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The Piano AU S02E03
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00:09Hello and welcome to the piano our busy little upright has been making its way across the
00:15country today our piano touches down somewhere new Sydney International Airport on the traditional
00:23lands of the Dharawal people of coastal Sydney a place where journeys begin and loved ones return
00:31home where heartache and joy share the same air and just when you think it can't get any more
00:37emotional we wheel in our piano we've invited a bunch of everyday Aussies to show us how it's done
00:44they'll pull up a stool play their hearts out and share how this magical instrument has changed their
00:50lives and it won't just be me cheering from the sidelines just there in a lost and found store
00:56room are two of Australia's leading musicians
01:02okay lost property we got additions to our wardrobe yes there we go oh yeah that actually looks good
01:09on you though you sort of look like Mary Poppins thanks world-renowned concert pianist Andrea Lamb
01:16is back I love the airport so exciting and joining her is award-winning multi-instrumentalist Guy Sebastian
01:27at each location they'll invite one pianist to mentor and feature in a very special once in a lifetime
01:34concert at the city recital hall in Sydney so buckle up and assume the brace position as we prepare to
01:41land
01:42more incredible performances this is the piano
01:55wow here we are at the airport it's a very different energy isn't it absolutely i'm really curious to see
02:02how the piano will make people feel actually because you're not usually surrounded by music when you're
02:08waiting for someone yeah they'll feel like they're in a movie like love actually all right so for our
02:14concert we have erin sadness gently snuggles in erin has such a heartfelt story she really moved people
02:23yeah that's a beautiful legacy isn't it yes gorgeous and we have cj
02:32he was incredible she had all the moods and all the colors and control of the instrument was wonderful
02:37too today what are you hoping to see i think we're always looking for goosebumps something that we've
02:43never seen before yeah i definitely want to feel the heart connection to that instrument we just want
02:48everything i know you want everything yeah all right we'll go through some of the bags if you find
02:54anything it's mine just saying i'll catch up with you soon
03:01and go sebastian you are the last to board please come to gate eight or this plane will be leaving
03:08without you you're all right let's see
03:25my name is tyler i am 21 years old and i'm from penrith here south wales
03:31my mentor described me as very loud loud is a big one
03:41busy spot for our piano today yeah ready to begin what about this guy oh yeah that's it i know
03:48i'm on
03:48tv walk i think so hello i'm amanda lovely to meet you oh i get a hug and everything oh
03:55my goodness
03:56yeah have a seat wow your hair's pretty fab thank you thank you it's a frolet afro mullet so what
04:05do
04:05you do for a job i dj it's a dj so when you say dj is it what are you
04:11taking requests on the dance floor
04:13it's more what are right i do a lot of house parties i do a lot of private functions which
04:18are really fun
04:20the best job in the world just not being able to get everyone dancing and moving i do a lot
04:26of
04:26social media videos as well i'm always like chucking these all the time you pull like a stank face like
04:33like that a lot i love it it's so much fun tell me about your relationship with the piano did
04:40you go
04:41up with a piano in the house yeah when i was about nine-ish years old dad bought a really
04:45nice one for us
04:46there was the one piano that i played up until the fire house fire happened house fire
04:55i pulled up to the house it was in flames it was scary i don't even want to think about
05:04it
05:05i didn't know what was going on
05:09mum and dad weren't there they were already in the ambulance and i didn't know where my sisters were
05:14all my dogs yeah fire started upstairs everything up there came crashing down and burnt mum and dad
05:26pretty much lost everything no everything that they are in photos and things that are irreplaceable i can't
05:34imagine what that would feel like literally losing every memory all those little things that mean so much
05:42it's their whole lives and what are you playing today i'll be playing misty by ella fitzgerald i
05:51wouldn't have picked misty if i'm being honest he's a dj i'm really curious to hear this
