you really feel and well, my train‘s arrived see it in the air. at its destination, but my musical president trump has commuted it is cold here. journey across norway the ao—month prison sentence and it is this cold, the icy is not yet finished of his longtime ally roger stone. conditions and the elevation, because i am in bergen, that drew polar explorers he was convicted of lying like shackleton to train here before a cultural hotspot and a great way to congress, tampering to experience the rich with a witness and obstructing going on their expeditions. the house investigation musical heritage of norway. into whether the trump campaign conspired with russia in the 2016 election. —— a great place to experience the rich musical heritage of norway. she plays allegro molto moderato word is it will reach a low of —24 celsius tonight. the world health organization has reported a record daily total so i better rug up. of global coronavirus infections — and nowhere has been hit what makes this festival extra harder than america. special is that the instruments the country's top health official from grieg's concerto in a minor. for infectious diseases now says are actually made on the day, from nearby ice. some us states should delay among the line—up this year is everything from ice horns to ice drums and ice didgeridoos. ending their lockdowns. edvard grieg, possibly norway's most well known and loved as face coverings become mandatory classical composer. in shops in scotland, borisjohnson hints that england could face similar measures. at the moment they're only mandatory here in bergen, set among woodland on public transport, alongside a vast lake, the concert is only hours away, but the british prime minister says and here you are making a museum to grieg has preserved the scientific advice and restored the grounds on masks has shifted. the instruments. where he once lived and worked. this has to be an unusual thing for a musician. and now, you can see now, we will enter the house for me, it's not. and this for most musicians it is. is the main entrance. good sounding ice is this year will be a milestone the most difficult part.

you cannotjust go to your freezer. for the man, as it will be 150 years you cannot go to the next lake. since he wrote his the funeral has taken place ice is like wine — in east sussex of the forces‘ famous piano concerto. sweetheart, dame vera lynn, there are good years and bad years. who died last month, so why ice? he really was a very much at the age of 103. appreciated composer two spitfires flew over in his lifetime. the funeral cortege, as it made its way through her home village of ditchling. duncan kennedy was there. plane engines it was a village that came we know that in great britain, to pay its respects, but this was a nation what inspired this festival? for example, he was one of the most popular living saying farewell. dame vera lynn's funeral cortege navigated the narrow streets, lined with people it's nearly 20 years since the first time i tried ice. she called friends. and i found the sound composers in his time. so fantastically beautiful. applause with this water, you can drink her daughter, virginia, walked behind the procession. the second part of the 19th century traffic stopped on a it after the concert. was going together with all of this national movement in norway day for reflection. or what we can do is give it back we've lost one of our great, to nature, where it belongs, and norway was, by then, you know, national treasures, and also, the ice reminds me really. that we need to treat ice so gentle not to break it — it is like how a country together with sweden — and this is more of a celebration to show our respect for her, with one king living in sweden — we should treat nature. what she's done for our country. and he found this very young she was a heroine, why is this happening in norway, absolute heroine, yeah. in particular, aside and fresh style and i think that from all the ice? built upon those dance rhythms two spitfires from the battle one of the reasons we can do this in norway is that we are very lucky and folk music elements of britain memorial flight

that we have for many years had in these bigger compositions. soared over the village. a government that wants symbol of dame vera lynn's close to support music. bonds with the armed forces. i think he looked upon folk songs # don't know where...# this makes it possible as something universal. below, spontaneity for a musician like me, they had been surviving amid the solemnity. from generation to generation # but i know we'll meet who works with contemporary and if you slip again some sunny day.# improvised music, to survive, through the borders, applause to be even be able to buy a house. you can find the same elements it allows me to experiment. in folk music. and some of that folk music what is this? that inspired grieg can still be heard today. and one of the best ways # when the lights go on again...# this is an ice—aphone. to experience it is with dance. the sound is phenomenal. dance company frikar performs contemporary dance all the way around norway and beyond that's inspired by nature and traditional dame vera lynn's own rich tones gave norwegian folk roots. solace to a nation at war, and to later generations, they have agreed to come and show me as her life arced some of the traditional elements across the decades. do you like it? it's a day of sadness found in norway's halling dance. because we have lost dame vera lynn. her death will leave a great that is lovely. gap in our community. any chance i could have a go? of course, in the whole very carefully. nation, she was loved and cherished by so many people. i promise you. and i promise i will demonstrate no ability. you may as well have the cortege later moved to a private given it to a child. absolutely.

