The Musical Genius: Derek Paravicini - Trailer

A trailer from The Musical Genius, produced by A FOCUS PRODUCTIOn for FIVE & Discovery Health. Distributed by Channel 4 International

An Evening with Derek Paravicini and the Emerald Ensemble
Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall
Monday 8 June 2009, 7.30pm
Visit http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/music/productions/an-evening-with-derek-para... for more information

TV's musical genius Derek Paravicini, the world famous musical savant, makes his London debut with the Emerald Ensemble Chamber Orchestra playing classical, blues and jazz compositions plus some sensational improvisations. Although blind and severely learning impaired Derek can play any piece of music after hearing it only once.

Derek has performed at Ronnie Scott's, Beverley Hills, Hollywood and boogied with Jules Holland. His remarkable abilities have been investigated in the film The Musical Genius. Derek's life story, In the Key of Genius, written by his music teacher Professor Adam Ockelford, is a best-seller.

He will be performing:
Leonard Bernstein: /Mason: West Side Story Suite
Ralph Vaughan Williams: /Martin Pring: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D
Claude Debussy: /Martin Pring: Le petit negre
Johann Sebastian Bach: Air from Orchestral Suite No.3 in D, BWV.1068 (Air on a G string)
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5 in F sharp minor
Interval
Dmitry Shostakovich: Waltz No.2 from Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra
Lowell McKennitt: Marco Polo
George Botsfield: Black and white Rag
Keith Emerson: Honky tonk train blues
Astor Piazzolla: Oblivion
Requests and improvisations
Nicolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight of the Bumble Bee

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• derek paravicini
• jazz
• piano
• blind savant
• the musical genius
• channel 4
• adam ockelford
• key of genius
• flight of bumblebee
• orchestra
• symphony
• emerald ensemble

[mindspeedracer]

one jelous person pressed the down button

[Legendari0usRS]

@GOODLUCK77 From what i've heard is very well able to improvise as well, which is indeed in contrary to what I expected as well.

[ac1dchr15t]

Are they afraid if they actually show these people on television once in a while that it will be considered exploitation? Or do they just not want to show us what type of brilliant people are out there in World...I wish they featured Savant's on television more, at least the Discovery Channel or something...I'd much rather learn more about these people than the other bullshit we are stuck with on TV nowadays. This makes me want to educate myself so much more on this type of this stuff. God bless

[SFJohnnie]

This is amazing..pppl are capable of some crazy things..a man that can barely count to 10 and identify keystrokes and play back everything he hears.

[BangAmai13]

Pray to God that nobody introduces him to Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj.

[namsu22]

is it really that much of a mystery, think about how many parts of your brained are wired to translate information coming through your eyes...now imagine each one of those parts of the brain being used for your audio cortex...he is obviously extremely intelligent but it doesn't seem to be so incredible as to pose the question how is HE possible. He is very possible he has a highly attuned audio cortex

[stevosmusic]

@G0KartMozart360 why do you say that I have a blind and mental kid at my school who can name any note he hears and tell you any chord. He can tell you the exact note of our school bell when it rings and he plays piano really good so what makes you think this guy can't do it?

[pauley5]

Does anyone know the song at 4:45 that the orchestra play ?

[crabjuice23]

@G0KartMozart360 Why

[simplelife88393]

@G0KartMozart360 how is it?

[wawskiDJ]

oh my god he needs to freestyle with beardyman

[G0KartMozart360]

This is amazing but the thing where he says the notes that the train makes is bullshit.