06:00how do you both feel when you watch him play pretty emotionally yeah and i'm amazed at his
06:04courage i'm so proud of him yeah
06:30i've got goosebumps just in i did too
06:51so much feel like so much dynamic his voicing is excellent too one of the hardest things in piano
06:57was really bringing out the melody with different fingers
07:16it's got the crowd into it too yeah
07:29yeah really tasty yeah it's quite good
07:37the piano in my house growing up oh i love that piano i like everything about it after the fire
07:46happened it's the only thing i could think about the next day i went back for that piano
07:52through all the rubble in the lounge room right next to where everything caved down on piano was there
08:00i cleaned it up and it didn't even skip a beat i don't know how it's still going but it
08:05is
08:05sat back down i started playing misty by ella fitzgerald it just reminds me of the memories in the
08:14house it's like home
08:33that just had everything it was entertaining the whole way it kept evolving and changing i loved the um
08:38the arrangement what a great start thank you thank you so much
08:51for security reasons items left unattended at the airport will be treated as a security risk all right
09:08and that's cool you look fabulous thank you very much tell me a bit about you my name is yoshi
09:14i come
09:15from japan i love love japan japan's my favorite place now i'm working as a food service assistant in a
09:24hospital
09:27my job my job is assisting the patients through the food i enjoy a lot especially delivering trade
09:38i love people hello so i love my job you know when i make the patients smile i love it
09:46i bet of all the
09:48people you want to see in a hospital the person delivering the food is the main one
09:51so you came from japan did you start playing the piano in japan yes that was
09:59my life joy so what happened then when you came to australia you didn't continue i didn't oh
10:08since moving from japan i'm always busy working and no time to play
10:16but always a piano is in my heart
10:23luckily i found the piano by accident at the hospital i went to the place i never been
10:34thinking and i saw piano what it is a piano i opened and then i touched beautiful
10:47so i start secretly practicing piano i'm really happy about it so people who work alongside you in the
10:55kitchen have no idea of this secret you have nobody knows what i am oh what are you going to
11:02play for us
11:03today uh super knock down nine oh wow well i can't wait to hear you play yoshi thank you very
11:10much over
11:11to you this is a tough one it really will show a lot about her musicianship and her playing if
11:16she can play
11:36this
11:36this is iconic yeah such a beautiful piece
11:50there's a lot of very exposing moments in this piece isn't there yeah she's got a beautiful
11:56right hand the singing tone there
12:03she's doing a great job yeah i love how she's balancing the baseline balancing the melody and getting
12:10all of these complex notes and harmonies together it's just fantastic
12:19so
12:44Oh, come down here.
12:47I didn't know what to expect, but that was so much more than I expected.
12:51Just I tried to do my best.
12:53It was so beautiful.
12:54I hope more people get to hear you play, Yoshi.
12:57Thank you for sharing with us today.
12:58Thank you very much.
12:59Am I correct in saying, am I close enough?
13:02Yes.
13:03Okay, good.
13:05Thank you very much.
13:06I really wish that her patients could hear her play,
13:09because I'm sure that would make them smile.
13:12I think I did a good job.
13:15Finally, I feel like my piano life will start in Australia.
13:27Hello, buddy.
13:29Sweet.
13:30Very good, mate.
13:31You could be playing piano like that.
13:33You're on your iPad instead.
13:35This is Andrea.
13:37Hello.
13:38Nice to meet you.
13:39I've heard a lot about you.
13:39I've heard a lot about you.
13:39This is Archie.
13:40He's my youngest.
13:42He's a good boy.
13:47I've never played a public piano before.
13:49So this is a whole new experience for me.
13:52But I'm excited to give it a go.
14:00Do you want to go listen out there?
14:02You're out chords now.
14:03Love you.
14:04Oh.
14:05Little Baba.
14:07He's such a good boy.
14:09Amanda scanning the crowd.
14:12That was Archie.
14:13Trying to sneak across and have a listen.
14:18Hello.
14:19Oh, she was like a ninja.
14:21She just appeared out of nowhere.
14:22I am Elizabeth.
14:24I'm from Geelong.
14:25And I'm a mum of a little five-year-old boy.
14:28Little Archie.
14:29He's just magic.
14:30He's absolutely magic.
14:32Oh, she's got an Archie too.
14:34Oh.
14:35Wait, wait.
