Barcelata
Maria Elena
Performer: Ry Cooder.- The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed.
- Rhino/Warner Records.
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Richard Rodgers
My Favorite Things (Stereo)
Performer: John Coltrane.- My Favorite Things (2022 Remaster).
- Rhino Atlantic.
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Arnold Schoenberg
Verklarte Nacht (conclusion)
Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Danusha Waskiewicz. Performer: Christian Polt茅ra. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Lightnin鈥 Hopkins
Mojo Hand
Singer: Lightnin鈥 Hopkins.- Mojo Hand (Acapella).
- Cleopatra Records.
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Franz Schubert
4 Impromptus for piano; No.1 in C minor
Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.- DG.
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