The Proms

Rice · July 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM

Nicholas McCarthy was born without a right hand. This weekend at the Royal Albert Hall in London, he will be the star name for a concert at the Proms, Britain’s most prominent classical music series, playing Maurice Ravel’s bravura Piano Concerto for the Left Hand. “Everyone might be thinking, ‘Bloody hell, I’m only seeing five fingers playing, but I’m hearing so many hands,” he told The Times.

NY Times 18 July 2025

Splinter · July 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM

I'll try to catch that and hope the old favourites will be played at the end, unless the BBC goes all woke again.

Splinter · September 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM

BBC

This is incredible!

Rice · September 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM

I just had my piano tuner out yesterday, to the ‘tune’ of $300.00 US. Perhaps if he charged even more, my piano and I could do this?

Beer to be spent?