14:36Watch this.
14:37I want to go on this side for a minute.
14:41Oh, my gosh.
14:42Where do you start with Archie?
14:44He's just...
14:45He's an absolute crack-up.
14:47Two, three, four...
14:49Wait.
14:49About five at a time.
14:50He's very creative.
14:52He's very funny.
14:53And he's so smart.
14:55He fills our house with such joy.
14:59What are you playing today?
15:00I'm playing a very special song to me.
15:03It's called Finally.
15:04I wrote it myself.
15:05Oh, an original.
15:07I wrote it as a source of hope many, many years ago.
15:11But now it's more a celebration.
15:15I always wanted a family.
15:17I remember being a kid playing with my Cabbage Patch dolls.
15:21And it was always, you know, I was the mum and that was the baby.
15:25I remember when Daniel and I were at that stage in our relationship,
15:29we would always talk about how we wanted children.
15:31Woo!
15:33We started trying for a family pretty much immediately after we got married.
15:37About a year into that, um, I still hadn't had anything happen.
15:45Yeah, big cuddle.
15:46Ready.
15:46I went to the GP and they discovered that I had endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome.
15:55They said to me that it would be a 5% chance, um, of me having a successful pregnancy.
16:07I just completely fell apart and felt like I would never have a child.
16:14We went through years and years of fertility treatment to have a family.
16:19Um, we unfortunately lost seven babies in the process.
16:23Oh, Elizabeth.
16:26Sorry.
16:30Can't even imagine.
16:31Seven times you're, like, hopeful.
16:36I know what that's like.
16:37I went through IVF.
16:38Did you?
16:38And you looked down the barrel of thinking you won't be a parent.
16:41Yeah.
16:41I feel for everyone that doesn't get to take home a baby.
16:45It's one of those things that you have absolutely no control over.
16:52So I would say that writing songs really got me through that.
16:57Um, and I put all that weight that I was feeling into the piano.
17:01Well, I'm finally going to get to your final.
17:03Okay.
17:03And I'll think of all the wonderful things you've just told me as you're playing.
17:06Yeah.
17:06Thank you so much.
17:07Thanks, Elizabeth.
17:11Can you imagine how she would hold that little archie?
17:16So much of that that resonates the, you know, the absolute joy of having a child that you want
17:24and then the hardship of not being able to have one or losing one.
17:41Oh, I wasn't sure that you would show.
17:46Been so long to be told no, but all things change.
17:55Oh, it's chills.
17:58Proper chills.
17:59Took your time, darling of mine.
18:03With open arms, you'll be held tight when all things change.
18:10It's from somewhere so pure and with such heartache, but such joy and love.
18:17Finally, oh, finally, the only boy that came to mind when two became three.
18:32Wow.
18:36I love being a mum because I get to feel this love that is genuinely indescribable.
18:45After I gave birth to Archie, I'll never forget his little head on mine.
18:51It was great.
18:54Every single battle, every single scar, every single fight was worth it because of that
19:05little boy.
19:06He is absolute magic.
19:08So, I'm the luckiest.
19:15Finally, oh, finally.
19:19She's really stopped a lot of people in their tracks.
19:23Something so powerful about this.
19:43That was beautiful.
19:45Wow.
19:46Oh.
19:48I could relate to every single word.
19:51Think what a miracle it takes for it to happen.
19:53Yeah.
19:53He's the best.
19:54Aww.
19:55Sorry.
19:57Look at us go.
19:58I know.
19:58That was a beautiful song.
20:00Thank you very much.
20:01Thank you for playing it.
20:02So many of us go through miscarriages and I think it doesn't get talked about that often.
20:07Yeah.
20:07It's really amazing to have that and to know that Archie is in the world.
20:12That's beautiful.
20:13I'm going to hold my little Archie a little tighter tonight.
20:17Yeah.
20:29You ready?
20:31Over here.
20:32All right.
20:33I'll give you a hand up, eh?
20:35All right.
20:35That hat is fantastic.
20:37Hi, you two.
20:38Hello.
20:38Hello.
