For Immediate Release
Office of the First Lady
April 22, 2002

Mrs. Bush's Remarks for the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal Ceremony
As Delivered

We close tonight's award ceremony with a performance by one of our very distinguished honorees, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who will be accompanied on piano by one of our very distinguished colleagues, Dr. Condoleezza Rice.

They will play the Adagio movement from Brahms Sonata for Violin and Piano in D Minor, Opus 108. They will play it as a prayer for peace.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Yo-Yo Ma and Dr. Condoleezza Rice.

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