beethoven?on't like the term classical, it is wrong. >> give me something else. >> it has been a more difficult process for classical music andences around the world, i'm not completely certain why. if you think of the history, in the days of brahms and beethoven and all these guys, almost every concert was at a music hall. to play something old was really an exception. that has somehow changed. it changed between the first and second world wars. somehow what happened was that the hero that had been the composer now was the performer. and especially the conductor. of mildlya kind annoying mythology about conductors. riding up harley davidson on the lp cover, i don't think he ever wrote a harley davidson in his life. [laughter] somehow conductor as a between theonduit masters and the masterpieces and the mere mortals. this is a very disturbing image, actually. but somehow the sort of commercial parameters changed after the war. the whole industry became more backward looking, and that might have

i didn't change history from the end of that concert but they sat together and heard beethoven and tc hykofsky. >> india is very important to you. i wonder if you could describe your path from india to israel, i know it's a very long story. >> no, i'm still an indian with my pas passport. i studied in berlin. i got a call that a very venerable conductor eugene ormandy was ill. they had nobody, i had just conducted in philadelphia was in '61. i went there and it's very important to note that every conductor gets a first chance because of these older conductors falling sick. but then they conducted, then they invited me the second time. that's important. because if i went there to help them out and nothing nuskly -- musically happened between us, they would say thank you very much and i would never see them again. but they invited me th second te the third time, and et cetera, et cetera. and that started the friendship with me and israel philharmonic and israel. >> in 1971 they made you conductor for life. >> that's an honor not a contract. >> what must it feel like? >> any conductor gi

in one of the master classes, i was supposed to perform i think it was a beethoven sonata on the violin, and after i finished, he said, you know, he commented on my playing, and before i leave the stage, i asked to play another piece of music. so i took the violin again and then i played an improvisation, using all these ornaments and quartertones. when i finished, of course, everybody was astonished, and he asked me one question. he said, "young man, this is fascinating. "how could you play all these intricate notes? "but one thing i don't understand-- why did you play so many notes out of tune?" [violin music continues] (narrator) melodic expression also plays a fundamental role in other musical systems found around the world. in irish dance music, for example, it is the tune that is of particular importance-- a fixed melody that is repeated over and over again in performance, but varied and ornamented differently each time it is played. (man) with irish music, the most important thing is the melody. and when people are playing together in ensemble, they basically play the same melody

of music, inspiring musicians like mozart and beethoven. he spent the end of his career in hamburg as the director of music and continued composing until his death in 1788. carl philipp emanuel bach's 300th birthday is an opportunity for audiences to rediscover his work. >> that is all from us for now. thank you so much for being with us. you can always find us online by going to dw.de. we will be back with a live update in 45 minutes. we hope to see you then again. goodbye. >> she doesn't know what is wrong with her leg. she only knows that which he tries to run, she falls down. she is 14 and suffers from polio. she was in a home in pakistan. she says she cannot run like the other kids. she doesn't know why. there have long been vaccines for polio and the procedure is simple, but the taliban does not allow vaccination. the group considers it a devilish western import and they have a track record of killing aid workers who vaccinate children. .his is karachi with a population of 20 million, st city inbigge pakistan and riddled with problems

e's so-called sensitive style inspired editions like beethoven and mozart.e spent the end of his career in hamburg as director of music and continued composing until his death in 1788. his 300th birthday -- an opportunity for audiences to rediscover his work. on that note, we leave you. thank you so much for watching. >> she does not know what is wrong with her leg. she only knows that when she .ries to run she falls down she is 14 and suffers from polio. she lives in karachi, pakistan. she says she cannot run like the other kids. she does not know why. there have long been vaccines for polio in the procedure is simple, but the taliban does not allow vaccination. they consider it a devilish western import and they have a track record. this is karachi. with a population of 20 million, it is the biggest city in pakistan and it is riddled with problems. in recent years, you children have been vaccinated -- few children have been vaccinated against polio. people are scared, but we got a call telling of vaccinations would proceed today. we hurried to the site, wh

