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it's. it's not the time for reflection, so necessity, it's time for action. oh, she writes, a lot of thoughts about her id is whole. people survive, she seems it churchman winston coaching when you go from the held in. uh huh. maggie gamma man, that's no, we are united. there are many of us. we will be victorious testers. chance all the members of the only core, the free choir of bella, bruce, are determined. their weapon is music. their battle ground is the streets. whether in bella, roofs, or in bon, their art is a form of protest. oh, they took part in the popular uprising that swept bella ruth, in 2020 before was brutally suppressed by dictator alexander lucas shinkel.

ah, conductor vitale. alec. so knock also to pardon me. uprising in the bellow, ruffian, capital minsk? oh, he uses art to fight repression. his message is one of defiance. oh, oh, as this one's a miss on our mission is to show that that a roof still exists. and there are still a free bell roof. or even if i smoke line is on mostly an exile, home left is indeed a maple and many other people who are against the regime against a bush and worn ukraine. see, want to express themselves and want to be hurt or tighter or some on the wrong dakota. and that's why they're here at the beethoven fest. the free choirs constant was held in an unusual place. the plenary chamber and bon once the seat of the west, german parliament, an historic and

a political setting. ah, this year the beethoven fest, turn the spotlight on eastern europe on repression and bella roofs, as well as the war in ukraine. a nation who struggle for survival has been closely followed by the whole world. an advent, that's not only a celebration of music, but a clear statement of support with these countries opposition movements. the question is, how can art survive in times of war and repression? what role can music play in bella, luce or ukraine? was he conned and could music? can't stop war wounds are kind of stop war, stop our body, call to art and music. you can change. people can ment, i think i use it as a medium with which we can reach very many people met in via sophia dimension and

ice income as now the household of ballasa nation not occurring after the rigged 2020 elections and ballers after the government cracked down the are musicians wanted to do something i was, was vicki a kimball, and they didn't want to be passively of, of, of years like lucas, the thir east as they stood next to the people. and thing it was, it became a national movement in belarus that given it's an island or yet almost a mover coming from you. i think that music can change the world, go and that every person can change and gives them. what does mean, harmon, blah nasir, could their desert, people and ukraine? good to be surrounded by music. ver, can he in april? i, sir. we stage concerts in air raid shelters, to comfort little that frightens, or rather than the laconically de la keith, throughout the la senza town. on the 2nd, when we did not look, did they be sure, alexia, ham britzky and his key faced sophia chamber choir, arrived in germany from war torn ukraine, that they, too are using music to fight for their country. oh,

i. the choir was founded in 2007 and quickly became an important part of patrol life in the ukrainian capital. but it sense of identity and purpose has changed since february. oh dr. the, my old sir. lucy yourselves. as cultural ambassadors of ukraine, and i'm not sure you me see a national or a center stick will terminal diplomacy. ok. we want musicians from germany and bell roost to now and learn more about you training culture and to distinguish it from russian culture. lucille beach shows knowledge programs, coca cola e, a cache. yes, they peralez receives crew fun home. no. natalia annex

unit also fills a close bond with ukraine. before the war. he organized the music festival and car keys in the countries northeast. he continues to do what he can in march, his taste, a concert in a subway station, while bombs rain down on the city ah grange looking to move in you. now. you training culture has to be audible and legible and visible into the miss knocked plots, and we must get space to this ukrainian culture on which is called fear and excess cross on on fine pace. o. in march 2022 italy, alex still not met an old friend and bon. the composer olga put guide sky. the 2 had demonstrated together embellishments during the mass uprising and 2020 both considered themselves activists. put guys k as one of the most important composers in bella. ruth, she was asked by the beethoven 1st to compose a piece this year,

each year, the festival commissions, a working cooperation with which avella, now the old friends are here to collaborate on a musical mission. with steve, with me, jenny, remind you she all the intention is on ukrainian. i'll mention that our friends and baller. it's our new jail and we're thinking about them eve, and it's hard for them because they know what's happening in ukraine, which is also so tightened in jordan to the flu. much has happened to track down on the popular uprising and belarus, the russian invasion of ukraine. these artists don't want to remain silent. that's also what their project with the beethoven fast is about. was

city and what's an, an internationally. there was no time to really cry and i flatter, vaguely, arrogant. this is a line for action us mon most that again. yeah. forget it sees you have to do something. it reflects on assisted side. full touch. the plenary chamber and bon was once the seat of the buddhist tug, some of the centre and symbol of post war, german democracy. what better place for a concert with? no good. we'll go with the state thou kitchen avec particularly, while the team discusses the venue and agree setting makes an interesting change from a concert hall that boomers will definitely. yeah. victim. and the ones to be gross, as is vicki excess funds. and it's very exciting to be in this room as he has often in chatham, aware of all the decisions that were made, hearing her heal vada olive, but everything was decided on a language level, even and cheating people are probably the side. little vinny can shine above it,