20:39Hello.
20:39Come up and join me.
20:40I'm Rosie Satoris.
20:42I'm 37 years old.
20:44I'm Peter Salmon.
20:45My mob is a teenager.
20:47I am 92.
20:5092?
20:5192.
20:52And what do you do for a living Peter?
20:54I'm a stockman.
20:55Surely you're not still a stockman.
20:58I do mustang, yeah.
21:00Cattle now, yeah.
21:01I've been working on the station since I was about 10 or 11.
21:05Wee!
21:06Wee, buddy.
21:07Being a stockman, that's all I know.
21:09I've never been to school.
21:11I can read a little bit, not too much, but I can count sheep and cattle.
21:17And how has this friendship come about?
21:20It was my job to find people who still spoke languages from the area where I was working,
21:24I think it's the Midwest of WA.
21:28I've worked with mobs on looking after their language, recording elders and making sure
21:33that the next generation have access to that incredible wealth of knowledge.
21:39There was this rumour that there was this old fellow who talked Wadiaga.
21:44But Peter's got this real knack for not being found if he doesn't want to be.
21:52So it took me about three years to find him.
21:55Tell me about your language.
21:57What language is this, Peter?
21:58How many people do you know who speak your language now?
22:02Me only.
22:03And that's it?
22:04Yeah.
22:04Oh wow.
22:06And Rosie's trying to preserve it.
22:08That's amazing.
22:10Like it just would have been a language completely lost.
22:12Yeah.
22:18Yeah, we might find one.
22:20Until I met Rosie.
22:21I had no one to talk to any language.
22:24So when I met her, she brought all the language back to me.
22:28It made me feel good to teach the young people my language.
22:32Malo.
22:33Malo.
22:34And then started writing songs and here we are.
22:36The work you're doing Rosie with Peter, why is this so important?
22:41Peter is a connection to the very origins of this country.
22:45And so to be doing this work, it's carrying the stories, the wisdom that Peter has on for the next
22:52generation.
22:54It is almost unimaginable to think that in a few moments we'll hear a lost language from the last person
23:03speaking this language.
23:05It's incredible, right?
23:07It's been quite different, it's Frau Abel.
23:07And they're all right now.
23:09We're alone in the last world.
23:11We're just same and the others will ca King software movement.
23:13We'll hear it.
23:20And backstart someone's just so one.
23:22Mmhm.
23:24We'll hear it.
23:26Yeah.
23:38Wadi Yong or Wadi Baba is a song about Peter's country. So the song means if there's no rain,
23:45there's no water. And if there's no water in the pools or the river, there's no grass,
23:49there's no kangaroos, there's no birds, there's no life and the country dies.
24:05Wow, it's beautiful. So uniquely Australian as well. Yeah.
24:25Not everybody has a best mate who's 92. I feel so lucky to have learnt from him.
24:34It's like talking to history or the past or, you know, the country itself.
24:42With Peter, we talk about these songs and you can feel them coming together in the air almost.
24:47And the piano is just a great way to bring that to life.
24:57It's really beautiful piano playing.
25:02It really is a gift to find the right music to make the language come alive.
25:07What do you know? What do you know?
25:16Hello.
25:19How about you?
25:20How about you?
25:22Oh, thank you both.
25:26I can't speak.
25:28You know, it was so beautiful.
25:31I could not be more moved by what you've done today. Thank you.
25:35Thank you. Thank you.
25:36The essence of music sometimes is that it takes you to a different place.
25:40And this really does that.
25:41I think this could be a really powerful moment in our concert.
25:45Yeah.
26:04I'm ready.
26:05My name is Skank Sinatra.
26:07She sings in five languages, flirts in three and is an international woman of mystery.
26:13Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
26:21That is a very Guayam flight attendant.
26:25Have your makeup. Thanks.
26:26I'm not wearing any makeup.
26:31I assume you're coming for me.
26:32It'll be a terrible waste if you're not.
26:34Darling, I'm only here for you.
26:36I'm Amanda.
26:37Hello.
26:38Hi, Amanda.
26:40That's a work of art.
