string orchestra repertoire is pretty small. i used to be boxed into small repertoire. i kept constantly looking for new repertoire and commissioning new arrangements. 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.

string orchestra repertoire is pretty small. i used to be boxed into small repertoire. i kept constantly looking for new repertoire and commissioning new arrangements. 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 on a musical mission -- the arab youth orchestra striking a chord with european audiences. >> well, the message is clear -- the president is alive and well. >> syrian state television has shown president bashar al-assad attending prayers to mark the end of ramadan. >> residence in the capital confirm there was shelling in the area, and it remains impossible to determine if the footage was taken before or after the attack. >> the images on syrian state television were clearly designed to show that the president remains unharmed and still able to attend a large gathering in damascus. it was his third public appearance in recent days. the rebels said they attacked the president's motorcade while he was on his way to a mosque in the capital, a claim dismissed by assad's information minister. >> regarding what was said, i confirm to you that, of course, the news is completely untrue. this news just shows the false hopes of some media outlets and the governments who are behind them. >> assad was not the only one to put in a public appearance. the new head of the opposition syrian nationa

and on a musical mission -- the arab youth orchestra striking a chord with european audiences. >> well, the message is clear -- the president is alive and well. >> syrian state television has shown president bashar al-assad attending prayers to mark the end of ramadan. >> residence in the capital confirm there was shelling in the area, and it remains impossible to determine if the footage was taken before or after the attack. >> the images on syrian state television were clearly designed to show that the president remains unharmed and still able to attend a large gathering in damascus. it was his third public appearance in recent days. the rebels said they attacked the president's motorcade while he was on his way to a mosque in the capital, a claim dismissed by assad's information minister. >> regarding what was said, i confirm to you that, of course, the news is completely untrue. this news just shows the false hopes of some media outlets and the governments who are behind them. >> assad was not the only one to put in a public appearance. the new head of the opposition syrian nationa

of mozart. ♪ >> members of the nhk symphony orchestra debuted at the salsburg festival.hey premiered the lam menation. it's a eulogy to people who died in japan two and a half years ago in the earthquake and tsunami. festival organizers had it written by japanese composer. the orchestra also performed three other pieces. >> it was amazingly beautiful and moving. and we were both almost in tears at the end of it. >> translator: i had never heard such a wonderful performance by such a passionate orchestra. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. >>> a town devastated by the great east japan earthquake and tsunami. many people used to live here. >> somebody's power source are the fracture leading to their home. this may have been the living room, the kitchen. >> american journalist jed horne is visiting the disaster

>> yes. >> you talk about them. ♪ >> kids from the recycled orchestra. >> yeah.ocumentary was called the landfill harmonic. >> they went to a landfill and got all of these items and created all of these wonderful instruments. ♪ >> but even better, the recycled or orchestra is coming to the museum. we have the latin american curator at the museum dr. daniel piper. >> how are you doing? >> you managed to bring the kids to arizona. >> actually we started to speak with them about a year argo or so. we put the exhibit in place in march. and it's been a huge success. this is going to be their usa debut. we have several days here backed with activities. three concerts. we added a concert on wednesday and it sold out in two days. they go from here to toronto, oslo, in september. it's amazing. the kids have to get back home and go to school. >> what kind of music are they going to be playing? stick to bach or throw some, i don't know, led zeppelin in there? >> get funky with it. they have the classical repertoire but folk tunes and beatles. >> do you have their instrument

in addition to his appearances with many leading orchestras around the country, he tours with his ownly wrote the music for a broadway production. >> i always like to keep in the child mind-- i mean, "child- like," but not "childish," meaning a beginner's mind. i like learning. i like being the beginner. >> brown: you do? >> yes. and i like the challenge. i like getting up in the morning and learning something new. the other thing is that you learn stuff that you then take back to phish. >> brown: oh, really? it works that way? >> definitely. you might be in a big arena, and there is some kind of music going on or some kind of guitar solo or something, and i think, wow, i wish i could get to the level that i heard with, you know, the pittsburgh symphony that night, when the brass section was playing. that kind of thing. you know, it opens your mind. >> brown: performing with the orchestra, ansastasio says, is a way to re-imagine pieces he wrote for phish, but to do so in a way that's challenging and fulfilling for the musicians, as well. ♪ >> the idea is that there is nothing as rhyth

