if you look at the first of the program you have very early, young vibrant mendelson; fabulous opener and then you have this fabulous concerto written for us in the orchestra. is our gift. msk(music) >> and then you have strauss, extraordinary piece. the most challenging of all. string orchestra work. 23 solo instrument no violin section, now viola section; everybody is responsible for their part in this piece. the challenge is something that i felt not only that we could do , absolutely could do but i wanted to show off. i can't tell you how aware i am of the audience. not only what i hear but their vibes, so strong. i have been doing this for a long time. i kind of make them feel what i want them to feel. there is nobody in that audience or anywhere that is not going to know that particular song by the fourth note. and that is our encore on tour. by the way. i am proud to play it we are from san francisco. we are going to play that piece no matter where we are. >> hello, i am with the recreation and parks department. we are featuring the romantic park location in your backyard. this

bach mendelson, handel and, of course beethoven. the orchestra was rehearsing beethoven's 9th symphony. not exactly starter music but amman was determined to take it on, and like a good general he reviewed all his troops. the choir? okay. the strings? not bad. but the full orchestra? not quite. french horns he said "you're hitting it too hard." finally, it all came together. and on the night of the performance, in this rented warehouse, beethoven came alive. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: it's called the ode to joy, last movement toafen's last symphony. it has been played with more expertise before. but with more joy? hard to imagine. ( applause ) >> pelley: sunday on "60 minutes," we'll have bob's latest story, the hunt for a cure for ebola. he finished it yesterday hours before his death working with one of the broadcast's best producers, tanya simon, his daughter. what a finish, a story on "60 minutes" with your own daughter. not even bob simon could have written a better ending. and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at

chairman phil mendelson said it could result in an odd situation. legal marijuana with no enforcement from the city because it would have to spend money. advocates for legal marijuana urged city leaders to stand up to congress to end excessive marijuana arrests in the city. >> it was racial and social jus it the which prod the council to pass the most successful decriminalization bill in the country. >> tom sherwood news4. >>> if there were an emergency on a metro train and you had to get out, what would you do? and then perhaps think about the plan or what you would do if you were confined to a wheelchair. tonight, news4 i-tm i askg some questions about plans to help disabled passengers. tisha thompson here with more on her latest investigation. tisha? >> jim, we got an e-mail from a viewer who said we should take a ride on metro with kelly mack. kelly uses metro every day to commute to work. at 5:00 p.m. we showed you what it's like fr her perspective, how people rush in front of her to use the elevator and often leave her behind. when we were on

but get this, council chairman phil mendelson challenged congress and he basically said by march, next month, the city will enforce the will of voters. the thing is, without congressional approval, that essentially means it would be legal to possess pot here in d.c. but not legal to buy it. plus, the city would still be in violation of congress if it moves forward. >> this bill allows the sale of marijuana in the district of columbia. you would be able to apply for a license to sell marijuana, a license to grow marijuana and it's for people 21 and older. >> we don't have to introduce an industry that's going to target and attract young adults and that's going to be an addictive industry just like we have with alcohol and tobacco. >> reporter: mayor bowser wants d.c. voters to get their way but she says without congressional approval, she fears it would open the door to open air drug markets in the district. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, delia. >>> the search is on this morning for a hit and run driver who killed a groom to be on the side of the bw parkway. this happened in t

mendelson, and in english, a prosperous voyage. pianist and schuman third symphony. so a german program. the third program will be the program we did in chicago a few days ago, having one day before the film of ishenstein and then in a few days we will do a collaboration between he and another director, it will be ivan the terrible. >> charlie: on the 125th 125th season of the chicago symphony orchestra? >> it will be the third shakespeare of the opera. fallstaff will be the end of the season, an opera i've done many times. it will be with the italian baratone. he started with me in lascala. i worked with him and made him sort of falstaf of today. not because he's large but because he's the right voice. >> charlie: are you concerned about the future of music and the future of symphonic music? >> i think that music will not disappear because if music disappears, means that mankind has gone. humanity. but i'm thinking which will be the future -- music will exist but will change completely, especially the new music. i think all this c