still ahead the man known as japan's beethoven maybe an imposter.an apology next. >> we're getting our first look at the creator of bitcoin. "newsweek" says yes, it is but the man in the video says no, not me. nothing to do with. we have both sides. >> live to mountain view and coupons.com, a party going on in there as the company begins to trade its public shares last night. we have not stine a trade yet. 16 bucks is where we start. we'll keep an eye on it coming up. >>> southern california man who "newsweek" claims is the creator of bitcoin claims he never heard about the currency until the magazine started asking his family about it a couple weeks ago. the 64-year-old says many of the details in "newsweek's" cover story are correct but not that he is the creator. the creator has remained a mystery since its birth in 2009. >> a japanese composer made a public apology since it was revealed he used a ghost writer more than a decade. once lauded as japan's beethoven he acknowledged he is not completely deaf. during a news conference in tokyo he apolo

." >> bach, beethoven, gershwin, and a boy named j.p. we'll tell you what they all have in common coming up. too many bills? think you can't afford auto insurance? did you know there's a state program that makes it possible to get liability insurance for under 400 dollars a year? good drivers owning a vehicle valued at 20,000 or less who meet the income requirements may qualify for the state of california's low cost automobile insurance program. find out if you qualify. call 866-602-8861. do you qualify? great! what are you waiting for? call 866-602-8861. >> "speak of the week" is when we get to hear what you have to say. here's this week's question. >> here's a money question for you. if you could have a penny a day doubled every day for a month or a million dollars up front, what would you choose? >> a penny a day because i wouldn't have the temptation to spend it all in one place. >> penny doubled every day 'cause in the end you'll get more money. >> penny a day doubled every day because it all adds up in the end. >> a million dollars

. >> a man described as japan's beethoven made a public appearance.ologised for not writing his own music. he admitted he'd been working with a ghost writer for 18 years. >> translation: i am extremely sorry to have caused tremendous trouble. it is very hard to explain my hearing problem. i can hear from time to time, but sound gets distorted so i cannot hear conversations most of the time. >> it's been called the last great race on earth and the ideterod race is nearing its finish. we have a report on how the teams are faring after days on the trial. >> this is a race that traverses the huge state of alaska from south-east to north-west. we are at the western extremity of the race. the racers are coming out of the hills. the hills over to my left. they are the last really rugged bits of terrain after mountains, tundra that they had to go through. it wasn't the terrain, but the absence of snow. as you can see from the pictures, dog sleds and teams were bouncing and tumbling over frozen ham okays, logs, tree routes. 11 or 12 had to drop out. a counting

." >> bach, beethoven, gershwin, and a boy named j.p. we'll tell you what they all have in common coming up. >> "speak of the week" is when we get to hear what you have to say. here's this week's question. >> here's a money question for you. if you could have a penny a day doubled every day for a month or a million dollars up front, what would you choose? >> a penny a day because i wouldn't have the temptation to spend it all in one place. >> penny doubled every day 'cause in the end you'll get more money. >> penny a day doubled every day because it all adds up in the end. >> a million dollars. >> a million dollars up front. >> actually, a penny doubled every day for a month with 31 days comes out to... [ drumroll ] [ cash register dings ] [ crowd oohs ] [ man screams ] >> um, i had a bad answer. that's what i think. >> oh, i did not know that. >> i guess it pays off to do the math. with "speak of the week," i'm eden. >> harry introduces us to a young man who not only plays music, he composes it. >> we're going to go over to the piano th

he was once dubbed by the japanese media, as a modern-day beethoven. >> translator: i deeply apologize to the people who have listened to the music, and who have come to the concerts. i'm really sorry for causing such trouble. >> he started to gain public attention in 1999 when he released symphonic suite rising sun based on music for the popular video game onimusha. his symphony number one hiroshima was credited with giving people hope following the march 2011 disaster. it became a major hit. last month a university lecturer revealed that it was, in fact, he who had written pieces for samuragochi over the past 18 years. he said he had never sensed that samuragochi was deaf. he distributed a diagnosis at the news conference saying he is not deaf, but does suffer from partial hearing impairment. he says it was wrong to make use of his handicap. but he says he wanted to encourage people who were having tough times, and that his intentions were genuine. >>> japan's ambassador to the united nations has rejected south korea's criticism of tokyo's move to re-examine the background for the 19

