Wednesday Lunchtime Organ Series: Paul Derrett (Hull)
Wednesday Lunchtime Organ Series: Paul Derrett (Hull)
music in the university
Date: Wednesday 07 October 2015
Time: 13:05
Venue: University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel, The Square, off University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ
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Paul Derrett A complete pipe organ addict from a very early age, Paul started both official organ lessons and ‘helping out’ (which largely consisted of making tea, boiling glue and sweeping up) at a local firm of organ builders at 12. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London with Nicholas Danby, Richard Popplewell and Herbert Howells. He now lives his childhood dream, giving around twenty recitals each year in (mostly) prestigious venues; recitals in 2014 included seven UK cathedrals and a recital tour in Germany. He has recorded more than thirty solo CDs, several of these have received five star reviews. Recitals have been given in France, Germany and Holland in recent years and in 2013 he was the most-often-requested performer on the internet radio station organlive.com which is based in the U.S.A. As a hobby he rescues redundant instruments and he has repaired and re-installed several of these over the years.
Paul’s website can be found at www.paulderrett.co.uk