The human brain is a complex organ. It stores everything we go through. From our memories and life experiences to our skills, our likes, and dislikes. All the things that form our personality and our existence. Over our lifetime, this complex structure can begin to deteriorate. The memories can become harder to recall, we'll start forgetting things and our brain will function weaker and slower with each passing day.
Dementia and Alzheimer’s are mental disorders that affect the brain in such ways. But there are some who do not let even such problems weigh them down. Paul Harvey, an 81-year-old orchestra conductor, is one such person. Last September, Paul’s son Nick recorded a video of his father playing one of his own compositions on the piano and posted it on Twitter. Nick wanted to show the world that this mental disorder could not take the music away from his father. Paul received appreciation and love from millions of people online.
A Special Performance
After his video went viral, Paul was invited to conduct the BBC Philharmonic orchestra and given a chance to play and record two of his compositions at their studio, located in Salford.
Paul proved that music truly does reach places even words or actions cannot. He put his music out in the world in the form of a single recorded by the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. The funds raised by the proceeds of this single will be going to the Alzheimer’s Society and Music for Dementia.