Henri Herz, National TV, and The National Anthem

[gordon stelter]

Nice story Richard. Thank you very much for sharing
it!
    Thump 

--- Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
wrote:
> Hi Folks
> 
> The short program on National TV I got to
> participate in aired tonite,
> and I simply had to tell you the story as it turned
> out to have a
> surprise sweet side to it.. You see when we went out
> to shoot the spot,
> the family that owned the piano had a young relative
> visiting that had
> heard about what we were about to do. She was 11
> years old, and wanted
> more then anything else to be on TV playing the
> National anthem.
> 
> I got to the house first, and went through tuning
> this old instrument up
> once more for the show, and she comes in and sort of
> shuffles shyly
> around, and when I take a short break she sits down
> and proceeds to play
> a perfect two finger version of the Norwegian
> National Anthem she had
> figured out all on her own. And then she revealed
> her dream to me. I
> mean.... what can you say... she didnt miss a note,
> couldnt read a note
> either... had never taken any lessons, but she had
> fooled a bit with
> this old Herz piano. I couldnt resist her, that's
> for sure.
> 
> So when the TV crew showed up I told them about it
> and asked them if
> they could find the time, at least they could maybe
> shoot a few minutes
> of her playing... even if they didnt decide to use
> it... just as a nice
> thing to do. In the meantime she had excitedly gone
> and changed cloths
> into her national costume, an outfit reserved for
> only very special
> occasions. When she came out to be introduced...well
> everyone just
> melted. So they taped her in between taping the
> pianist and myself. We
> all parted that evening with a lot on our minds,
> including what a smile
> we had put on her face and in her heart.
> 
> But today the show aired. We got about 5 minutes all
> in all to tell our
> little story, and the film crew did a fantastic job
> of putting it all
> together. And best of all, this little girl got
> featured for about 90
> seconds in the whole thing. Watching the spot, the
> cringing feeling I
> had at my own heavy american acent just disapeared
> in the glow I just
> know this little girl must have been feeling
> somewhere out in Bergen,
> most certainly watching as Siri and I were.
> 
> Another little gem for this instrument to put into
> its book of
> memories... Grieg, Nordraak, Bull, and all the best
> musicians and
> artists of Bergens last 150 years have had their
> moments with this
> instrument.... and now in perhaps its last
> performance, it makes a
> little girls' dream come true.
> 
> Kinda neat if you ask me.
> 
> Cheers
> RicB
> 
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> UiB, Bergen, Norway
> mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
> http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
> http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
> 
> 
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