that will still be using the language spoken to the language of art and to make a statement. yeah. be helped him using the language of art to convey political messages in me for a concert featuring choirs from 3 different countries. oh . ready ready ready ready ready july 2022, warsaw. castle square. reminders of ukraine are everywhere. people are collecting donations for the wars victims. the border to ukraine or war zone is only about a 100 kilometers east. metalli, alexander decided this is a suitable part of eastern europe to get all the musicians together for over her soul. ah, vazo, it's the, it's all fine. warsaw has now become a symbol of neighborly relations, not vos or so we saw. so the 1st city to be completely overcrowded with people

fling ukraine gift listed on, mentioned donald, of course with the consent, this totally new situation that all of us here and more so are getting reacquainted and finding on home is here in vazo once warsaw it brings us all together on the vash, all found an audit runs on level calendar will showcase came audio booklet ukrainian has both m e m. okay, and, and so on. t, as o u haul, not love. who? politically, hulu live is like my it when you move sounds a little bit farther forward towards the tisa less not by me from fall la la, la la, la, la escaped, evie grange knocking the differences between ukraine and bella. ruzen, who's some challenges? do you tighten it? me but it's not hard to overcome the language barriers, metalli, and ukrainian choir director, alexei. some litski. give lessons. 03 choirs have come together here from keith

minsk. leipzig with its covent house, youth choir. knees a problem. then these are her, so those are parliament and these are her sels, our democracy movement, v as to communicate standing, we have to reach artistic agreement. i think i'm. ready ready oh, the little black mountain. the pressure may, is course off, but we're here in warsaw. in berlin, in germany, generally, we feel free is in 5. 0, here they are free from persecution, rehearsals, as a democratic process. all the musicians are aware that this project is about more than musical collaboration. oh lawn. but here to freedom has limits. that process, especially for the free choir from belarus,

o fear of the violence and repression in their own country haunts them. the problem is not prison. the problem is if they know him from the choir, they will want me to sell others and they are torturing people. i don't know if my life is in danger, but my health is definitely in danger. i have relative stair and the regime is very upset about us and they want to revenge the terrorizing. not only the protestors themselves, but their relatives as well. the thing about lucas jenko is that he never ever forgives. 0, one member who chooses to dispense with the mass has choir director galena cause he made of sky. the regime in belarus already knows her identity and as detained and interrogated her. she found the choir with like minded singers when unrest 1st swept bella ruth and 2020. it's a lot of cushions in the pesa when you think of me. so for months we took it to the

street when almost every day beat it for a moment. when his gauge, the flash mob said performance to that it is usually so the people in ballers could hear us every day, didn't quote castanan the key quickly became a well known choir that everybody wanted to hear. and everyone loves fellow silver witches in the study. people started learning our songs, so my sticky, they saw us as a symbol of the belly ruffian resistance and the best selling us. the government came looking for out in the us. they literally hunted death down. oh, oh, did with her always for her. so for the piece by olga put guys kaya for the beethoven fast, the composer follows progress closely, or she herself, is living in exile in warsaw and getting by giving organ concerts and music lessons . she's afraid to return to bella bruce. ah, daniel,

i can't go back to valerie right now. i'm being harassed. my music is banned. so i am living in poland. the piece is dedicated to the bell ruffian dissident maria cal . yes. the cover could became known and rolled over in 2020 for her courage. and the bank are to be uprising. remember tatiana homage the discipline sister has come for the concert often and will be the 1st time shows you the composition for maria, herself, a flute player. oh, on the title is the sky of mary. mushy. was nicole mcmurry and i have known each other for a long time. we study together at the conservatory, along with my husband brushwood neglect in law of tatyana brought some letters. her sister sent her from prison and bella roost. oh, how she stays in contact with the outside world. oh, peace, january, 9th,

2022. she's in a correctional colony in goldman. it's a city close to ukraine. she writes a lot of thoughts about ideas, how people survive her hobby belief these 2 years in different competencies. and she mentioned sir, quotation of, she seems, it's churchill winston churchill. when you go through the hell did not stop tucked santa mrs. her sister and campaigns for her release around the world to very difficult situation and very difficult, almost 2 years and also because she cannot listen to music. she is not allowed to play duluth of course. i suppose here to sir many months ago actually. and so we were refused to cause the struggle against lucas shank goes. regime has brought the 2 women together. maria, cal, yes. nick, kava,

the prominent opposition leader and the world class composer. oh, got put guys, garcia. they agree that bella ruth had reached a moment of decision both are trying in their own way to free their country of its dictatorship. i neosha adjustable much at all. i very much wanted maria to hear my peace in what whenever i think about where maria is now, i start tearing up the still sills. if that had been alice because actually it's like just tears. it's a kind of hopelessness. what? because you don't know what you can, that you could sort of the only thing you can do is write a piece and dedicated to this person and upset. but if you genius, he teaches them cheering. maria is, i ria, is a symbol of a protest movement, or korea is a symbol of the peaceful revolutionary candidate will. it's on maria, maria smiles. van the and then whenever others are completely stressed out on, maria always smiles and says that everything will be fine. he had some to fill out, maybe not now long and maybe not even tomorrow at school,

