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one of the world's most important contemporary artists 88 year old gail unveils what he calls his last major work that story coming up on arts and culture and later on the show london fashion week edition designers take a step away from the traditional catwalk and. what's the buzz on bees and electronic music. welcome to arts and culture german artist joe hart says he's completed the last major project of his life and if that's true it is a pretty grand farewell the 88 year old whose works rank among the most valuable in contemporary art donated a new set of abstract stained glass windows to germany's oldest abbey.

it's a monumental gift of in estimable value light shines through an original work by care hard to ishtar abstract art meets gothic church architecture but it's not a biblical scene which is depicted. i think it's incredibly important we don't give in to the temptation to depict god as an old man with a bushy beard and white hair. when gary hart was asked to create the windows he agreed immediately. the artist was not present at the opening but let it be known he is very happy with the result the artwork is based on an abstract painting from 990 which richter processed digitally.

split it up on the computer and mirrored it then mirrored the image over and over again here in the middle we have the progression he used as a model for the towline being. a log of i could be. turning it into glass is a process of translation canvas into a very special material the windows were created here in the studios of the whole class or have found 3 in munich various techniques were used details from the canvas version have. very different. but that's because we have lights a canvas image isn't back with us you have a situation with different lighting conditions morning afternoon evening with the sun shining through. had already designed

a church window in 2007 he made one for the cologne cathedral now there's a counterpart in total despite the fact that richter actually left the church. as this promise of eternal being present for centuries in a church so that's a different appeal than having pictures in a museum. germany's oldest abbey in the small village of total is now also a place of pilgrimage for lovers. and from one of the best known names in art to an artist whose real name remains unknown and it looks like for once banksy is anonymity is working against him the european union's trademark office has thrown out banks his application to register this mural of a protester throwing flowers they said if the artist wants to stop merchandisers

from copying his motif he'll have to use copyright law like other artists banks he's avoided copyright lawsuits because they would require him to reveal his identity is even copyright is for losers. because at 19 pandemic and the economic crunch are forcing fashion houses to get even more creative burberry has already switched some of its production from trench coats to protective medical wear and now for the london fashion week the british label took to the countryside trading in their traditional runway for forest trails and an online audience designer ricardo to shoot live streams in st where heavy spring summer collection and a show choreographed by acclaimed performance artist i met him. and another designer at london fashion week isn't doing any kind of runway at all not even a hike through the woods but gareth pugh is showing his new collection at

christie's auction house it's a multimedia exhibition combining fashion music and film has been called an architect and sculptor of fashion even before we me a fashion here he is in his own words. you'd like to see a challenge there with things that don't we don't necessarily like to see done so be it some of it was so this aig so it's kind of like. doing something in a in a in an alternate form us than just a stand it fashion show which i sometimes equate to a tennis match of open and it's you know we need to evolve from nothing basically with the collection we've we've done a very small collection it's 13 looks that we've had with 13 different track it's kind of like a visual album. so so yeah i mean it was it was super nice to be back at the stage

after the down and i realized you know working from home doesn't quite cut it so being back at the stage in hopkins and focus on was really important i made a little model and i started making the stone model in the studio just before because the studio down the loft. well it was stock. it was stuck to a. child but it's now any more you know that the genesis of the idea was to create something slaughtered on a pint you know we we're looking back at the mistakes are we have made and i'm not just talking about one thing in particular but i think the time of reckoning for everybody where you're looking bach to walk has gone before and you're looking forwards to a time when those wrongs can be made right. this year as being so all

incredibly to motorists there's been so many things going on whether it's a protest in hong kong whether it's been mine in spain torn down whether it's the pandemic it's an election year in america it's this it feels like the plates of the earth a kind of shifting and nobody really knows where it's going to end so yeah this project i guess is a reaction to having enough going on around us and it's hopefully. going to leave people with a sense of hope and optimism. because we all need to bed. now if insects can be fashionable then be user totally on trend they've been featured in a gucci collection the venom is a hit in high end cosmetics and new studies show that honey actually does have some

medicinal properties some musicians are also turning to be used for inspiration welcome to the world of d.j. and beekeeper be only samp. keeping bees and working as a d.j. on it's normally activities that most people would see is related in any way but not for b. and he said his music comes from the buzzing of bees he produces cool beats with it and has a message for his listeners as being a hoss of las vegas set during while. i was trying to make a performance audio piece a state. bass says speak for themselves people connect it's a great trip through the silence. the only sense of studied art and design began his experimental music while he was dyleski wouldn't he calls it insect just

. c uses a special software to isolate the different frequencies of the bees a minute. there are 3 types of being a high this is the queen. who is the drums in the charge of their own frequency range which. the crane has a high pitch piping sound homeworkers has a common midrange sound drunk by all being hostile to these days so. he uses a scanner to record the sounds made by the big piece of the frame he built is fitted with microphone use and a digital recorder which can capture hours of buzzing in the be hived. being nice always tinkering with new instruments for his music once he's filled the recorders memory and the london part of me simply takes it home to his studio analyzes the b.