appearance at a news conference in tokyo she was swanson adopted by the japanese media as a modern day beethoven. woo hoo i deeply apologize to the people who have listened to the music and. and you have come to the constant them i'm really sorry for causing such trouble. some are going to start to gain attention in nineteen ninety nine when he really symphonic suite rising sun. it was based on music for the popular video game or an emotion out. his symphony number one hiroshima was credited with giving people hope falling to march two thousand and eleven disaster it became a major hit. last month the university lecturer revealed that it was in fact she who had written pieces for some bocce over the past eighteen years he said he had never sensed that some of the goat she was deaf. some of those who distributed the diagnosis at the news conference saying he is not dead. but does suffer from partial hearing impairment he says it was wrong to make use of his handicap. but he says he wanted to encourage people who are having tough times and that his intentions are genuine. a u s unemployment rate i

>> beethoven. i know she laughed at dog actress. actors. >> pretty lady from boston. charlie brown's dog snoopy made famous in the "peanuts" comic strip had a brother named what? >> it's a good day for me. >> woodstock was the bird. >> the other dog? >> spoopy had a drifter brother with a mustache and hat. that was spike. he was interesting named after charles boyhood dog. special place in hall of fame. >> cute guy from north carolina. this plays during a romantic scene during which classic animated movie? >> clifford the big red dog, fox and the hound -- >> lady and the tramp. >> everybody knows that. >> excellent. >> as long as we're talking about dogs kissing, good time to talk spading and neutering pets. please spade and neuter. >> time for more one. >> which artist or group sang the 2000 hit song "who let the dogs out?" >> baha men. >> she knew weather. >> they were awe. >> they won a grammy for that and best dance recording. i campaigned unsuccessfully for it to be my wedding song. >> what was your wedding song? >> it wasn't t

compared to beethoven because the german composer's deafness, says he has hearing problems.'s chorus of new york is scheduled to play that hiroshima piece later this month. the group says it has not decided yet whether to pull it from the program. also, this has been a great disappointment to people in the deaf community worldwide. >> absolutely. janet, thank you so much. >> i think he said during the press conference that throughout the 18 years he was living the lie, he kind of knew this was coming out one day and lived in fear of it. he hung his head in shame several times during that press conference. >> yeah, and an awful way to live. terrible thing to do. sad. >>> coming up next, we'll take a turn, steve harvey appears to tell us about his talk show. steve, you still with us? >> it's the 13th season. >> we're not going to interview steve, we're going to keep teasing him. >> i'm not sure that is steve. i hope he's still here. >> all right. >> you're not faster than me. >> steve harvey coming up. >> all right. >>> plus, how to debt your dog in shape for spring. we'll get

so those people recognize this as -- beethoven's owed to joy, but it is also the anthem of the european>>> the owner of the brooklyn nets says he is moving his company to russia. really? michael eaves is here with more. >> and he may have been inn tending to do this from the very beginning. with an estimated net worth of $11 billion he is one of the richest men in russia. he has been working to relocation his company that owns the nets to russia jurisdiction. in fact he says he received permission from the nba to move the team's ownership company to russia in order to allow him to comply with the recent russian law. after losing to vladimir putin in the 2012 presidential race, he had been planning to run to mayor of moscow but had to pull out. he is considered to be a strong ally of putin, and moving the ownership would fulfill putin's request that russian companies be owned locally and pay taxes to the government. martin, pro -- >> the only man that can answer that question is prokrov himself. but there is a moment of unease by russian uber wealthy. prokrov may feel that another side e

