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sounds of strauss the new year's concert from vienna is a much loved tradition. touch of class brighten your home with luxury and painted wallpaper. and historical highlights visit the multi-faceted full gary and capitol so for. all it's an event of absolute cult status and one of the most uplifting ways to greet the new year in the annual new year concert off of the vienna philharmonic some sixty million viewers for more than ninety five countries tuned into the live television broadcast on monday and two thousand had a spot in the concert hall while tickets for the event are not only pricey but also very difficult to come by as tickets are drawn by a lot already a year in advance due to high demand but for those lucky enough to secure a spot the experience is on forgettable.

in vienna the new year always gets off to a lively start. the music by the strauss family of composers is full of energy and what have you. on january first the vienna philharmonic orchestra performs it with particular devotion to his home for the concert and the record trial are unique you only get the atmosphere in the whole of this concert but it's like that like you and are in a sort of dream dream for two reasons because you have the vienna for the morning. and second reason. because the music of strauss gives you a sort of you know sort of utmost fear. or. no one is said to play strauss better than the vienna philharmonic. the orchestra

was founded in eight hundred forty two and is self administered with no principal conductor instead the orchestra works with various guest conductors. this is the fifth time riccardo muti has had the honor of conducting the new year's concert with this music so typical of vienna. and viennese waltz it is something that nobody knows but this in the soul of for the orchestra and so i learnt from the musicians these sort of. of a sort of thought that cannot be described. that's because the vienna philharmonic has so much experience in playing music by the strauss dynasty in the late nineteenth century half the philharmonic musicians were also playing in ya shows his own orchestra tickets and there's an incredibly close connection with the

strauss family also draw a strong conductor of the film monocle history himself so it's basically in our d.n.a. that's how this is seen them will go. it's the seventy eighth time that the new year's concert has been staged at the vietnam was it fair and it's considered one of the world's finest concert halls for its acoustics. the new year's concert was first held here in one thousand nine hundred thirty nine during the nazi period. an exhibition at the vienna house of music museum shows not only the dark chapters in the history of the new year's concert but also its many highlights some of which are going extra to be linked with this year's conductor riccardo muti. if we move i think we all feel closely linked with him he knows as very well the film monaco has a great tradition of good and long lasting friendships with conductors. you know very often a modicum da you wish you. oh i. see

in you a concert is broadcast from austria to some ninety countries and is watched by more than fifty million television viewers. the orchestra is now under new management and a number of changes are planned but the traditions of the new year's concert will remain unchanged according to the new managing director michel blood over and chairman daniel for shall receive in addition to this combative vienna feel on the whole thing has a perfect dramaturgy from from pickle so in terms of the basic idea i believe we just can't make any major changes we have a number of specific qualities and for us it's essential that we don't give up these things that set us apart. so that we don't just become like alphas that's beneath her big support we avoid an agony which quite i want to focus on in a most quality sic we want to play the best concerts there are we've. been these

keep. every year the performance ends with the right to give march played as an encore the orchestra then even encourages the audience to clap along and. then be off the piano seats and when we're sitting on stage and i can feel we're all pulling together and that transfers to the audience it's the best feeling you can have a good mom come nor other music in other countries can compete with this event because of because strauss has a magic in his music that cannot be right in with other composers the first of january let's. one day

a year. to vienna new year's concert what better way to start another new year. a new year is a time for new beginnings and for many people that means quite literally a total change of scenery at home which kind of course be done with some new wallpaper one of the top addresses in europe for exclusive wallpaper is de corning in london the family business has been dealing in vertical oped for thirty years now but prices start at about eight hundred euros a roll so it's an expensive statement to say the least. exquisite works of. each paper from. is unique and painted this family business in london has enjoyed international success for over thirty

years now thanks me me to a special treat me. so the traditional chinese painter method is to purchase. in one hand and one brush pigment and the other brush spreads very quickly spread to pigment. across the surface of the paper and with this technique you get this be true water color grading from top to pale detailed playful and colorful a company prides itself on catering to the customer's individual taste most a good name was originated in a studio news shanghai painted on still called gold leaf paper customers pay between five and twenty five thousand jurors to decorate a single room when they see something that's handmade you can actually feel the imperfections and that's what makes it beautiful you can see the brush strokes you can see that human hand has made that product and you can feel the spirit of the

artist who created it when you're in the room. this is the home of the company founded as a child he loved his parents hand painted wallpaper but later he searched in vain for a wallpaper company for his own home that's when claude settled gurney came up with the idea for his company so i don't think we should be calling them papers william i think we should be calling them more like tapestries or murals or something like that it creates a wonderful in a way country. environment in a place where otherwise you walk outside and there are motor cars and chimneys and and steam. pollution. is just very put in these kind of hand painted designs may be an affordable for most but interior designers say wallpaper generally just back in fashion becoming more. and more and more.

