Unnamed Woman

What an honour it is for us to be here. What a joy it is to play for you.

What an honour it is for us to be here. What a joy it is to play for you.

No, no, hang on. It's not living out a rock star fantasy. I am being a rock star at that point. Look, I'm 67 years old, but that's nothing. Mick Jagger is what, 82? I'm young. I'm a whippersnapper.

No, no, hang on. It's not living out a rock star fantasy. I am being a rock star at that point. Look, I'm 67 years old, but that's nothing. Mick Jagger is what, 82? I'm young. I'm a whippersnapper.

Two fingers.

Two fingers.

If you can't play with two fingers, it's not really worth it, is it?

If you can't play with two fingers, it's not really worth it, is it?

No, two weeks of piano lessons. But actually, it wasn't piano lessons. It was some nuclear war between him and me, you know? Because he wanted me to play other people's music, and I, as a six-year-old, was firmly under the impression that... This whole game was about him teaching me how to get the stuff that's in my head into my fingers.

No, two weeks of piano lessons. But actually, it wasn't piano lessons. It was some nuclear war between him and me, you know? Because he wanted me to play other people's music, and I, as a six-year-old, was firmly under the impression that... This whole game was about him teaching me how to get the stuff that's in my head into my fingers.

The operative word in music is play. We play music. So other kids played with little red cars, I played with the piano.

The operative word in music is play. We play music. So other kids played with little red cars, I played with the piano.

So I'm writing away at it because the story was never quite finished. I'm writing away at it and suddenly the father dies. And... My father died when I was six years old, and so I tucked all that away. You know, you don't get over it. They say, oh, the child got over it, over the trauma. We don't get over the trauma.

So I'm writing away at it because the story was never quite finished. I'm writing away at it and suddenly the father dies. And... My father died when I was six years old, and so I tucked all that away. You know, you don't get over it. They say, oh, the child got over it, over the trauma. We don't get over the trauma.

We just get really good at hiding it because we don't want to be embarrassed by it somehow. Suddenly, you know, all that stuff came sort of pouring out. And really, it's the love for my dad. I didn't decide. I just automatically, I wrote a requiem for my father. No, I'm not going to play it right now because it needs more than two hands.

We just get really good at hiding it because we don't want to be embarrassed by it somehow. Suddenly, you know, all that stuff came sort of pouring out. And really, it's the love for my dad. I didn't decide. I just automatically, I wrote a requiem for my father. No, I'm not going to play it right now because it needs more than two hands.

It's a way to show a modern audience that an orchestra is relevant. If we lose orchestras and if we lose orchestral music, we lose such a large chunk of what makes us human.

It's a way to show a modern audience that an orchestra is relevant. If we lose orchestras and if we lose orchestral music, we lose such a large chunk of what makes us human.

You feel emotional? Emotional, yes. Because I had some friends that were carried on the trucks because there were too many deceased people.

You feel emotional? Emotional, yes. Because I had some friends that were carried on the trucks because there were too many deceased people.