26:41I am Skank Sinatra.
26:43Skank Sinatra.
26:44Yes.
26:45That's a great drag name.
26:47That's brilliant.
26:48I assume you don't fly in those shoes.
26:50Oh, no, we do.
26:51We do.
26:51It's the official uniform.
26:54What are you playing today?
26:56Today, I'm playing one of Frank Sinatra's greatest.
26:58Come fly with me.
27:00Oh, how perfect.
27:01Could it be more apt?
27:02I know.
27:02I know.
27:03What are the chances?
27:04Classic.
27:05That's perfect.
27:13Come fly with me.
27:16Let's fly.
27:17Let's fly away.
27:19This is what I want to hear when I come to the airport.
27:21You could use some exotic booze.
27:23There's a bar in far Bombay.
27:26Come fly with me.
27:28Let's fly.
27:29Let's fly away.
27:32Oh, a little feel change.
27:35Fly with me.
27:35Let's float down to Peru.
27:40In La Malad, there's a one-man band
27:43and he'll toot his flute for you.
27:46It's perfect for a flying honeymoon, they say.
27:53Come fly with me.
27:54Let's fly, let's fly away.
28:01Amanda, I'll let you have the window seat.
28:12Ready to fly?
28:14I'm ready to fly with Skank, yes.
28:17Let's fly away, baby.
28:20Oh, yeah.
28:35Next, sharing his great-grandfather's musical legacy
28:40is 14-year-old high school student Max,
28:43accompanied by his dad, Zach, and grandmother, Roz.
28:46Hello, I'm Amanda.
28:47Hello, I'm Max.
28:48Hi, Max.
28:49Roz.
28:50Hi, Roz.
28:51I'm Zach.
28:51Hi.
28:52It's a very multi-generational moment here, isn't it?
28:55The love of music.
28:56As a family, you all love music.
28:58Yes, 100%.
28:59I've got my inspiration from my father and my great-granddad.
29:03Is that your grandfather and your father?
29:06Yes.
29:07Oh, and tell us a bit about him.
29:08Who's he?
29:08He was a war musician in the Changi prison in World War II.
29:16Oh, my goodness.
29:18My father's name is Jack Boardman.
29:21In the war, he was best known as being the pianist for the Changi concert party,
29:25and for that he was awarded a British Empire Medal.
29:29The Changi prison camp was known for brutality.
29:33Around 12,000 people were incarcerated by the Japanese.
29:38They were put into very, very overcrowded situations, living on one cup of rice a day.
29:46There was grown men who started out as 11 stone when they arrived there,
29:50and when they came home, if they came home, they were four.
29:55About 7,000 people died.
29:58It was just the most horrible place.
30:01Changi concert party was formed by the commanding officers to boost morale and spirit.
30:07Of all those men.
30:09Out of the darkness of everything they experienced to have music to connect.
30:14It was something to look forward to, something that kept them together.
30:17It's amazing.
30:19This is an example of when art is essential.
30:22So where'd the piano come from?
30:23One of the work parties said,
30:25Oh, we've been down to the British Naval Base doing some cleaning up,
30:28and there's a piano down there.
30:30Well, when they first were incarcerated, the Japanese actually had them make their own fits.
30:34So, of course, they left a few holes, being Australians.
30:38Smart Aussies.
30:39Yeah.
30:39So they went out in the night, through the jungle,
30:42found this tiny little piano and dragged it back to the camp.
30:47Wow.
30:47They would have been shot dead.
30:49I imagine risking your life to get an instrument.
30:53That's crazy.
30:54And the Japanese never asked where it came from.
30:56It was just there.
30:58So the Changi concert party held over 240 performances.
31:03There was so much deprivation.
31:05The men towards the end, some of them were too weak to even get off the little pallets that
31:11they had made, and their buddies, who were just as weak, would pick them up and carry them down to
31:17where the concert was on so that they could hear the music and listen to the laughter and the clapping.
31:24Without the concerts, I don't think as many men would have survived.
31:28It gave them hope.
31:30It gave them purpose.