countless manufacturers now. have designs often digitally printed and much more affordable and there are definite trends to. have made it from the cab. and interior design. greenery and we saw. with a new train. that. the trend which is a very. very board. but. it's less about trends and more about fulfilling customers individual dream showrooms in london paris new york moscow and elsewhere especially busy at the moment. in the new year people feel a real surge of energy and they want to come to us with completely wild ideas that

sort of rested and they said you know i don't want to do run of the mill i want to do something. in this new year the company often works with celebrities. to produce together with the. team one strip thirteen hundred fifty euros so what happens if you spend thousands and then move. the sell is very very strong so you can literally peel the silk off from the bottom up send it back to us and we'll put a new paper backing onto the back and you can then re-install it and then you have . as with every work it takes time so if you feel. to rush out and order your own do be prepared to wait about three months for it to be completed . if a day is today zero marks extra to responding to a wish from mohamed

a blue sash who wrote in from scotland thorpe in england and once upon a time he worked in bulgaria and was most impressed with the local hospitality there which is why he'd like an extra tour that highlights bulgaria selling points all in the first half of two thousand and gary is somewhat in the spotlight as it takes up the rotating presidency all of the council from january the first all the more reason to visit its beautiful capital city. with mountains in the background the bug area and capital and its perhaps most famous landmark the alexander nevsky cathedral sophia has been shaped by seven thousand years of history under the roman byzantine and ottoman empire it's. stunning stuff can take off as an act until god in sofia is very optimistic about

the city's future ten years ago sophia was more great now it's like more colorful more vivid a lot of interesting places to let the culture of events occur. can be seen from all over sophia at least when the clouds don't blow the view. stanislaus county coughs to a group begins the day with a visit to sophia's oldest market the women's mark thomas from all over bug area sell their produce here as well as unusual souvenirs. this metro station is called santa con which was the roman name for sophia by building the station workers found remains of the original city and simply left them on this. plant. less than one hundred meters from the roman excavations is the bunya mosque built by the ottomans and right next door the sephardic synagogue the jewish and muslim communities in sofia and their relatively small but the building still have

great significance in the city. what we social fire a mosque athena go to christian orthodox churches really really close to each other that's why we like to call the square here the square of dollar runs because we like to say that they're only one stone throw away from each other but they never for all stalls at each other. if you start to feel a little cold during your winter tour sophia's thermal springs are never far away the public bassa no longer unused but anyone is free to sample the natural mineral water. next it's on to the presidential palace and then one of the city's best kept secrets the church of st george or the rotunda as it's known locally can you guess why this roman complex together with this church was surrounded by these buildings like this to keep it secret exactly two i told you

that the communities guys they were not really keen on religion because either you have the god like communist leader like many or you have got. the byzantine frescoes inside the early christian church are up to one thousand years old they survived sophia's checkered history on the many layers of paint was and he joined the twentieth century that they will once again i'm confident. the fear is probably the most underrated place in europe a lot of history and not the first but that things that we see here so. so i would divide zero zero people of the world to see the beauty of our the. bug area was ruled by the communists for nearly fifty years until nine hundred ninety today the museum for socialist serves as

a reminder of life under the communist regime. after their busy tour the group are ready for a hearty meal at a traditional restaurant called the crux ma. bug areas rich history is also reflected in the local cuisine typical eastern european dishes a mixed with spices from the middle east bog erin combat made of pork is very typical. darkness falls during winter but there's still plenty to see and experience the friday bar is one of the most popular pubs in sofia tour guide stanislav is now an actor on stage together with friends. for a. party atmosphere is contagious even for those of us who don't understand a word of it all gary. well i read there is a highlight in photographic circles when london's natural history museum names its

wildlife photographer of the year and that's one of the most prestigious distinctions for natural in wildlife photography on the planet and the accompanying exhibition comprising one hundred photos is intended to draw attention to the beauty and the fragility of that very same planet while in germany the exhibition is currently showing insta or visitors can take in portraits and scenes that trigger the entire spectrum of emotion. sometimes it's the brilliant colors and the fascination of the exotic. sometimes it's an odd situation that inspires the photography. each photo in the wildlife photographer. the year exhibition is one of a kind. the westphalian horse museum in minster is proud to show them all. before to us and yet every year the photos are a highlight for us was and we're always curious to see what the photographers have

