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Jay Griffiths

Michael Berkeley's guest is the writer Jay Griffiths.

Jay Griffiths first wanted to be a writer – an entity she believed to be a “god-like” creature - when she was just four years old and already captivated by words.
And she’s fulfilled that early ambition. Her books include Wild, the product of seven years’ work, travelling to wildernesses including the Amazon rainforest, the Canadian Arctic and the Australian outback.

She has also written very honestly about her experience of bipolar disorder in her book Tristimania: a Diary of Manic Depression. More recently, she’s reflected on the deep connections we have to animals and their ability to alleviate fear and trauma, under the title How Animals Heal Us.

Jay's music selections include Sibelius, Rodrigo, Vivaldi and Debussy.

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51 minutes

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Sun 29 Jun 2025 12:00

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque no.1 in E major

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.3: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning Mood (Peer Gynt)

    Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grieg: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere mei Deus

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Singer: Gerald Finley. Singer: Timothy Beasley-Murray. Director: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Allegri: Miserere; Choir of King's College, Cleobury.
    • EMI.
    • 2.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (1st mvt)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Orchestra: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Eije Oue.
    • Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    Yeyi - Greeting

    Ensemble: Tha Aka Pygmies.
    • Song from the Forest soundtrack.
    • Gruenrekorder.
    • 1.
  • David Rothenberg

    Cape Cod Long Pond

    • Secret Sounds of Ponds.
    • Terra Nova Music.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (The Magic Flute)

    Singer: Olaf Bär. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - Highlights.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia, Op 26

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New world - Sibelius: Finlandia.
    • 1.
  • Ibrahim ag Alhabib

    Amassakoul 'N' 'Ténéré

    Ensemble: Tinariwen.
    • Amassakoul.
    • Wedge.
    • 1.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Sopranino Recorder, Strings & Continuo in C Major, Rv 433: I. Allegro

    Performer: Tabea Debus. Orchestra: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.
    • Forza Azzurri! Music by Dall’abaco, Brescianello, Sammartini, Vivaldi and Zavate.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 112.

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  • Sun 29 Jun 2025 12:00

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