Tag Me Amadeus
Tuesday 15th June, 1330, BBC Radio 4 (repeated Saturday 19th June @ 1530)
FM, DAB, Freeview and on the BBC iPlayer (www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer) for 7 days after broadcast
Sue Perkins encounters her own musical doppelganger, as she explores the mysterious art of 'sonic branding': the micro-jingles that distil the essence of an entire character, emotion or product...in mere musical seconds. Sue has her own bespoke musical tag created personally for her, at one of the UK's leading sonic branding agencies, Cutting Edge Commercial - as well as speaking to experts on film music, children's TV, and the composer of the most famous sonic logo in history: the famous "Intel bongs"...
Can you really only sell toilet paper in C Major? Do brass instruments always mean bad guys with guns? And will Sue's personal musical ident really reflect her inner being? Tune in on Tuesday 15th June at 1.30pm, on BBC Radio 4...
Wednesday, 9 June 2010
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
concert: Friday 18 June in aid of the halow project
Friday 18 June in aid of the halow project
Coverwood Lakes and Gardens, Peaslake, Surrey, GU6 7NT
Tickets available from Guildford Tourist Information at
www.visitguildford.com , Tel: 01483 444334 or in the office at 14 Tunsgate, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3QT
£ 30 adults, £20 concessions
Friday, 30 April 2010
Derek and the Jazz Katz at the Station Hotel in South Nutfield
16th May at 8pm at the Station Hotel in South Nutfield.
No tickets or anything, just turn up!
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Derek on CBS (60 minutes)
Lesley Stahl catches up with Derek Paravicini, an extraordinary savant
with an incredible musical talent. 60 Minutes, Sunday, March 14, 7
p.m. ET/PT.
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Derek on BBC Two (What makes a genius?)
What Makes a Genius?
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00qzlbvNext on: Wednesday, 21:00 on BBC Two (except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue))
Could you have come up with Einstein's theory of relativity? If not - why not?
This is what Marcus du Sautoy, professor of mathematics, wants to explore. Marcus readily admits that he is no genius, but wants to know if geniuses are just an extreme version of himself - or whether their brains are fundamentally different.
Marcus meets some remarkable individuals - Tommy, an obsessive artist who uses his whole house as his canvas; Derek: blind, autistic, and a pianist with apparently prodigious gifts; Clare who is also blind, but whose brain has learnt to see using sound.
Marcus is shown how babies have remarkable abilities which most of us lose as teenagers. He meets a neuroscientist who claims he has evidence of innate ability, a scientist who's identified a gene for learning, and Dr. Paulus, who has discovered how to sharpen the brain... by electrically turbo-charging it.
Friday, 5 February 2010
World famous musical savant Derek Paravicini is to perform a charity concert in Reigate
The gifted blind pianist will be staging a concert entitled An Evening With Derek Paravicini and Friends at Reigate Park Church in Park Lane East on Saturday, February 27, at 7.30pm.
The concert will be in aid of the Reigate-based charity, Telephones for the Blind Fund.
Hailed a musical genius, Derek Paravicini is an extraordinarily talented pianist despite being blind and having severe learning difficulties.
He has played in venues across the UK, including Ronnie Scott's and the Barbican Halls in London, in Europe and across the United States.
He has received media coverage worldwide.
Appearing with him in Reigate will be Nick Shaw, a pianist and cellist who is also blind and autistic.
The programme will also feature performances by the Girls' Choir and Chamber Choir from Dunottar Girls' School, Reigate.
All proceeds from the concert will go to the Telephones for the Blind Fund, a charity that provides phone lines for blind people on low incomes.
The cause relies solely on public donations to fund what can literally be a lifeline to emotional and practical support.
Tickets priced £10 each are available on 01737 248032, or by writing to 7 Huntersfield Close, Reigate RH2 0DX, including a stamped addressed envelope, and making cheques payable to Telephones for the Blind Fund.
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
The Inner World of Music
BBC Radio 4, 1:30pm Tuesday 17th November 2009
Duration:
30 minutes
Available until:
2:02pm Tuesday 24th November 2009
Composer Matthew King discovers how the extraordinary abilities of musical savant Derek Paravicini are unlocking the secret of how we all make sense of music.
Pianist Derek Paravicini is a phenomenon, possessor of a truly extraordinary musical mind. His abilities are renowned: he can play virtually any piece, in any style you wish, in any key, and identify complex chords of more than a dozen notes in split seconds. He has wowed crowds from London to Las Vegas, performed at Ronnie Scott's and Queen Elizabeth Hall, and been the subject of media attention across the world.
Yet Derek was born totally blind, with severe developmental and learning disabilities. He finds everyday tasks difficult, and requires 24-hour support. Derek is a musical 'savant' - owner of a talent that far transcends his disability, like the autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire or Dustin Hoffman's character Raymond Babbitt in the film Rain Man. Over the last three decades Derek has stunned experts with his seemingly effortless musical understanding, an innate ability to know what 'fits' in any musical context, from classical to jazz to rock.
Prof Adam Ockelford has been Derek's friend and mentor since he was a small child. Now one of the UK's leading experts in music psychology, Prof Ockelford believes that Derek's remarkable abilities may hold the key to understanding how humans make sense of music, and the unique effect it has on us all.
Matthew King explores the world of the musical savant, meeting Derek Paravicini to try and find out how his brain processes, understands and remembers music. The programme features contributions from Dr Darold Treffert, adviser on Rain Man and the world's most renowned expert on savant syndrome, and the parents of a young autistic girl with remarkable musical gifts.
Broadcast on: BBC Radio 4, 1:30pm Tuesday 17th November 2009
Duration: 30 minutes
Available until: 2:02pm Tuesday 24th November 2009
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