31:32I do believe that Dad's contribution and the concert party's contribution really did carry them through.
31:38They wouldn't have made it home without that music.
31:41And this is how the music would have been on the piano.
31:44Yeah.
31:45So this is his original writing.
31:48And he wrote a song called Barbara, which was to my mother.
31:52And that's what Maxwell's playing today.
31:54Oh.
31:55It's a lovely, lovely song.
31:56Until that she's called you Maxwell.
32:00Oh, that's cool.
32:02He's playing his great-granddad's song.
32:04Love song.
32:21It immediately takes you to a different time, the little passing notes and the sort of simple harmonies.
32:30He's just so nervous.
32:32The responsibility in those fingers to get this right.
32:35You can see it on Max's face.
32:39The song, Barbara, is about enduring love.
32:43The love that Mum and Dad had kept him alive.
32:48It's a love song.
32:50It's pure and simple.
32:55It's only because of Mum and Dad's enduring love that we've now got four generations keeping
33:03the music alive.
33:18Yes.
33:22Well done, Max.
33:23He did Jake proud.
33:25Great-granddad's looking down going,
33:27that's my boy, Maxwell Oswald.
33:41Here's a fact that will surprise you.
33:44Ever wondered why we feel so good when we listen to the piano?
33:48Well, it turns out it's science.
33:50Those 88 keys aren't just creating notes.
33:53They also help to trigger feel-good chemicals in the brain,
33:57which is why the piano is increasingly recognised for its mental health benefits.
34:03I'm Anastasia.
34:04I'm 33 years old and I'm a clinical psychologist.
34:10I will often incorporate music into the therapeutic work that I do.
34:15Music can be so good for the brain.
34:18It activates dopamine pathways.
34:20And also music can help us process emotions that are maybe harder for us to feel.
34:34Wow, that was good.
34:37Playing the piano isn't just good for your mental health,
34:40it's great for your physical health too.
34:42Together, that's helped to change the life of our next pianist, Charlie.
34:56My name is Charlie.
34:58I'm 16 this year and I'm from Bexley in Sydney.
35:06I have a condition that makes my hands warm.
35:11It's been like this ever since I was born.
35:20When Charlie was 18 days old, he was very sick.
35:28We rushed to send him to the children's hospital.
35:32He had a development delay and he's now slowly getting arthritis in his hands.
35:42He's easy in pain every day.
35:48The main hard thing is growing pain long term, growing stiffness.
35:55But I started playing the piano approximately five years ago, which helped me to ease the pain
36:03through all the movement playing the piano.
36:06My hands are a bit more stronger.
36:09So for him, it's like physical therapy, but also like a creative outlet.
36:14It's so cool.
36:19When I play the piano, it's like one of the best feelings in the world.
36:24My hands aren't that big and I might not be able to play all the big, beautiful chords and harmonies.
36:30But with the notes I can use, I try and make the most out of them to share my love
36:36for piano to the world.
36:40I'm fascinated how he's navigating the instrument.
36:44Even though the fingers go in unusual patterns, you can tell that he's spent so much time at it
36:50and it's a very personal thing.
37:04Well done, Charlie.
37:07What a legend.
37:08Take a bow, Charlie.
37:12Amazing.
37:1316 years old, been through so much.
37:16So positive.
37:17Such a positive attitude.
37:19It's really inspiring.
37:21I love these moments.
37:31Hi, I'm Dominic.
37:33I'm 18 years old.
37:34I'm from Mount Gambier, South Australia.
37:39I live with my mum, dad and bird.
37:42It's a little budgie.
37:48It's been quite a day.
37:49It has.
37:50We're up to the last one.
37:54Oh, I think it might be this bloke.
37:56It's hard to tell.
37:58Are you coming to find me?
37:59I'm Amanda.
38:00Yeah, looking for you.
38:01I'm Dom.
38:02Hi, Dom.
38:02Oh, it is him.
38:04He's very nervous, isn't he?
38:05He really is.
38:07You seem a little bit nervous and who can blame you on a day like this?
38:10Do you play in public very often?
38:12I've only really played in my bedroom.
