A retired oncologist left crowds on a railway station emotional as she played her wedding song on hit Channel 4 series The Piano.

The contest, which was originally won by 13-year-old blind virtuoso Lucy Illingworth last year, follows amateur musicians sharing their stories and music with the public, performing in packed train stations around the country.

Host Claudia Winkleman and judges pop star Mika and pianist Lang Lang continued their search for brilliant pianists at London's Victoria Station.

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Clare, from Oxfordshire, played Liszt Consolation Number 3 in Db major which she had played at her wedding 18 months previously.

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"We only met about eight months before that online, as you do," she said.

She told Claudia she divorced eight years ago after 25 years of marriage as she and her husband had grown apart.

"It turns your world upside down. It’s like starting a new life really," she said.

"My daughters had gone off to college and I was on my own for a few years.

"I thought it might be nice to find somebody. What do people do nowadays, they go online."

After looking online she found Dave "who is a beekeeper. He likes music, he sings in choirs. All the boxes being ticked".

About eight months after their first date they decided to get married.

Clare described her piece as 'calm, tranquil and I played it for our wedding’.

A delighted Claudia said: "It's your song."

"This can sometimes be really loud," said Clare.

"This is a really lovely, beautiful piece of music, and it brings back memories of a really special day when we got married.

"I would encourage other people just to keep going.

"You know sometimes you sort of give up and you think oh, I won’t find someone. But we found each other."

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Lang Lang and Mika praised Clare's ‘very firm hands' and agreed 'she’s very good'.

"Tender love needs firm hands," said Mika.

But as the piece continued Lang Lang said: "It generally gave me these love feelings but it’s a bit too firm now."

Mika added: "Even this in all its tenderness needs that fire."

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Clare competed against a piano prodigy who left judges speechless and won the episode.

Neurodivergent Michael, 23, shocked the judges with a rendition of his own composition, titled Great is the Grief.

The words and the language were completely made up.

"There is no meaning there, the meaning instead is in the music and the voice," he told Claudia.

Michael’s stirring performance caused Lang Lang to describe him as “a new Bach”.