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Front Row: Director Lee Isaac Chung, Samantha Ege, Jane Austen's Persuasion, musicians selling back catalogues

01/04/2021

Director Lee Isaac Chung, Samantha Ege, Jane Austen's Persuasion, musicians selling back catalogues

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Director Lee Isaac Chung, Samantha Ege, Jane Austen's Persuasion, musicians selling back catalogues

Director Lee Isaac Chung on Minari, a film inspired by his childhood in rural Arkansas.

Lee Isaac Chung on Minari, inspired by his childhood in Arkansas; Jane Austen's novel Persuasion; Samantha Ege on Florence Price; a musical response to Paul Simon selling his songs.

Minari tells the story of a Korean family who move to a farm in Arkansas in pursuit of the American Dream. The film’s director, Lee Isaac Chung, explains how his own family story inspired events in the film, and the impact Awards nominations have on his career as a director.

Pianist and musicologist Samantha Ege has launched an album of piano music from the often overlooked African-American composer, Florence Price. She discusses the revival of Price's music, and why it is important her work is remembered today.

With news that Paul Simon has joined a high-profile group of singer/songwriters - including Neil Young, Bob Dylan and Stevie Nicks – who’ve recently sold the entirety of their musical output, comedian and singer Amy Webber muses on the 50 Ways to Monetize Your Back Catalogue.  

Professor John Mullan has been celebrating the pleasures of reading, and re-reading, the novels of Jane Austen during lockdown for Front Row.  For the final novel he recommends Persuasion, with its depiction of a thwarted love, and reflects on the series.

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Producer:  Jerome Weatherald
Studio Manager:  Emma Harth

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