come up with this time they include amateurs and children as well as professionals and there are various accents and emphases the guy many are unique in make you think walking on. the winners of the world's largest and most coveted prize for wildlife photography are exhibited here in various groups for example animal portraits. black and white photos. or underwater worlds. some photos taken by children and young people display professional quality. particularly fascinating her pictures that capture a special moment. here a group of gazelles flee from a crocodile. and hear a beetle fights for survival he's allowed questions stray frog has caught a weevil for dinner the weevil is his prey. but the beetle has a hard shell and is very strong it has bitten into the frogs tongue and is holding

on so the frog can't swallow it but at the end the beetle got free and the frog went hungry on of course can you know. it's worth reading the captions to the photos there's a lot to learn. some things that seems humorous for example actually depict a serious problem. definite to cough attack or first camera followed this sequence has it drifted into the ocean and swinging from one piece of algae to another then the tide came in and suddenly the ocean was not only full of algae but also of plastic trash plastic. ultimately the aim of the exhibition is to urge visitors to cherish and pretty. the wonders of our world. on the temperatures get really frosty here in northern europe that's when so many winter sports fans really come into their element and so we're in our series this week we're going to show you not only where you can best spend some exhilarating

winter days but also how we start off in northern italy in the dahlan lights where the god in our valley is a favorite haunt for skiers and snowboarders but it's also a hot tip for those looking for a more serious challenge like for instance scaling up the sheer i spoil there's more. pressure taking this does and endless slopes the dolemite since south to roll are a winter sports haven the can only be described in some prototypes in a matter of minutes a lift takes you from the guard down a valley to the peace nestling between the three thousand meter high rocky peaks of long couple in the cellar group. is soon we have one of the most if not for the most beautiful ski areas in the world with all the slopes you can do more than just traditional ski you can go cross-country skiing to ball going to young boys

climbing anything winter has to offer. in europe's largest ski region super ski thousands of kilometers of slopes that all levels of difficulty connect twelve different ski areas no wonder it attracts tourists from all over the world. locals are only linking to the descendants alone and. you see that if you look at the scenery that's why we come here the band is a food is great. another winter sport that's gaining popularity in the region it's ice climbing on the many frozen waterfalls like here at the thirty five metre high terror bellow waterfall in-car down of valley. on the other side of the next thailand awaits. mountain guide who takes two terrorists to climb a twenty meter high frozen waterfall popular with climbers. from. the experienced ice climber and mountain guide shows how it's done if.

you put your motor in the middle. draw him a bit higher and then right back to the middle and then a bit to the left then the ra and the ice pick always stays in the middle of your body. before the beginners get going good at climbs ahead of them and attaches the safety rope to special hooks. and don't forget this just stop scratching the surface stick until it falls and. just for people can be attached to the rope this is crucial most beginners lose their grip on the ice during the first few attempts. because clears away this ice to make it safer.

after a quarter of an hour the two women need a break. is the need to. you have to look for the right spot and scoop pretty to test where the ice will hold. me. at first i was afraid the ice would break because i've never done anything like this before. i will and then but it holds it's quite hard. even for experienced mountain climbers ice climbing takes some getting used to driving the ice picks and crampons into the brittle ice keeps you warm despite the freezing conditions. but murder takes small groups out all over the dolemite. into the gun store where he throws things you don't leave any traces behind bars and it always freezes differently it's never the same as it was last year so your warnings discover a new waterfall. perhaps won't frozen before but

a frozen again this year before it's great though. there are numerous mountains chalets to take a breather between climbs in winter you can only reach them on skis or by cable cars some people come here especially for the food the sun he is a chalet restaurant on situated up at an elevation of two thousand four hundred meters the gourmet cuisine with italian flair is a hit with tourists chalet manager marcus pinata serves traditional regional food alongside his own creations beautiful. use local produce and some of its own garden maybe we also use mediterranean and international chrystia we make sure the basic agreed and saw as purest possible to the original flowing five . some ice falls further up the dolemite cliffs have yet to be climbed but it's

a long way up to reach them ice climbing is enjoying a boom here in northern italy many falls remain frozen for months. a trial course costs around one hundred twenty five euro zone and you can rent the necessary equipment just half a day will give you a good taste of ice climbing. and after all those impressions we are curious to see your favorite snow and ice picks perhaps you have some from last winter's holidays or maybe even got some in the making just go to our website where you can upload your most beautiful snowy picture and as a thanks for your feedback one lucky they were well get are your marks wristwatch to start the new year off on time so do play along and that does bring us to the end of this first edition of the year so until next time i was going to. next time on your remarks but it showed with a different chairs the large computer vision on benches wrapped in colorful thread

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