sounds and arranges them through various synthesizers to create a track when you put sounds all of this there because of the last. dick so the committee clearly. the interface for this synthesizer is to be flying into the flour. it's moved out and. it's in the next the sound would. be any samples taken his sound installations all over the world for example to the os electronica festival invents austria and the media ought to be an ally in fought stuff poland. always takes to the stage in a beekeeper suit he wants to remain anonymous he wants the listeners to concentrate

solely on the music. that this year his performance as a concert. during lockdown of locally being able to come appear to my be is just meditates. you know regardless of the pandemic in lockdown i receive the bees just carry on as normal and that she they're happy that there's not as much pollution. this year. defense bees are happy any semblance to his sounds are a hit especially with young audiences at the same time they raise awareness of the worldwide decline of the populations. the author of the novel forrest gump has died at age 77 when stan groom wrote several books but he's best known for his story turned into

a film by robertson backus. my mom always said life was like a box of chocolates. you never know what you're going to get the 1994 movie forrest gump 16 oscars with tom hanks and the title role as a slow thinking optimist or becomes a star athlete. well that's it for this edition of arts and culture i'll leave you now with some jimi hendrix on this 50th anniversary of his death the music world is remembering has short but brilliant career thanks for watching. 11. live.

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the fun beethoven challenge his musicians technically like no other composer did before i'm very happy that he did because he wrote fantastic solos for the horn a world without beethoven i can't even begin to imagine ludovick fun beethoven

shaped entire musical genres pushing boundaries and even breaking them he was a pioneer and not just when it came to music what would be missing today in jazz or film scores if it hadn't been for beethoven's many innovations with the concert business as we know it even exist and how did beethoven change the role of the artist what would a world without beethoven look like that's what i wanted to find out so i visited musicians managers even politicians all over the world to trace his influence my journey begins with the most famous 4 notes in classical music and their enormous influence on popular music. he did something actually quite clever without making it to. to relentlessly. it all started with beethoven and chuck berry.

i think. chuck berry might not agree but rock n roll started here. the beat from beethoven needed just 4 notes to create an entire musical cosmos and one of the most famous compositions of all time. beethoven's 5th symphony 1st performed in 80 no 8 is a global hit only for notes and they still challenge musicians today.

relentlessly going on with the bass guitar. even anderson from the band jethro tull also needed just 4 notes to write the 971 hit single locomotive breath . brutal shango the rhythm guitarist for the german band scorpions raise the stakes to 5 you know i. feel guitarist in the rock you like a hurricane is one of the most popular in recent musical history. it's a past only by the original. in his 5th symphony beethoven constantly varies the 4 notes throughout all the orchestral parts and keys. the simplicity of the idea amazed his contemporaries 150 years later the concept was rediscovered in

england by rock musicians. half. the kinks were among the 1st in 1964 with just 3 notes. a year later 3 notes were all the rolling stones needed to do and they still weren't satisfied. deep purple became superstars with these 4 notes. the idea caught on in the united states as well and heavy metal was full of catchy riffs. these 4 notes shot nirvana to stardom in 1901. and the white stripes 5 notes have become a global football challenge. to state over and discover the perfect formula for a hit song back in the you know 8. we're done over at the

expo park and i'm standing right in front of the very famous peppermint studios where inside the scorpions are rehearsing. to be out. comes to mind was there any move. to. do. with over 110000000 records sold the scorpions are one of the most successful bands of their generation. wrote the band's best known guitarists. you know what i found i think this quote from the internet. is the beethoven of hanover. that's very flattering but there are worlds between us you can't take that too seriously but that's a nice thing i was. so happy when i read that it's about if it's

a topic. it has to be played aggressive. well yes right now we put a beautiful suspenseful nose under a toll on dining. with a crescendo here like that just some suspense so many rock bands have stolen

beethoven. of course the subconscious always plays a role for example americans have been influenced by the blues the europeans the english and of course we germans especially oysters but have been influenced by classical music because it's in our genes. that's why metallica are such big scorpions fans they said hold on a scorpion sound completely different guns we've got to check this out. they noticed wait a minute there are other influences in and then they noticed the influence of classical music because the blues shape you differently form isn't gonna there was very here can't play the blues at all we're shaped by classical music in such a way that we. it's on melody and a certain rhythm of to give us the what was complex and.

