Emotional moment father, 90, with Alzheimer's, sings along as his daughter plays a traditional Welsh song they used to sing together on The Piano - as she reveals they can still 'connect' through musi
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Emotional moment father, 90, with Alzheimer's, sings along as his daughter plays a traditional Welsh song they used to sing together on The Piano - as she reveals they can still 'connect' through musi

Daily Mail  

This is the emotional moment a contestant on The Piano played a traditional song for her father with Alzheimer's - and he remembered the words. In Sunday's episode, host Claudia Winkleman and judges Mika and Lang Lang witnessed an incredibly raw performance by Nerys from Caerphilly, who played a traditional Welsh song for her father. On Sunday's episode of The Piano, Nerys reduced the judges to tears with her performance of ‘Anfoanf Angel’ meaning ‘I’ll Send an Angel’ She played the emotional tune for her father, 90, who has Alzheimer's disease - but he managed to remember the words And Mika was brought to tears as her father, who was watching on in the station, could be seen mouthing the words to the song. Nerys features in the second episode of the series, which takes place in Cardiff Central Station Her angelic voice was soon joined by bystanders in the station, who turned out to be a male choir Judges Mika and Lang Lang were moved to tears by the performance and said it gave them 'goosebumps' Nerys said she had sung the song with her father when she was younger, and it's a way for them to still connect amid his Alzheimer's They heard from Gavin, 54, from Cardiff, who owns a snack bar on Caerphilly mountain; Katie MacGregor who played a Manic Street Preachers song; and Anton from Bristol, who is only 10 years old. Judges Mika and Lang Lang return with host Claudia Winkleman for a new episode on Sunday night at 9pm The series sees talented pianists compete in train stations up and down the country for a chance to perform at Manchester's Aviva Studios Duncan took to the piano at the station to play a song dedicated to his wife, named Theme for Fran.

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