Sound Waves: The Symphony of Physics: Making Sound
01:00 am - 02:00 am, Monday, February 2 on BBC Four HD (106)
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Making Sound
Season 1, Episode 1
Helen Czerski investigates the science behind familiar sounds as well as those humans cannot hear. At the Palace of Westminster, she teams up with scientists to carry out measurements using state-of-the-art lasers to reveal how Big Ben vibrates to create pressure waves in the air at particular frequencies. She also explores the science of the voice, inviting soprano Lesley Garrett to sing I Dreamed A Dream inside an MRI scanner to reveal how her vocal tract acts as a resonator, amplifying and shaping the sound from her larynx
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Dr Helen Czerski
(Presenter)
Lesley Garrett
(Contributor)
David Briggs
(Producer)
Jonathan Renouf
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
Dr Helen Czerski
(Presenter)
Lesley Garrett
(Contributor)
Born:
April 10, 1955
in
Thorne, South Yorkshire
Best Known For:
Trying to bring opera to the masses.
Early-life:
Lesley was born in Thorne, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, on April 10, 1955. She was raised in a ramshackle cottage. Her dad, who had a musical streak, was a railway signalman and later an infant school headmaster. Her family often held sing-songs around the piano. On leaving school, she spent six years as a student at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where her contemporaries included Annie Lennox, and made ends meet posing as an artist's model.
Career:
Garrett's early career included stints at the Welsh National Opera and Opera North before she joined the English National Opera, where she has enjoyed regular work ever since. The singer has also notched up a string of hit records and performances at sell-out concerts across the world. Her career was once threatened when she lost her voice, but she has bounced back to huge acclaim. Regular appearances on TV, including in the first series of Strictly Come Dancing and her own show, Lesley Garrett Tonight, have made her a household name.
Quote:
"My family - not just Peter and the children, but my whole family - are like fuel for me. I'm not a one-woman show. I've got a lot of people around me and a lot of love."
Trivia:
She was awarded a CBE in 2002.
David Briggs
(Producer)
Jonathan Renouf
(Executive producer)