told us the riffs yeah in my front yard i believe that the riffs are perceived differently over the decades and centuries in the past life was less hectic side of the subject is how it started as nowadays there's an abundance of everything so you have to find something that is signaling if not this is extremely important we're done with and then you have to keep that feeling alive so that it's not only there for a short time and dies off. style something hits or the one doesn't end when you're writing music you have to arouse curiosity in order to keep the listener only. to us that you might buy a starter bleiberg. the result short melodic riffs which inspire audiences around the world.

the flute in anderson's trademark has been influenced by both english folk music and the greats of classical music. i was comparing the. beethoven's 5th the opening statement as being. typical of the the motif in music not just classical music rock music jazz pop whatever motif an idea that is that is repeated very often as a repeating motif which then tends to be shortened to risk the idea of a rift in jazz or rock is usually a rip

a repeating motif of chord beethoven did did use that idea and develops that idea of that. and i would guess this is what happened with beethoven he wasn't sitting the mulling over the same few notes. he probably just went he probably spilled this coffee and accidentally went oh that sounds good which is the way most of us work. a good rock or if i suppose is going to be simple direct it's going to repeat because it is truly a riff not just a mo teeth an opening gambit if you like a statement it's usually a repeating phrase so that the you know the great rock riffs i suppose that come to

mind so come to my mind perhaps one of the greatest ever would have been ritchie blackmore the wonderful riff in a piece called smoke on the water you know i love the one it was easy to walk on that is this wonderful shuffle thing but a lot of back beat stuff that is called la grange because. with repeats all the way through. that's a great rock with very simple one to play just centuries it's really 3 notes. and in many ways you know it's that same saying where's the wonderful whole lot of love which is in the whiskey and.

maybe beethoven you see and if he was born again today i don't really see him riding around in the stately family mercedes to us with 2 screaming kids in the back i think of beethoven more like an off road motorcycle guy you know getting a bit down and dirty in the mud that's my idea of the beethoven. repetitive motifs have always played

a defining role in music but beethoven amplified their impact and pop music is still influenced by him today beethoven have any idea that 150 years later musicians would continue to be so inspired by him i went to vienna where he became famous to find out more. in 792 beethoven didn't arrive in vienna as a celebrity on a motorcycle but as a young piano virtuoso in a horse drawn carriage he had already earned a considerable reputation in bonn and quickly became a well known face in v.n. his musical society. beethoven clearly left his mark on the austrian capital. his homes are now museums and the places he worked on our sites of pilgrimage for his fans from all around the world.

when he arrived in vienna as a 21 year old composition student there was no indication his arrival here would divide musical history. into the world before beethoven and the world after beethoven. in vienna beethoven developed into an artist and composer of international standing starting with his 1st symphony he demonstrated his systematic approach.

didn't start the symphony in the usual way with a thunderclap in the home instead he broke all the rules by opening with a dissonant court. which initially leaves listeners in the dark. and then leads them astray. the opening circles around the symphony's actual key of c. major but it never arrives there. beethoven's 1st symphony showed he was someone who hoped his works of art would stand the test of time no more short lived light

music for the nobility instead masterpieces for europe's increasingly music loving bourgeoisie. beethoven was the 1st composer to consistently is sign his compositions opus number has symphony number one opus 21. he saw himself as an artist on the same level as the writers sculptures and painters of his day. and he set the highest of standards for himself and others. earlier composers were guided by musicians abilities beethoven ignored them formulating precise notations in his scores for tempo dynamics and articulation. his art required trained professionals who dedicated long rehearsals to mastering his works and that required institutions that could finance those efforts.

something unexpected happened his revolutionary demands were met. welcome to vienna for many the musical capital of the world and i'm here at the music fact finding gold in concert hall. today the vienna music fine meaning music association is known for its legendary concert hall which opened in $870.00 many consider it to have the best acoustics in the world and we all know the vienna philharmonic orchestra is new year's day concert which is broadcast every year life worldwide the music fine was founded in 812 with an idea that changed the world of

music citizens joined forces to support v.n. his musical life beethoven also became a member but in his own way. sort of beethoven was commissioned by the association gazelle chef to music for and to write a piece of music but he was quite unhappy with the text he had to work with over the music association gave him a text that he didn't want to set to music. but he went out of his ego to day out call it down payment and just soaks things dragged on the work was never created on beethoven was famous and it turned down others because he couldn't get deliver anything. among the 300 of course you can't say to beethoven please give me the money back and so they did something that probably wouldn't be done today they decided he should keep the money and they would make him an honorary member and of

it there is a shaft the association has been active for so long until today and has such a big impact on the musical life in vienna how have you managed to be so influential for so long so sophie i feel so so. and i certainly have. on the one hand we were the 1st but we didn't just hold concerts. or founded in 812 there were but our main concern was actually conservatory and suggest it was the only place in the whole austria-hungary an empire to learn music to study music that's consciously or not the primary focus of this was only the 3rd purpose of cheese. alexina concerts just change a lot over time see active uncle. this is like i know you have been artistic director here for 31 years you must have

heard a lot of beethoven. would you say it's beethoven is a bestseller not delish performers are shorter than that there's no debate of the most invasive and is always extremely popular will see listening to his music as extremely popular and as you'd likely say it's a bestseller and for coughs florida lost friends is what would you say is beethoven's m.p.l. why do people still adore coming to a beethoven cycle in scicos das it's the classical music as old as this is the pinnacle of classical music a kind of absolute to music music as i never saw neither you nor the association could imagine a world without beethoven golf or recurrence of the counter such a thing but if he hadn't existed we wouldn't know what we'd missed out on a lesson he did and luckily we had him.