we played beethoven and tchaikovsky for an hour and a half. i feel there was peace.t is a naÏve way of talking of course. what hindus and muslims have been living in a state of crisis for over 50 years. >> where are you in terms of wagner? >> i think we should play it. we should wait. there are still people with numbers on their arms. we don't want to insult them. music transports them back to the time of terror. this we cannot argue emotionally. and wagner does take them back, although they might not have heard it in their camps, some of them are still survivors of the camps. >> what else do you want to do? >> there are still wagner operas i have not conducted. >> really? >> i have done 90% of wagner. one has not presented itself. i was going to do it in florence in may, but we ran out of funds. >> zubin mehta ran out of funds. >> we are doing a borrowed production. with good singers. i did not say no. >> what are you doing in new york? >> i have a concert with the bnf philharmonic on the 16th. >> good orchestra? >> wonderful. with the israeli philharmonic on the 20

change your the history of kashmir from the end of that concert, but they sat together and heard beethovennd sick ov ski. i think they went away with a smile on their face. there was a remnant of peace in their hearts, i am sure. >> for zubin mehta, music diplomacy never stops. the healing power it brings inspires him. >> first time we played in berlin. germans were with tears in their eyes, especially at the end of the concert. >> what was it like for you and members of the orchestra. >> i'm neither jewish, or israeli or german. i was proud to be part of this. an occasion no one would forget. >> he grew up in bombay, studied in vienna and conducted the philharmonic orchestra at 25. people. >> there were great musicians sitting in front of me. i was not conscious about their inner most feelings. and i insulted them even during a performance by making negative zestures that i didn't blik what they did. the -- i didn't like what they just did and the poor man or woman was destroyed for the rest of the performance. they couldn't perform. i had a call, a venerable conductor, eugene ormondy was

years since their collaboration so they're back with new arrangements by lady gaga, britney spears, beethovenstop, the mountain view cemetery in oakland for their ninth annual tulip show. relax, it's legit. they have created a tradition. from 10:00 to 4:00 today you can check out their ninth annual tulip exhibition. here are some of the spectacular arrangements from years past. at 2:00 p.m. you can enjoy a special demonstration. all this from bay area florists, garden clubs and college of floral design classes. take a second to smell the tulips. tomorrow i'll get you through that sometimes stinky morning commute right here on "today in the bay." these are the hands a pediatrician. these are pioneering advances in heart surgery. and these are developing groundbreaking treatments for cancer. they're the hands of the nation's top doctors. kaiser permanente doctors. and though they are all different, they work together on a single mission: saving lives. discover how we are advancing medicine at kp.org join us, and thrive. >>> good morning to you. looking live at a nice start to the day in oakland

hubert foster introduced marcus to bach and beethoven. that's marcus on the sax.int was that, he just said, "look, you don't want to be ignorant, because if you add ignorance with not being able to see, you're going to have a rough life." ( laughs ) he said, "that's not going to work out for you." >> marsalis: so you embraced education? >> roberts: yeah, absolutely. i didn't want to be participating in this "noble savage" notion of being an artist who doesn't really know what he's doing. >> marsalis: we took marcus back to the school for a homecoming with some of the people who knew him as a kid, like vicky palmer. >> vicky palmer: he was just a good, genuine young man. every time i hear his name, i say, "oh, that was one of my students." ( plays "sweet georgia brown" ) >> marsalis: for the current crop of blind music students, we put in a good word for jazz. marcus remembers being inspired here by a visiting musician long ago. we figured we might just do the same. >> i was wondering... >> marsalis: one young man wanted some pointers, and played us a tune he liked

next, watch out, beethoven. there is a new maestro in town. ♪ ♪ >> beethoven is right.et is she? and talented. and finally, good news for nathan, the dancing dog. ♪ ♪ the left, the left, the left, the left ♪ >> this pup had it big on the web last year for his dance moves and now he's been adopted and his brand-new owners are continuing to share his talents with the world. look at that. he can move. >> russia indicated is a geopolitical foe. excuse me, it's geopolitical foe and i said in the same paragraph, i said and iran is the greatest national security threat we face. russia does continue to battle us in the u.n. time and time again. i have clear eyes on this. i'm not going to wear rose colored glasses when it comes to russia or mr. putin. >> the 1980s are now calling and asking for their foreign policy back because the cold war has been over for 20 years. >> that was a good line for president obama at the time. in fact, the mainstream media jumped on that saying how out of touch mitt romney was with the foreign policy that if russia was really the focus of foreign p

