The Princess of Wales Christmas concert was recoded last evening and will be on our screens December 24th 7:30pm on ITV...I for one will be watching and joining in!
When I was teaching I played the piano for Assemblies and the Christmas concerts. I practised a lot at home and living by myself and in a detached house, at all times of the night and day..I bought my piano with my first full month's pay when I started teaching in 1978.
One year in the 1990's we had succession of power strikes and I put two little tea lights on the music stand on my piano, so I could see the music and played for hours. Except for one evening when my phone rang and on answering it, I discovered it was from an older lady living alone, who had misdialed and got me. She was lonely and only had a couple of candles, so was a bit afraid too in the dark. We chatted for an hour, till the lights came back.. I heard about her grown up children and grand children and I told about me practising the piano for my school.. She wanted to hear me, so I played the school song I had been practising and sang along. She said it was lovely, but I wondered if she could really hear, although the phone stretched across the dining room was near-ish to the piano! Anyway I wondered after what happened to her, we didn't swap addresses, but I wish we had.
I have continued to love singing although of course no longer play since my arm injury, but I'll be singing with the concert on Christmas Eve and hope they sing this one!
The concert will focus on themes of love, kindness and empathy. It comes after a challenging year for the Princess who has undergone cancer treatment and had stepped back from public engagements.
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Chrisxx
9 comments:
I love to sing, but sadly I can't keep in tune with anything, so I sing when at home alone.
I always enjoyed playing the piano and singing with the children, too.
My mother and her aunt could both play the piano so well. It was a talent that I never learned and I really have no voice for singing which is rather sad. But then I get to be the audience for all the great singers and players and I love Christmas carols.
I play the piano and like to sing too. I'm glad Princess Catherine is doing better and was able to do this concert.
What a lovely thing to do for the old lady.
What a lovely story about your interaction with the older lady. I'm sure she never forgot it. I used to play piano a lot, now I do so rarely, but when I do, it's at Christmas time.
I loved singing in a choir and leading song in church. Those ended years ago but there are good memories in their place.
How kind of you to talk to the lonely lady. Shame you didn't get her number.
I love to sing, and sang old English and Appalachian ballads at my storytelling performances. Such fun. I miss it. I no longer sing, sadly, just no opportunity now.
I love the phone call story. Had a similar thing happen, but it turned out to be an elderly friend I had not seen in years.
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