train camping gaylord's on truck in 1965 to sound of music summer enjoyed a late career renaissance at the age of 82 he became the oldest academy award winner in history taking home the oscar for best supporting actor for his role in the 2012 film begin 6. christopher plummer you're watching news live from berlin i'm michel oku up next arts and culture news don't forget you can get all the latest news and information on our web site. dot com thanks for joining us. it's about billions. it's about power. it's about the foundation of the new world order the new silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network. putting corrupt

there's a sharp morning whoever accept money from the new super power will become dependent on the commission because. the chinese state has a lot of money at its disposal. and that's how it's expanding and asserting its status and position in the world. china's gateway to europe. starts feb 19th on d w. a . z that is just 6 a great close harmony group from south africa more about them in a minute welcome to our culture also coming up today. it's known as the queen of

instruments the organ is interim and of the year. and that. you know souvenir of the snow was actually invented accidentally over 120 years ago in vienna. parts we begin with the acapella group just 6 based in johannesburg who've been wowing audiences with their distinctive harmonies for 10 years now at the moment like so many musicians the world over they are unable to give live performances but seeing in close harmony isn't easy and requires a lot of practice that's why they still try to get together to when they can. find a carter is a singer in the acapella group just 6 he's on his way to the 1st meetup this year the guys just want to keep in touch. through the winter season.

their push on the show create music close to 90 music is going to keep the seat you know. in the past 5 years or so i've spent a lot of time together so we've pretty much become like brothers so when we are separated from each other for a long time you kind of feel before you. ringback did. the on some will have planned to celebrate its 10th anniversary with concerts abroad but covert 19 put a stop to that. 2 of the singers were not able to attend the rehearsal june to travel restrictions the hardest part for us as artists in general with kroner there

. was we need to have people you know filled up in a room like this one that we have here so we haven't been able to work consistently . better symes performance in south africa that was part of joint chevelle as campus project supporting cooperation between musicians from different parts of the world in 2019 just 6 and the all female groups e.l.o. from leipzig were the beneficiaries. the 2 groups worked on a program which they 1st performed in south africa and then in germany it was a great change in hearing what they do with them here you want to do with us trying to put that together. the climax of the project was a performance from the german youth orchestra at the beethoven festival in vaughan

we were even having plans to sing there you know until the 20 probably could meet again and do another tour somewhere else in the 2020 why and because that's what it looked like and then in 2020 covert 1000 happened and then everything just went sinking. and not being able to sing anymore it does affect you in a way because this is something you did if you think this is something that's a calling and it's something that gives you life. since the pandemic struck the group members all have taken on supplementary jobs under carter and most of his income from performing. now he's giving online piano lessons to make ends meet. here. and that's what. we you know each person now is you know going to get into their savings and kind of

depleting everything that they had even saved up so it's quite challenging. one of the group's members is still recovering from covert. suffered from it and it affected me you know mentally and physically i'm just grateful that i'm still here i can still sing in future when things. they really sing great harmonies it is the world's most imposing yet most versatile instrument the organ it has a range of up to 6 octaves some have as many as 5 keyboards and it can sound like a massive symphony orchestra one moment and the next accompany the quietest of prayers just in germany alone there are 50000 organs of all different shapes and

sizes and here it is being named the instrument of the year 2021. and organist needs the right shoes and to focus mind and body playing the organ is a bit like a workout. the organ is a larger than life experience he could loose agree just possible transformation of the material into spirit in guy just something like tone plus color. over time. the organ is the biggest the lowest the highest the loudest and quietest of

instruments it consists of pipes bellows and keyboard the organ dates back to ancient times during the middle ages monks started using organs in churches the interim and reflected god's omnipotence with its infinite seeming sounds scaling heights above and beyond the every day while. used to be a cultural manager but now he leads a very different life he practices the organ every day it's like meditation and exercise in the wall and he's fascinated by this instruments. her completely if you touch key on a piano it goes ping ping if you touch it hear there's a current of wind which means that air is my material it's unbelievable the sound that unfolds. borish invited cameron carpenter to come to

berlin from new york he's known for his style he's one of the fastest organists in the world he also created his. digital organ. just walking to the console to this day feels fills me with a kind of deep anticipation and excitement nervousness and a readiness as though i'm coming to the moment that i was made for. cameron has made it his mission to free the instrument from the shackles of religion. the idea that the organ comes from church is

christian propaganda it's not only about playing the organ but also about expanding our idea of what the organ is which of course includes giving the organ identity outside of church and also in people's minds as being possible to be something. other than only true. to its friends the organ is an instrument that lives. i'm certainly. always beginning again my my journey with the organ with this organ insurance to does and what's beautiful is that the organ is an instrument which doesn't just give itself to the player has to be conquered. you feel like a conqueror when you sit down to play the organ maps and. vive and one for i know harder to just. now finally the organ

is instrument of the year a crowning glory for the queen of instruments. right now there's lots of snow about here in the northern hemisphere leads me nicely on next subject the snow globe invented in 1800 in vienna by an enterprising surgical instrument mechanic called evin parrot see it was in his kitchen rather than his workshop that he had his you rico moment the patsy family still makes no globes to this day with the same formula haven't patsy discovered over 120 years ago. shake a snow globe instead you have to turn it on its head and wait until the snow sutton's then you turn it back over and it's no use. patty the 3rd knows all the secrets about snow globes his grandfather having pouncey the 1st

conducted his initial experiments in this workshop indiana he was a mechanic of surgical instruments and an inventor using a glass bowl filled with water he was actually planning to enhance operating room lighting. it was. but more than 120 years ago my grandfather invented the snow globe pure charm something to keep you from so he happened to find some semolina in his mother's kitchen and he tossed some in the bowl of water and it soaked up the water and floated down to the bottom of the bowl very slowly. it looks like it's snowing in this glass bottles but how the idea was born from the snow blower pretty quick. his grandfather found a miniature version at the basilica in memory at santa an austrian pilgrimage site he painted a pedestal with shoe polish and glued on the church setting it in a glass globe in 1900 he applied for

a patent on the world's 1st snow globe the flakes fluttered down gently thanks to the unease formula. my father was the 1st to produce the mixture of snow that we use today she began and that's my secret so far i'm the only one who knows exactly how it's done. directly next to the workshop is the family's own snow globe museum the any snow globe is a top export 3 former u.s. presidents have one on a shelf. like this snow globe for the obama family i think you get given by a resident of vienna on a visit to the white house the company presently starts more than 350 motifs. remember and. perfect world and that's been my world for over 40 years. and cozy world where it always sounds.

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