38:14Nerves are huge for me.
38:16I suffer from anxiety and have for quite a while.
38:20I was born in Seoul, South Korea and adopted into Australia when I was about 10 months old.
38:27Growing up as an adopted kid in, you know, in a small town and being a person of a different
38:33ethnicity to everyone else, I just never felt like I fit in.
38:37I've had anxiety for upwards of 10 years now, I think, almost.
38:44And it's just been a thing that has really affected my life just in so many ways.
38:49It's been a big thing to try and overcome for the past few years.
38:53And I think just doing stuff like this even is me actively trying to push through it.
38:58Wow, this is a big way to push through it.
39:00Well, he's probably looking at this moment as if I can get through this, then I can get through anything.
39:08So what kind of music are you normally drawn to?
39:10I play a lot of pop music because that's sort of all I grew up on.
39:14And are you doing something pop today?
39:16Yeah, I'm going to do Beautiful Things by Benson Boone.
39:19Oh, that's a big song. Really big song.
39:22I did not expect that one.
39:23You know, he has such confidence up there and he's just unapologetically himself,
39:27which is something that I really aspire to be.
39:29Well, I cannot wait to see you and Benson Boone come together.
39:34Dom, over to you.
39:37This is such a big moment for him.
39:39The fact that he is doing this in public for all of these people.
39:43It's amazing.
39:46I'm going to point that up a bit more.
39:48He's singing right into it.
39:50Hello.
39:51How are you?
39:52Good.
39:53Are you just a passerby?
39:54No, I'm Mum.
39:55Are you Mum?
39:56I didn't know Mum was here.
39:58Hello.
39:58Yeah, yeah, I'm here.
39:59You must be so proud.
40:01I am.
40:01Beyond proud.
40:05Go for it, Dom.
40:07Whatever happens, we've got you back.
40:24For a while then, it was rough.
40:28Today, I've been to him better.
40:32In the last four cold Decembers, I've called.
40:38Yeah, Dom.
40:40I see my family every month.
40:43I found a girl my parents love.
40:47She'll come and stay the night and I think I might have it all.
40:52There's a few nods of approval in the crowd.
40:54And I'll hold you every night.
40:57That's a feeling I won't make it used to.
41:02Nice.
41:02There's no man who's terrified as the man who stands to lose you.
41:14Don't take these beautiful things that I've got.
41:21Please stay.
41:25I want you, I need you, oh God.
41:31He's crushing it.
41:33He's crushing it.
41:37Please don't take.
41:41Oh, I tell you, I know I've got enough.
41:45I've got peace and I've got love.
41:49But I'm not thinking I just might lose it all.
41:53Oh, he's just playing now like he's playing around because he's, he's free.
42:01I want you, I need you, oh God.
42:05Oh, oh, oh, oh.
42:09Pretty much flawless.
42:11Yeah.
42:13Please stay.
42:17I want you, I need you, oh God.
42:20I need these beautiful things that I've got.
42:34Oh, wow, that was not easy to nail.
42:38Don, why didn't you warn me that you were that good?
42:43I don't know where all that was hidden, but congratulations, it's amazing.
42:47Thank you, thank you so much.
42:48Thanks for holding my hand.
42:49Oh, mine too.
42:54Holy moly.
42:57That was amazing, wasn't it?
43:07Thank you so much.
43:07As our day at Sydney airport draws to a close, we've asked our pianists to gather for a group
43:15photo.
43:16Guys, all look in this way.
43:18One of them will be invited by our experts to join them at a very special concert.
43:23Fantastic, thank you guys.
43:25Well, hello.
43:27This is the hard bit.
43:30We're getting nowhere.
43:32I have to assume that Dominic is in the mix.
43:34He was incredible.
43:35He was, he was great.
43:36I'm going to go out on a limb and say that was one of the best performances we've had.
43:41Can we talk about Rosie and Peter?
43:42It was a real privilege to be able to be here for that moment.
43:54What that song is doing carries so much responsibility, you know,
43:58etching something in history that could be lost.
44:00And it's music that's preserving it.
44:03Elizabeth.
