Posted December 2, 2008 9:28 AM
by Frank James
This is something you don't see everyday, a U.S. secretary of state playing piano for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. It appears Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice decided to end her final trip to Britain as the U.S.'s top envoy with a crescendo.
I'm pretty certain we won't be seeing the next secretary of state, Sen. Hillary Clinton, concertizing for the Queen though, maybe, if her husband brings his saxophone...
Does anyone know why the Queen carries a pocketbook when she's in her own home?
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Don;t think Hillary is much of an entainer -All nuts and bolts-
Posted by: Inky | December 2, 2008 10:14 AM
She's using the "soft" pedal. Many pianists disdain use of this pedal, but perhaps more use of it in the middle east would have been appropriate during her administration at State.
Posted by: ChicagoJim | December 2, 2008 11:53 AM
Frank,
Purse? Surely there's an archive of royal handkerchiefs. Lord Goldensnot is the head curator.
Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Madison, Franklin, Paine and others thankfully knew what they were doing.
Posted by: Kenny Bunkport ☮ | December 2, 2008 6:58 PM
Wow.
They were playing the Brahms Piano Quintet in that clip.
The one Schoenberg orchestrated.
That's one hell of a hard piano part.
I had no idea she could play that well.
Now if only the Bush administration could have performed as well.
Posted by: ornery | December 2, 2008 10:21 PM