but eventually it will be fired him start and we'll have to stay strong, thus 11. and that's how it is. syria is found. lice been imprisoned and bellows for a year. and a half now in, but we know that she'll always stay strong, and darcy emma lock stock clack. back to the rehearsals are more saw. today the musicians are going through the ukranian pieces. all contemporary works and almost all written since the russian invasion of ukraine. one especially moving work is called silent prayer. 2 ah, it's conducted by alexia sham. litski ah, rehearsals are overshadowed by talk of the war and ukraine. i hope that everything will be okay. it soon, but my colleague ukrainian said that unfortunately,

they don't believe that at all. don't so soon with the monitor. yeah, it was livid for me, it's a chance to recharge my batteries. looked at a thought to pleasure and a chance to recuperate limited rad bmw, just like to free choir from belarus. these ukranian musicians are unwavering in their resistance against the russian war of aggression menacing their countries, cultural identity and existence. it wants to silence an entire generation of training and artists, but they aren't about to give up the muscle, it's ivy. now this war has 2 sides for art, lamasta's for a chance to open ukraine of to europe, and show it's like being cheryl co and 2 because 8 the shadow russian arch i yeah. the shadow chikavsky we block off. you have just the coverage that with this, between takeoffs go, a proportion of us was to call richer because at the national training composers

are taking center stage the case yet you entered the cham cookies. if we may have never had this opportunity received such interest with us war, you call them the malibu more hate the coin threat course toward self is a nightmare. not as this missouri. so as a hitler ca in australia live saw national was a tap bolt champ and others. it's a car up. sometimes the only thing that helps is music they, nikki, which it pover noticeable dorm. hello, here he boss. he cause odds horn eat merlow t o h o her her as eaters in the evening, it's time to bid farewell to warsaw, an emotional and moving weekend full of music. after dinner, they break out into song melodies from ukraine and bella, ruth steeped in poignancy and a longing for home. oh oh

oh, they're constantly worried about friends and family who still live in daily danger to warn ukraine and repression and belarus. oh, oh. oh oh oh. 2 0, it's finally time the moment every one has been waiting for has come. all the

choirs are coming together and bon and making their final preparations for their concert at the beethoven fest. isn't that any safe? all right, groan, lot yet. we know each other had cynthia ali were on the same level even as people and in terms of skill competence as it got thinking about this project for a very long time in on some cough. but now we're here actually making music together, teasing and our, and exploring our on. yes, great to see on this is natalie talks, he said apathy. the rehearsals are important for me personally because they're not able to take part in international projects. often have bought much levers to pluck the kids missing. and if there's not old nick practice, ah, the choirs are warming up one last time and getting a bit nervous. noon, noon lawyers and i've made a lot of new friends and heard interesting music bought the over song bella,

russian music before. yeah. and you should equal that. i really like it. graham was again, when you said that of cesspool doubles in a vauxhall, it was that the 1st step of these one. now li, i expect to be closer to each other. so we have law one correlation and then comes a surprise. oh got put guys kaya has received an unexpected message from dissident maria coll. yes. nick kava. i'm doing fine. she writes optimistically. i'm in good spirits. good now. yeah, it solid the policy when i wrote this piece dedicated to my childhood friend maria, i 1st sent it to beethoven fast and i think is one. and then i thought maybe it would be nice to send the score to marry. it's father, he doesn't eat like a dog, but i didn't have great expectation with them with alice. he did that. but

miraculously, he managed to bring the score to her in a prison just about and she was happy to be able to read the sheet music with his ne, i was technically not allowed to do that in prison ability. and she's not black card to me. and all the musicians to thank us, eat and wouldn't stop us it. but if you can move the curb position or ye ah, the former plenary hall has been turned into a concert venue with an entirely new look and feel awe. after rehearsing, intensely for weeks, natalia alixia anake is completely focused. ah, the sky of mary, whiles the audience at the beethoven fast and bon. ah

ah, ah oh, but for the free choir, the concert is only one step on a long road. there fight for a future. and freedom goes on in bon and in bella. ruth ah, this is beethoven best. once again, put simms thieves artist taking a strong stance in terms of war and violence in europe.

ah. and for the finale, a moving plea for global peace. from a former time. this 18th century corral is part of a container by johann sebastian bach. it's called for light on sweden, canadian dish o grant, as peace, graciously o metallic stomach is among the performers the festival was inspiring. but what happens next? mm. j junior was cuz i don't know. i can't say when he was good year, the gates the at sign back on, but every one will go their own way. house problem. i got course those who come from troubled regions face a degree of uncertainty. ok,

sierra dusty. i hope justice and truth were went out to their pilots given and they were when the, if we stand together and in, via not just a crania essential kraner. if normally stay the course keep fighting and keep going by to can from by 50 lou. lou. ready ready ready ready ready lou ah

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