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All Angels, from left, Charlotte Ritchie, Daisy Chute and Melanie Nakhla |
All you need is love and music for wellbeing
‘We encourage pure expression, for patients to improvise with sound or use their voices’
CLASSICALLY trained All Angels brought their soothing style of singing to the Whittington hospital as part of a fundraising evening for the new baby unit.
The teenage female trio, who have performed at the Royal Albert Hall, sang a selection from their repertoire, including many classical and pop music favourites, to an appreciative audience.
Another guest, award- winning film-maker Tony Palmer, spoke about the inspiration behind his recent Channel 5 TV feature
on the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams at the event, organised by and recorded for the hospital’s radio station.
Mr Palmer said
that music has an extraordinarily powerful effect on people which can make them sad or happy.
“Great classical and even pop music has the power to invigorate, stimulate and provoke,” he said.
Mr Palmer’s famous 17-hour series about the history of American popular music, All You Need Is Love, made in the 1970s, is being screened at the National Film Theatre at the weekend.
New chairman of the hospital trust, Joe Liddane, said he was a great Mozart fan.
He added: “I understand there is some scientific research that suggests classical music can make people feel better.
“Certainly I find that classical music can get me going in the morning. I was born in the west of Ireland and I also love Irish music.”
State registered music therapist and jazz musician Jonathan Cohen described his work with NHS patients.
Mr Cohen, who performed with his duo Bright Moments, said: “Music can often be an alternative to verbal counselling for adults or children who can’t express themselves.
“We encourage pure expression, patients to improvise with sound or use their voices.”
Lawrence Lewis and his wife Helen organised the event.
They provide a fortnightly classical music show for the hospital radio called Concert Hall.
“Our feedback from patients is that classical music helps them to relax,” he said, “which is good if you are recovering from illness.” |
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