We'll Gather Lilacs sung by Jenny Watson

My mother at 83 in April 2007 singing "We'll Gather Lilacs" by Ivor Novello, and accompanying herself on the piano. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease in the summer of 2006 and my dad recons that she had started to show memory symptoms for about a year before that.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• We'll
• Gather
• Lilacs
• Ivor
• Novello
• Jenny
• Watson
• Alzheimer's

[CyberElektra]

Thank you so much for all your beautiful comments. It hard for me to reply because it's making me cry.

Thanks to Politeama, compeld2sing, Immok, IrishSoprano, WildflowerTree, jkslouth, redfire20003 and last but not least gblue88.

[gblue88]

not quite as good as cerys now is she?

[CyberElektra]

For an 83 year old with Alzheimer's - it's pretty amazing.

[webrarian]

I find this intensively moving. She was old enough to remember a time when those words meant something to couples separated by the war.

What an excellently trained voice.

[theinnerlight87]

What a gorgeous voice! Thank you very much for sharing, a beautiful song sung by a beautiful lady.

[mtenor]

i am a trained professional opera singer and would like to say how i admire your wonderful talent to play and sing so beautifully. Well done

[bbnjmnglrx]

Isn't this a touching and almost unbearably honest example of the first and only power of music.. to unite people?

Maybe..

Thank you, and courage!

[alabangdream]

Very touching. Music is excellent for Alzheimers patients. My heart goes out to you!

[mnmleung]

Thank you CyberElektra. I was looking for a recording of this song to help me learn it for a concert. Beautiful !

[dahlia604]

How wonderful. Thank you for sharing this lovely video. Bless her and her adoring family. Paul

[JanetteHeffernan]

Bravo! Wish I could play like that!

[musicorganman]

This is simply beautiful. This is what real music making is about.

[harryfaber]

My Gran used to play and sing this, very similarly. Thank you. It took me back a lot of years.