the concept of concert halls for professional musicians quickly conquered the world in the 19th century associations foundations and cities finance these temples of classical music these architectural masterpieces. passed. in 891 the 1st american temple of music opened its doors carnegie hall is one of the most iconic concert halls in the world and the 1st concert was an 8091 and guess what was on the program beethoven of course. they took over and who else in. the and then they all started coming to new york richard strauss celebrated some of

his greatest successes here. mahler conducted here. tickets to see swing legend benny goodman were resold on the street for astronomical sums the beatles and bob dylan's concerts on legendary if you make it to carnegie hall you've really made it but how do you get their practice practice practice. literally i mean from the word go beethoven has been part of a life here as executive director and artistic director could you even imagine a world without beethoven well the so many things about him but i mean he was a revolutionary in every single way because if one thinks about how people wrote music and the context for music writing music before him you know where you were basically writing music for people most of the time you were told what you have to write you only have the one set of orchestra players yes you had your last resource but you also have to keep somebody satisfied whoever was paying you and beethoven

didn't feel he had to satisfy anybody he only wrote what he believed in he every single form that he touched he completely transformed i mean every single aspect of what he did he changed music forever. was what does the public like to hear the best from beethoven well i mean it's interesting when i mean you as a player for me as i explain. i don't think there's any piece i played more in my entire life than the beethoven 5th or the bass and 763 i mean those were on programs and i mean it played over 300 times economy i mean it really got one piece it's hard it's inserted just that you know so the fact is you could do a beethoven cycle symphony cycle pianists a lot of signs every single year year after year after year but the fact is it's

beethoven has an effect which i think almost no other composer does i mean which is you can always sell his music and people use it if you just think when the berlin wall fell it's the beethoven that symphony in japan it has to be done every year around christmas all around the world it is a piece that symbolizes great moments in history it almost has to be played a great moments in history. defects he's had in so many different ways but the tranquilly preparing the platform for the future but also in a way he was the 1st great romantic i mean even though he wasn't yet bad but he preferred the ground for the romantics completely because the whole thing of the

emotion and the passion that he brought to everything so it's every time change what do you think works best you put beethoven together with modern music is there is there any sort of formula you found that's worked really well or does beethoven work best. as as a concert planner in a complete beethoven program you know we're never thinking in terms of what works best what we're thinking is what illuminates what so i mean the fact is yes you can put beethoven in the context of contemporary composers and you can put him in a historic context you can i mean almost i mean this is again what's fascinating. and you can put him in almost any context but basically you can't imagine a world without beethoven that's truly unimaginable i mean i would love to know what a great composer coming off that is where they would building on so much of what he transformed wherever there. they tova not only broke new ground with his compositions he also said completely new standards for the concert

business and established music as an art form. but if you look at something like the sixty's when the arts were fundamental in america all the big changes that happened in terms of race relations acts women's rights gay rights all of these things the arts played a central role now beethoven was the 1st musician and the 1st composer who actually had a genuine social conscience and he was fighting for things that he really believed in his music is about revolution and his about change it's about always being utterly compelling in what you write never comfortable.

beethoven composed his 3rd symphony in turbulent times napoleon bonaparte had overrun europe with war and brought the ideas of the french revolution to europe's monarchies. beethoven passionately supported the revolutions ideals of freedom equality fraternity his 3rd symphony reflects that enthusiasm. that. although napoleon even threatened beethoven's adopted home of vienna the composer decided to dedicate his symphony to the french general a gesture he angrily took back furiously scratching napoleon's name from the score when the military leader declared himself emperor. in the score he wrote that the symphony was subsequently dedicated to the memory of a great man today the considered revolutionary

a great symphonic achievement. beethoven's political convictions influence many of his other compositions. in 1905 he wrote his only opera fidelio an opera of liberation its theme is the struggle of the individual against an overpowering to. so beethoven was a political composer can social critique and political commitment be expressed

through music. today beethoven's 9th symphony it's not only the official anthem of the european union but also a symbol of freedom worldwide. and it's been the soundtrack of great historical events including the fall of the berlin wall. to this day beethoven's 9th encourages musicians to take a political stand. or . laying out. wrong.