funeral service near brighton. dame vera's coffin borne by members of the air force, army, and navy. along the coast, in dover, the famous white cliffs have become a canvas of remembrance. it works? this is great! plays folk tune. a tribute to dame vera lynn — emblem of resilience, voice of hope, inspiration for a grateful nation. duncan kennedy, bbc news. but one of the biggest challenges of putting on this festival is the construction the dance, it's mostly a sort of the venue itself — an ice concert hall. of a show—off dance. and this professor many hundred years ago, oversees the construction. women also did that dance, duncan kennedy reporting on the but it's mostly boys funeral of dame vera lynn. he and his students have battled or men doing the dance, fierce blizzard conditions because we want to... ..impress the other men or women. for six days to create coming up at six o'clock, a solid structure. breakfast with naga munchetty but each day's work has and charlie stayt. but first on bbc news, the travel show. resulted in disaster. put the right foot we started with plan a and in front of the left. sidewards. believe me, this is harder than it looks. this week on the travel show, i'm in norway, because i've heard ended up with plan y. of what must be one of the world's and if you jump a little on each step, one, two. most unique music festivals,

where the stage and the yes. nice. and then around. instruments are made of ice. because every day, you know, it is like you're climbing a wall, slippery, and fall back down again. but i think i am getting hang of it! so, i am taking the chance to head next day you start again. one, two, one, two. off from oslo to bergen on a musical and then we can move down here. journey on one of the world's most no! it is frustrating. spectacular railways. so what's the relationship i'm going to look deep between the dance and the music? into norway's roots, trying to get a sense of how this but that is how it is maria plays the hardingfele, country's landscapes, and that is the challenge. you need to work with the forces, culture and society are brought it's our national instrument. because you can never beat them. when we work with them, you know, some people say the fiddle — the music came because of the dance it is like having a good friend. and some say it was the other way. to life by its music. i think they depend on each other. it seems like your team is working very, very hard. for me and for many, it is very important to use good luck. but first, i start my trip we will see how it works out. the music, dancing, we just need to finish now. we have some hours left. and the music makes me in norway's capital of oslo. steps and routine, and on the oslo waterfront, so, as evening approaches, a transformation has the finishing touches are fast so it's is life. been taking place. being made around the site. nothing planned, it is just happening. nice! i really like it because it is kind of the sound of nature. and a big part of that was this spectacular building, so it doesn't sound like anything the oslo opera house. it celebrates its 10th else you have ever heard. anniversary this year,

and is a symbol of the city's commitment to the arts. back in the old days, they used the ceilings to kick down so i guess it's a perfect place singing. a coin orjust kick their heels. to hear some traditional norwegian goat horn. kicked the ceiling? playing horn. so people are really yeah. surprised when they hear it for the first time. singing. you don't get to practise, so the music gets made on stage in front of the audience, you know, they were a bit smaller — the houses — in those days. and that is really special. in the 1800s, the military started competitions to try and kick a hat many people are like, "what? from a stick and it was about is this possible?" who could kick the highest. that's so good! thank you! and then it was incorporated in the halling folk dance. it's amazing that such a variety of sounds come out of such a simple instrument. so we do it as a part of the dance and, of course, it's almost not possible, so it's pretty cool that we can do it. it must be a good kick and the higher it is, yes, it's quite simple, as you see. i guess there is a lot of folk music in it. it is a bone, and it is a goat's it is very nordic, with the ice the better it is. horn, ooh, at the wrong and the snow and the cold winter. way — this way. actually, it was not singing. made for making music. just in the nick of time, all is everybody in norway, the shepherds had it to keep i think if i say ‘halling' they say ready and we gather for an evening kicking the hat — the wolves and bears away. that it is the main so this was a warning. of ice music. goal in the halling. this is not pretty music! but it's like the dance is the main yes, not many melodies are written down, as we know, but some. goal, kicking the hat is sort would you say there is something of topping it. unique running through norwegian singing. music and where does that come from? nature gives me a lot of power

and a lot of inspiration to make music. we are quite isolated. still, there are people who do this, woo! that was good kicking! try to make their own voice. finally, i wanted to get a sense of where all of this is leading. so i'm about to head off through the country to bergen, cheering and applause. in a former meat factory a short listening to music along the way. it is there something i should walk from the city centre, that was amazing! be listening out for? bergenjyot serves as a gig is there something i should be it was such a bonkers soundscape venue and melting pot for artists paying attention to? try to find some folk music, of all types in the city. this creative hub is home some singers and also go to the studios of electronic, to small jazz clubs. jazz, hip—hop and many look for the small spots. and incredible to think other types of musicians, there are people working including royskopp, and it is where much of norway's future music is being thrashed out. all of those strange sounds that all over the place. were building into a crescendo were made from ice. i think it's also an interesting way these days especially, to experience the landscape there is some new mixing of old, of norway — freezing cold old traditions with very new so now i have my mission, with a full moon overhead. having said that, there is a train to catch. it is freezing cold, i am frozen through. electronic and experimental music. it's time to head in. joining me for the first kjetil has a studio here and plays

