it's getting all rhythmic with the danish national symphony orchestra. we begin with the winners of the sundance film festival in america which was mainly held virtually this year and the biggest winner was undoubtedly the touching coming of age drama. which garnered 4 wars including the grand jury prize the audience prize and best director of. the film is about ruby the only hearing member of an otherwise deaf family she's a talented singer and is told between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning patterns. sadat's is famous for its documentary section and another big winner there was the summer of soul which took the grand jury prize and the audience award to sew a documentary about the harlem culture festival of 969 which is being dubbed the

black woodstock and it's an incredible achievement for 1st time director thompson said known as quest love leader of the brute. the style of architecture called bruges is a joining the 950 s. with the easy availability of concrete which was also cheap the term brutal ism is certainly not liked by architects of this kind of monumental muscular architecture divides opinion adored by some and hated by others well it's all around us and it also now seems to have its uses for city sport. and group of young gymnasts on the roof of the church of the catholic college community and with the blessing of course the athletes are inspired by the angular sixty's building. geometric shapes are amazingly blues. and it's also

a bit futuristic even though it's quite old. concrete architecture so called brutal ism is in. the 1st edition of fight and atlas of brutalist architecture sold out in no time the comprehensive work features around 900 photos of brutalist buildings from the last 100 years brutalization the time refers to the french. meaning exposed concrete the preferred material of this kind of architecture is often bombastic and many dismiss it as simply brutal the whole university in boca is one often maligned example but it also has its fans. in neighboring host that he found only beauty in the university campus. when the university was built in the 1960 s. my father started working here. where i was raised or

i grew up here and often played here. unafraid of real concrete on the country he campaigns for no understanding for this radical architect jeff by posting his pictures in social networks and on fan community sites come crete and nature brutal as a needn't be and here it blends with plants and most in much the same way as rock might living in exposed concrete can even be like living in nature the boundaries between outside and find a blood a concrete wall it's simply beautiful. but when you look at a wall like that i think it has so much life it's so playful you can also do so much more with it much more than you can with a white wall. when restoring damaged areas special attention and sensitivity is required in order to preserve the living concrete in the past

problem areas was simply painted grey today stone specialists can carefully restore the pattern of created by lichen and over the years it's a labor of love. concrete is beautiful if you're willing to see that beauty and these days many are. i think is fair to say is a brutalist believe. a hot topic of the 1st 4 in britain for example is a big discussion about preserving brutalist jams there was a campaign. over our ups. which is the university student union building. it's a very nice spilling indeed also in germany there's been some high profile cases this is the so-called spy. in berlin a building with

a macabre past as the former university animal testing lab which is also currently subject of a campaign to save it brutally as i'm called a bit of a stern american so that's why one of the last actions of outgoing president donald trump was to issue an executive order to discourage the construction of new federal buildings in the fruits of the star of the robert c. weaver building in washington for example came in for some criticism as it was said it was widespread widespread criticized it's also received a lot of praise of course it was designed by powerhouse architect marcel broyard now a brutal isn't a went viral on social media some people saying it was inappropriate of donald trump to be concerning himself with architecture at a time of global pandemic but others saying that yes actually brutalist

architecture not quite as attractive as some of the classical styles that donald trump preferred obviously brutal is a dividing opinion of the detractors have a point sometimes well beauty is in the eye of the beholder and even i would not say that every concrete building is a monster piece some find bootless and problematic from an ideological point of view seeing it as a manifestation of totalitarianism this is the monument in bulgaria opened in the time of the communist totalitarian state a glorification of communist ideology probably but also a stunning piece of brutalist architecture it is thankfully now being restored with help from a german university. i mean it is an extraordinary building give you that isn't brutal isn't just one of those top topics that sort of popular on social media not really that. important in the real world what is popular but it's not quite as

popular as can't switch brings me to my last point i very popular instagram channel called kant's brutal ism somebody had the brilliant idea of fusing these 2 . shows in the photo shop the results are quite magnificent and somewhat disturbing. somewhat disturbing but set up. as always thanks very much for coming into the studio today. is it just a cliche that latin american musicians have more rhythm in their blood well mexican conductor a lot. perhaps a cliché as she's a bit of a percussionist herself this was apparent recently when she wrote the danish national symphony orchestra in copenhagen for a concert of mexican film music the music shows needed a very simple deluge of book stage brought about some interesting discussions on

resin. in that bill that would limit that back at the get the back of the book about that then that this might sound like jibberish but it's how drummers and percussionists talk to each other don't get. mistaken conductor along the telepathic is working with a caution section of the danish national symphony orchestra. to get it that. it's rare for these musicians to take center stage like this. the danish national symphony orchestra plays a piece by mixing composer sylvester really well to us. tell us nice it was written in 1039 as a film school. or it doesn't profession is performed for once and

shining the string section. have 2 small adjustments all the time and that's quite difficult because we have 13 players that needs to do that just once in sort of the same time so that it needs a lot of a lot of eyes a lot of years. gradually other instruments join the party the piece builds to a laureus crescendo. the percussionists are 3 telecaster has turned the normal orchestra hierarchy on its head. in classical music normally there is no place to the melody has not this time the military has to play to the reason that. i'm like the black sheep of this. because i am not

a classical trained physician i am a self-taught yes. i think along sees that as a positive. i love it when we get the sense from all those types of music it's so enriching and many times i think that if we we need classical musicians need more of your wealth to do what we do because it's all intertwined it's not simply. here. most of what i've learned i've learned from players much more than conductors who are great but as i go and ask you know how do you do this and what else can you do and what other options that i'm so i'm i'm happy to meet you that's with while you were in the band i mean. i think you're thinking it's. so the band has picked up

a new member and the new center denmark meets mexico and the result is pure it's you can see. a lot small from a lot. are you cheap channel that state classical music i recommend that i leave each day with what has to be the most famous whistle in popular music. when you have changed by the scorpion still the biggest selling single worldwide by a german office release 30 years ago this song more than any other now serves as a soundtrack for the fall of the bourbon bowl on the political and cultural evils going on but that is small bye bye for now. player.

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