Dvorak Piano Quintet, 1st movement (part 1)

[mozartk453]

Impressive considering she is not a career musician. That said, much more fluidity in the piano part is needed to bring out the spirit of this wonderfully soulful Romantic music.

[alyshooting]

I think she's an old soul. Smart and talented....

[alyshooting]

wow. She is amazing. She is such a role model. I love this woman.

[greatgooglymoogly12]

i cant say that i agree with rice's politics even a little bit, but i really admire the fact that theres at least one american politician out there with a little bit of culture.

[definitivunkreativ]

Very surprising and very, very nice!

[micky19681]

CONDI NE TOLKO KROVOZHADNAJA POLITIK,NO I PREVOSHODNAJA PIANISTKA!!!!!!!!!

[luciano9009]

Great to see such a passionate performance from the lady Rice.

[ykaiilah]

Brava, wow! Guess she really is well rounded.

[Nganguen]

I never imagined that a politician, and an american one could play piano...It really proves that they could be sensitive! Bravo Condoleezza, I hope you will learn to Buch how to play and to be "human"!!!!!!!!!!!!

[9jadude001]

Classy performance by Dr. Rice....

[sagehopper2006]

What a classy lady she is..and fabulous musician...

[Farnik01]

Are the other members of the quintet college students?

[tyu3456]

I think rice kinda slows down and speeds up again for some reason around 3:32-3:34 but other than that, fabulous performance

[Cappadoccia04]

@tyu3456 I think it was written in the music. If you notice, so did everyone else.

[macapo]

Jolie blonde !!

Qui est-ce ?

[drees13]

Metrik metrik

[SingHouse]

It's nice to see such a powerful politician play the piano. It proves she has a heart, when everybody knows politicians are really aliens that feed on human brains.

[99IraqBaghdad99]

@SingHouse

Does she have a heart in her ass please? pardon me my language ! She's a part of the worst group in the world ! She needs to be in prison with the rest of the group! I'm sorry again for the bad word, but I had to!

[mightyquincy109]

One can disagree with her politics, and I certainly do, but, as someone much wiser than myself once said, "Those who make music together can never be enemies." She's quite good! Brava!

[WehttamNenait]

Why is everyone going on about how good she is. She didn't even bother to memorize the piece and I could play at this difficulty at age 9.

If she played some chopin etudes maybe but this is extremely easy.

[orangecrayon57]

You realize that most chamber music performances aren't memorized, right? Even the pianist keeps the score in front of them so they can keep up with the rest of the parts.

[iwishatx11x11]

@WehttamNenait This is a very advanced piece, far from being extremely easy. If you were really the musical genius you claim to be then you would know chamber music isn't memorized.

[JohnEBPiano]

@WehttamNenait Memorization and wanting to be true to all of the dynamics in a 30 minute+ piece are two different things. Are you familiar with Sviatoslav Richer, the russian pianist whom many believe to be the greatest pianist of the last 100 years? He played with a score at all times, not because he couldn't memorize the pieces... What a foolish statement. You must just not like this woman, or are trying to promote yourself.

[adg1017]

condi 2012 :)

[SaharaSaphire]

Great work to all! What a great performance! :)

[iiiiiccccc]

I'm amazed, Condi is really good.

[biukucanoe]

sure beats Hillary

[chopiniraqi]

she is great pianist

[Slack3ron]

ive played this

its so pretty

[aznwoo]

wow, I never knew she played. She's fairly good to boot!

[chopiniraqi]

WOOOOOOOW THATS GREAT

[allenchue]

wow, she's so brilliant!

[cakemagic]

Oh nice--cut the cello out of the shot, why don't you? Jeez, especially during that solo in the beginning!

[BrunaoJazzistico]

That song is wonderful.

[GlobalPunditOrg]

W can play "Oh Susannah" with his underarm farts. Seriously. Was quite a frat-house performance.

[polkaparty]

I'm impressed. I had no idea Condi was this accomplished and I'm left with two thoughts: 1. How in the world did she find the time to rehearse this? 2. Why would a woman of this intelligence, talent and culture associate herself with this administration?!

[SwampAshHSS]

she started young, but at 16 realized she didn't have enough talent to go pro, so she started perusing politics...starting young gives you a leg up.

[SCSQ4]

Condi is such an amazing and multi-talented woman. I always enjoy listening to her play the piano. She is such an accomplished pianist!

[Wisedogs]

She is an amazingly talented and accomplished woman. I am a chamber musician and what a privilege to play with someone of her skills.

[AlamoCityCello]

Hillary can play the kazoo! LMAO!!

[Joehanoob]

it is NICE that someone in that position can play piano! :D BUT im not sure that she is such a fantastic politician because of that, she is a big part of the bush administration!

[Mikeishere1st]

Hillary can play the kazoo!

[HunterORL23]

I didn't know she could tickle those ivories so well. I wish she had the passion to run for president however she will forever be the queen of foreign policy and the heroin of the bush administration.

[sanjosemike]

By the way, the Dvorak Piano Quintet piano part is no "easy street."

sanjosemike

[FerozaLaBonne]

I am so thrilled to see a cultured, musically literate politician, Ms. Rice, in this country! It warms my heart to think that the ARTs are not a lost cause in this materialistic self-serving (for the most part) country.

[Kawijazz]

Very wonderfully played. I am quite impressed with Rice in general. She is simply fantastic!!!

[FanofLieder]

Condi Rice is 100x the woman Palin will ever be.

[27632763]

she is very impressive . she is unique in her style I think she couldn't be american . she is friom another planete .

[kwaman]

i swear eric played viola..

[cchamp27]

Not every day you get to sit down and play great chamber music with the highest member of the cabinet...

IHMO the rhythm is a little dry and could use more rubato but obviously very well done and a great level of skill