part of my trip isjan, morning mood from grieg's a train fanatic and a man who wrote a book on the bergensbanen railway line. peer gynt suite plays. saxophone in tonight's gig. next morning, the festival continues without me as i return why did you write this big long book all about this railway? to the bergensbanen for the next tonight, we are playing the bergensbanen is iconic part of myjourney. with a guitar player. in norway and in europe, i think. it is electro—acoustic folk, jazz, experimental, ambient something, you know. many people know the name and know what they will see when the come here. travelling on this stretch the bergen scene, i think it has a lot to do with the size of the line, you start to appreciate along its 308 miles, the vast landscapes that this of the city. country has to offer. the train navigates challenging and i cannot imagine a better way but stunning terrain. there's only a few people play of experiencing them than this. 00:07:37,357 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 music reaches its crescendo. every kind of thing, at its peak of over 1200 metres, it is one europe's highest so you have to collaborate. railways, before it descends steeply ifeel like i have rediscovered this into norway's second city of bergen. place through its music. but this elemental landscape posed a huge challenge, and an engineering triumph for those it is a country constantly inspired by nature of epic proportions. working on the railway during its construction, it treasures its traditions but is not afraid to look forward. between 1894 and 1909, with about 20 people thought to have where artists are free to experiment died in the process. at a time when norway's independence and supported as a crucial part was always on the horizon,

of society and where distinctive the construction of sounds can be found the bergensbanen was more in the smallest of communities. than an added convenience if the bergensbanen showed me for travellers. norway's muscle, its music has shown me its heart and soul. this line connected the east and the western part of norway. before that, people had to go around and take boats by the sea, or small horse roads through the mountains. so the trains were opening up norway. the construction work was started in 1898, and at that time, we were administrated by sweden, and they did not like this at all, because they thought it could be used for military purpose. so this is a sign of norwegian strength, that maybe was not hello. approved of? if you were hoping to stay dry during friday, in many parts you could say that. so in a way, this is of the uk, the weather had a different idea. a symbol for the founding there were some heavy of the norwegian nation. downpours to be dodged, yes. and actually, over the last few days, you can see on the satellite all this makes it special. you can't find this in other lines. picture all these different clumps of cloud that have worked through, bringing outbreaks of rain. this is what norway is. but now, a gap appearing as jan reaches his between the clouds.

stop, i settle in. an area of high pressure building its wayjust in time three and a half hours from oslo, for the weekend. i pull into this town. that means it is looking dry but it is not my destination. for the vast majority. there will be some areas of patchy cloud with one or two showers, for the last 13 years, but most places will be fine this town has hosted with some spells of sunshine. saturday morning getting off to a rather chilly start. the ice music festival. some spots down in single digits, but through the day, we're looking at long spells of sunshine. i think we'll see a bit of patchy but this year, after too many unseasonably warm years enough was clouds tending to bubble up as the day wears on. enough. look closely, there may be one but on i go upwards, or two showers in north—west almost 500 metres higher, 00:09:31,217 --> 2147483051:41:30,323 to the new home of 2147483051:41:30,323 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 the festival in finse. england, northern ireland and scotland. even in these areas, the majority will stay dry. a noticeable west or north—westerly breeze. temperatures just a touch below par for this time of year, but in the sunshine, it won't feel too bad, 17—21 celsius. a bit of rain will skip across orkney and shetland during saturday night. otherwise, it's dry with clear spells into the early hours of sunday. another rather cool start on sunday morning, but with our area of high pressure still in charge sunday, it going to be another dry

day for most. the high pressure centre down to the south, where we'll have the best of the sunshine. more cloud further north, and behind me, you can see this frontal system. that will introduce something of a change very late in the day to northern ireland and western scotland. some splashes of rain getting in here by the very end of the afternoon, but for most, it stays dry. it's a warmer day on sunday as well. 19 degrees for glasgow, 23, maybe 2a down towards the south and the south—east of england. our area of high pressure tries to hold on into monday, but i think this frontal system will make some progress south—eastwards. bringing some splashes of rain on and off, the rain quite showery, quite sporadic in nature. there will be some dry spells as well. towards the south—east of england, it should stay dry for a good part of the day. still warmer here, but slightly cooler and fresher further north and west. through the week ahead, there is going to be a lot of dry weather. there'll be some spells of sunshine, the warmest weather down towards the south. some rain at times, most of that towards the north and the west.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and naga munchetty. our headlines today: face coverings could become mandatory in shops in england as the prime minister says the "balance of scientific opinion has shifted." disadvantaged gcse and a—level students in england may miss out on the results they deserve, after exams were cancelled. wales sees the further easing of lockdown restrictions today with the reopening of some tourist accommodation. frustration for england's cricketers. they're under pressure in the first test as west indies take a healthy lead into the second innings.