Tuning in…
Tuning in…
Castaway
1 appearance
A pianist from a musical family; learned film scoring by sitting in cinema orchestras after school and began by relieving her older sister on piano.
On the island
Eight records
Siegfried IdyllFavourite
The Siegfried title. I think that's one of the finest pieces of Wagner.
The keepsakes
The book
The luxury
In conversation
Presenter asks
0:08What part of the country are you from?
Londoner and a coffin, born in Hovood.
Presenter asks
0:16You come from a musical family?
Very musical. Yes. We were four sisters. The eldest Celeste Barger, very famous pianist and organist. She played with Henry Wood at St. George's. And the second sister was a violinist. And then myself, and the youngest.
Presenter asks
2:32What was your first professional appearance?
A little cinema in Oxford Street, opposite the tube station, belonging to a Mr. Turk. I used to play there after school.
Presenter asks
8:40What's the most difficult film you've accompanied?
Metropolis. It had a lot of action and difficult cues.
Presenter asks
10:00What about the book? You mentioned you had a book.
I have a book, The History of the Cinema.
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10:20What about the luxury?
I would have a piano.
“I thought of all the beautiful moments I had with my mother.”
“I used to go and sit in the orchestra.”
“I would have a piano.”