the last movement to beethoven's last symphony. more joy?and an emmy. and the producer known to all as clem. >> we learned yesterday that clem, a 20-year veteran of cbs news and an eight-time emmy winner lost his battle to cancer. he was called a wonderful friend, a great friend and a world-class producer. i worked with clem a long time. he was all of those things. clem taylor was 60 years old. >>> it really started with the opportunity for people to put their professional brand out there, their experience, their skills, perhaps most importantly their ambition. once that happens you have them conducting searches across 277 million members. they're able to find the exact right person for the right job and conversely we're able to take jobs from our technology get the right job in front of the right member at the right time. >> is it more about finding a job or networking while you have a job? >> it's great question. your network referrals are still one of the primary mechanisms through which people are finding work. it also helps when you wan

. ♪ >> beethoven. >> oh, i had to believe there was a big finish that we couldn't show, but if you loge jumping on the youtube photog to see it. bianna. >> how do i top that? >> i understand yours -- >> i haven't done this in a long time. i hope i make you proud. >>> all right. viewers in sydney may have thought they weren't quite wide awake when their morning weather report came on. singer katy perry putting herself on the map as an impromptu meteorologist. ginger, take a look. >> 20 degrees with a morning shower or two for hobart. 25 for adelaide. i know that one. partly cloudy for alice springs. sunny and 33 for perth! yeah. >> she warmed up to it, ginger. >> yeah, once she opened up, yeah. open up to the camera there. >> i just have to ask, what is she wearing? is that -- >> print is never good on -- well, they got a monitor there. >> she's so cute. >> some floral arrangement of sorts. >> i like that -- >> she has a wand or a baton. >> it's nice. >> she's the morning maestro. >> anyway, she passed. she did a good job. the singer went down under promoting her upcoming concert later

but they sat together and heard beethoven. i think they went away with a smile on their face.e remnant of peace in their hearts, i am sure. >> music diplomacy never stops, and the healing power it brings inspires zubin mehta. >> the first time we played in berlin after the war, 1971. the germans were with tears, especially at the end of the concert when we played the israeli anthem. >> what was it like for you and members of the orchestra. ? >> i'm neither jewish, israelly or german, but i was proud to be a part of it. >> zubin mehta grew up in bombay india, studied. and was mist ra at 35. he was a novies at leading people. >> great musicians were sitting in front of me. i was not cop shes about the inner most feelings. i insulted them by making negative gestures if i didn't like what they did. and the poor man or woman was destroyed for the rest of the country, he or she couldn't make music. >> zubin mehta's first opportunity to lead the israel's philharmonic came in 1961. >> i got a call from a venerable conducto, eugene ormondi was ill. i went there. it's important to note

. >> he's like the beethoven of booze. bud, miller, and coors are competing. on "street signs," adam corolla talks mangria, back to you. >> jane, you know, a lot of people wonder if we're in some kind of bourbon bubble. it was on the cover of "fortune" magazine a couple weeks ago and we know about the jim beam deal. how much talk is that getting over there? >> it's talking about a little bit but bourbon sand tequila are now the fastest growing. they have surpassed overall whiskey. they're way ahead of vodka. i think with the talk here is that all these things seem to be trends. they'll spike up because they will become the hot new thing. then they'll level down and find their new level. what people are willing to pay for it. the next thing comes along. what i'm hearing more though is the ipas, the i p a craze, some is getting so hoppy, i can't even drink it anymore. and is that hurting the overall craft beer industry? are newcomers hurting the whole brand as they bring in potentially inferior products? >> very low barriers