Condoleeza Rice Plays Brahms in Recital for Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace

Sky News: The top American diplomat was accompanied in her performance of Brahms by Foreign Secretary David Miliband's wife, Louise, and three members of the London Symphony Orchestra. The private recital came after Ms Rice, an accomplished pianist who started playing when she was a child, expressed a wish to play at the Palace.

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December 1, 2008 at 8:33 pm - ABC News
Dateline: London, England
kevin   December 1st, 2008 - 8:53 pm

Compare all the fuss over the non-talent Britney Spears to the playing of this beautiful talented woman.

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   December 1st, 2008 - 8:57 pm

Secretary of State Rice is a credit to her race, to her country and to women all over the world.

She is and, has been, a class act. She has fulfilled the position of Secretary of State with grace while holding a hard line on American policy.

Hillary Clinton would be wise to take a good look at how she conducted the affairs of State.

God Bless Ms Rice as she enters back into the business world…she will be missed on the International scene of politics!

GOD BLESS AMERICA THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE, MAY OUR GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS OUR GREAT COUNTRY, AS WE LOOK TO “HIM” FOR GUIDANCE!

atomic   December 1st, 2008 - 9:02 pm

There she goes…. torturing people again.

Judy   December 1st, 2008 - 9:10 pm

Thank you Condoleeza. I told my daughter’s early that you would be a role model to follow. You have served with grace under fire.
God bless you and may God bless us as we ask Him for His guidance.

syn   December 1st, 2008 - 9:14 pm

Dr Condolezza Rice is an accomplished American who served this Nation with grace and who has fulfilled so much of her extraordinary talents, I wish her continued success in creating her American dreams.

Dogbert   December 1st, 2008 - 9:15 pm

she should be the next president.

At least that's something.   December 1st, 2008 - 9:17 pm

Right! God bless you Condi. Now don’t let the door hit you in the tush on your way out. The only thing that you accomplished in the last four years is keeping the Village Idiot and his gang of unethical thugs from starting another war. Keep it up. We have less than two months left.

jimmy   December 1st, 2008 - 9:21 pm

Nice job Ms. Condi! thanks for your service

SMHARB   December 1st, 2008 - 9:31 pm

Further proof that the Bush Administration was a class act where personal accomplishment, human generosity and a genuine desire to live life and do the right thing prevailed over sewer politics.

It will be sadly missed.

Ellie   December 1st, 2008 - 9:31 pm

Good for you Condi and soon welcome back to California. Stay being your own person we’re proud of you. Don’t listen to the so-called experts “pundits’ who think they know what’s going on in the world – time will tell and I’m afraid they may learn the hard way. You are a faithful friend to President Bush so may blessings be yours.

Devon D'Andrea   December 1st, 2008 - 10:03 pm

Rice is a class act. Hillary can’t carry a tune let alone play the piano.

Bill Hollin   December 1st, 2008 - 11:07 pm

Unfortunately not Brahms’ best piece. She should get with Frank Lloyd and give Op.40 a go.

Kim   December 1st, 2008 - 11:22 pm

I’d like to see Hilary do this. Thank you Condi for a great job! You have served your country well.

Augustine   December 1st, 2008 - 11:28 pm

Notice how the leftists here once again show that they have no class whatsoever. Philistines.

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Juanita   December 2nd, 2008 - 1:43 am

Leftists seem to be poor, pathetic people.

Juanita   December 2nd, 2008 - 1:44 am

Condoleeza Rice for President in 2012!!!
What a classy lady.

Fatha Hines IV   December 2nd, 2008 - 2:33 am

How about a big round of applause for Mary Lou Williams!

Anita Dash   December 2nd, 2008 - 3:56 am

Dignity, class and love of music. You have served
your country well, you are a role model for all of
us.
May all your dreams come true!!!

The Messenger   December 2nd, 2008 - 7:26 am

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Fabian FINUS   December 2nd, 2008 - 10:30 am

I have always appreciated this lady not knowing she can play classical music which I adore as a blackman too. She is great and I hope she can play a role with Obama without any political differentials
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Good, but not good enough.   December 2nd, 2008 - 10:59 am

The woman plays the piano about as well as she performed her tasks in the Bush administration.

Soldier's wife   December 2nd, 2008 - 11:01 am

Dr. Rice is over qualified for the job of President of the United States – if – you compare her resume to Obama’s.

The woman who should have been President. We squandered our nation’s opportunity to have the first black female President by allowing our media to diminish her extraordinary intelligence.

I hope she will run in 2012.

c.powell   December 2nd, 2008 - 11:02 am

This is the ONLY thing she is good for as SoS. Name me ONE THING she has accomplished…just ONE in World Affairs. And get ready, H.R.C., will also be useless in the Middle East. They HATE women in authority. She will be mocked and laughed at everywhere because of her so-called Husband. Oh, just remembered, how about that photograph with Laura Bush and the “women” in the full length burka in Saudi Arabia…Nice photo-op!!! Can’t wait for the ones with Bill and Hillary. Fools!. Thank You and have a nice day.

K. Hughes   December 2nd, 2008 - 1:40 pm

What an opportunity, to play before the Queen as the Secretary of State to the United States of America! Dr. Rice is a classy, accomplished, brilliant woman who will be greatly missed here in Washington. Good luck in all your future endeavors Madam Secretary.

Tone Loc   December 2nd, 2008 - 2:23 pm

Sheeat. That nuttin’ Waitin see Barack scratch vinyl.

Peace-out.

Other   December 2nd, 2008 - 3:04 pm

“c.powell December 2nd, 2008 – 11:02 am

This is the ONLY thing she is good for as SoS. Name me ONE THING she has accomplished…just ONE in World Affairs”

North Korea nuke agreement.

al196112   December 2nd, 2008 - 3:26 pm

Condi, you are a very classy lady. If you had been a Democrat, you would be considered as having walked on water. Thank you for your hard work and tireless efforts to bridge the divides.

Penny   December 2nd, 2008 - 3:59 pm

If this had been Theresa “Heinz” Kerry or any Democrat woman doing this, all the faux Berkeley California wannabe intellectuals would have hailed her as an amazing woman of culture, but Rice won’t get a mention, just like the fact that John Kerry in 2004 was hailed by the Berkeley Kool Aid drinkers as a presidential candidate who could speak a second language for a change, conveniently forgetting that George Bush speaks Spanish, a language unlike Kerry’s “French” that doesn’t rank among the Berkeley snobs who fancy themselves as “intellectuals” for some reason, but who are nothing more than narrow-minded intolerant bigots, captured young in both a psychological and sexual way, and brainwashed by their smug and equally intolerant “professors”.

sanjosemike   December 2nd, 2008 - 4:26 pm

Dr. Rice plays really well. (I know because I play that piece too). However, she should have the wing down, as it is easy for the piano to over-power the string players.

The leftists go crazy when they see a top Bush leader to be extraordinarily talented and accomplished.

The press has vilified GWB to an extent that they blame everything on earth against him.

After St. Obama has his first major terrorist attack on U.S. soil to deal with, we’ll see if his policies protected us adequately.

I wonder if Media will give him a free ride then too?

sanjosemike

luther   December 2nd, 2008 - 9:06 pm

And she speaks Russian just as fluently.

Coal Queen   December 2nd, 2008 - 11:48 pm

Dr. Rice, thank you for your service.

The only “tune” Hillary wants to hear is “Hail to the Queen” sung to her!

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