44:04Elizabeth.
44:05That beautiful song.
44:09Finally, oh, finally.
44:14Beautiful title and sentiment.
44:16And a classic example of how music can turn, turn you around.
44:21Mm-hmm.
44:21Exactly.
44:22Yeah.
44:22And what about Tyler?
44:28He was a surprise.
44:30I mean, the way that he played Misty was so great and original.
44:33It is.
44:34I can definitely see that at the concert.
44:36Ticked a lot of boxes.
44:37Yeah, it's a really difficult one because we've had so many amazing connections to the piano.
44:42Oh, there's a lot to think about.
44:44There's a lot.
44:45It's been a great mix.
44:46Okay.
44:46I'm going to leave you to it.
44:48Thanks, Amanda.
44:48Good luck.
44:48I'll see you out there.
44:49See you.
44:50See you.
44:54Well, hello.
44:58How nice to see all your faces at the end of the day.
45:01We have loved having you here with us today.
45:04Thank you for everything you've brought.
45:05Your music, your heart, everything.
45:08Now, you know you've been watched by all the travellers here at Sydney International Airport.
45:14But you've also been watched by two musical legends
45:17who've been hiding away in a lost and found storage cupboard just over there.
45:23Watching everything you've done.
45:26Let me introduce you to concert pianist extraordinaire Andrea Lamb
45:31and Australian musical genius, Mr. Guy Sebastian.
45:34Oh, my God.
45:36Yeah.
45:39Yeah.
45:40Yeah.
45:41Yeah.
45:43When I saw Guy, I couldn't believe it.
45:46I was blown away.
45:47I was so...
45:47You did great, dude.
45:48Thank you so much.
45:50I've been through this airport so many times,
45:51but today I got to experience it in such a different way.
45:54There were some cheeky looks you were giving me as well, Peter.
45:57That was my favourite.
45:58You would never?
45:59No, never.
46:02You're fabulous.
46:03Thanks, Andrea.
46:04What I loved was that there were a lot of original compositions.
46:06There were a lot of people expressing very deep parts of themselves through music.
46:11That was really beautiful to share.
46:12Thank you so much.
46:13And we're both parents, so we're just like...
46:15I know, and it hits you a bit more, doesn't it?
46:17Yeah, of course.
46:19Hopefully it helps some way.
46:21It definitely will.
46:22It definitely will.
46:23It really summed up the human experience.
46:25We saw so much triumph and connection and community and family all united through music.
46:32You all nailed it.
46:33Crushed it.
46:33You really did.
46:34You really did.
46:35You gave a lot of people arriving into Australia a really wonderful welcome that they wouldn't have ever expected.
46:41Just really lovely.
46:43We've got something that is, I guess, a bit exciting.
46:47Together, we are putting on a really special concert at an amazing venue.
46:51The City Recital Hall in Sydney.
46:54And we'd love for you all to join us as our VIP guests.
46:57Would you like that?
46:59Yeah.
46:59Amazing.
47:00But there's one more thing.
47:02One of you are going to actually perform on the night in the concert itself.
47:08This person really transcended the piano and really moved us.
47:14And the person is...
47:20Rosie and Peter.
47:22Oh!
47:23That's so nice.
47:34It was just an honour to have you guys.
47:37It's a bit of a dream come true, hey, to be able to talk this language, sing it,
47:41share it with such a big crowd of people at the recital hall.
47:45Yeah.
47:46So, no pressure.
47:50Come fly with me, let's fly, fly away.
48:04Next time...
48:05Take a bow.
48:06That was awesome.
48:08The piano arrives at Broadway Shopping Centre.
48:12I've never seen that piano look so small.
48:15You are the rugbiest of rugby players.
48:16Where people come to browse...
48:18They're like, oh, I was just coming here to get some eggs.
48:22And leave with goosebumps.
48:27It's the least interesting thing about me.
48:30I'm a musician first, Indigenous second, and then I'm blind.
48:33Everyday players delivering something priceless.
48:36There's not a person out there that isn't smiling right now.
48:39You can't afford to miss it.
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