promising musicians from the palestinian territories. ♪ this is the first time the palestinians orchestrarform in front of an audience the side, not to mention the millions watching at home and online. >> to participate in the proms is an amazing experience. it gives palestine a boost. , we aree so many people not what they think we are good >> it is an opportunity for all people. us.s the connection between it helps them to see what is happening in palestine and the music we play. >> this orchestra was formed two years ago, and has been praised for its celebration of palestinian culture. >> we are really bringing something very positive for palestine. this is palestine. these are young palestinians. we've got something great to show and share with you. ♪ nigel kennedy's unique ambition is opening up new doors from these young palestinian musicians and breathing fresh life into this classic. bbc news. ♪ >> coming up in the next half- hour on gmt, traditional indian food is full of vegetables, lentils, and grains, recipes passed down from generations. not what you would typically described

orchestra.. >> you don't say? >> i do say, the thai elephant orchestra. this comes courtesy of npr, by the way. apparently it's just what it sounds. it's a group of former work elephants with nowhere to go. they've been assembled and trained to play percussion instruments, holding mal nets -- mallets in their trunk, sometimes trumpeting. a composer co-founded this orchestra he said that elephants like to listen to music, appreciate this music. they came up with the idea that if they made ergonomic instruments, apparently they could play. if that sounds a little funny, it's on a thai scale of notes. making northern thailand sound. they are the elephant orchestra. >> bring them to carnegie hall. check them out. >> all right. next story is really great. so, these two folks who are both blind, took their dogs, their guide dogs to a special training course. when they got there, the dogs really seemed to make a connection and they were inseparable. they kept nuzzling and playing together. the two indi

[dissonant orchestra music] (slobin) if we use the word environment to relate to music, we're talkingut two things: a physical environment and a social environment. in the case of highlander people in bosnia singing together, the two are pretty much inseparable. (narrator) in a mountainous region of bosnia herzegovina close to sarajevo, a sheep herding community has developed a unique singing style known as ganga. this genre, which is primarily sung outdoors in groups, closely reflects the conditions and life style of the highlander commity. in bosnian highlander culture, specifically in mt. bjelasnica, people will spend a lot of time outdoors since it's the herding culture. they will spend a lot of time up in the hills all alone looking down into the valley. and if somebody's passing through the valley, they certainly want to be heard. [singing ganga] it is very important to conquer that space with your voice. in terms of finding a genre that will carry the furthest, it's definitely a genre called ganga. and this particular type of singing is characterized by very close harmonies, so

they're now students and play in an amateur orchestra. the orchestra held the charity concert to raise donations for people affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern japan. >> i feel the music is the language of the world. and the language of the peace. everyone in any country can understand the music. >> they'll perform in osaka this week. they'll also give converts inas ter hit prefectures. >>> time for a check on the weather with meteorologist sakea. it seems people in western japan are dealing with heavy rain and serious flooding. what's the latest there? >> yes, catherine. the return of the rainy season. let's go straight to the relentless rain-forced evacuation yesterday. there are more than 50 reports of land slides and damaged roads. a river retaining wall has collapsed. the prefecture authorities are considering a request to designate the region as a disaster area. so the situation is really catastrophic. let's take a look at how much rainfall we've got since friday. 474 millimeters in parts of the tsubakagashau

[orchestra tuning] oh...hi. hello. you're mr. berenson, one of the partners, right? yes.idn't know anybody else from the firm would be here. i'm carrie heffernan, grossman's secretary-- or mistegrossman, as i always call him. oh, yes. hello. and from what i hear, you're doing a very good job. hey, you, too. so, who are you here with? oh, uh... my father. oh, how lovely. $5.00 for a box of sno-caps! boy, they really got you by the gonads here. uh, this is arthur spooner, my father. dad, this is mr. berenson, one of the partners at my law firm-- you know, wherework. that nice. pleased to meet you. likewise. ok... darling, you're in my seat. just sit in mine. it doesn't matter. sure it does. sometimes they do a spot check during the performance. then we'll just switch tickets. "non-transferable." ok. ok, here we go, showtime... and those wine coolers are just starting to kick in. that's 13...15... and 6 is 21. damn. that's all right. that's ok. that's just a little bet. that's the secret to my whole system: you lose the little bets and win the big ones. stay. 20. lost anothe

did she actually play in a convent orchestra? she played in a convent orchestra, and i hear that she played in carnegie hall, but i don't know all the details on that end of things, but i hear that she was very good. one would have to be very good to play at carnegie hall. that's what i hear. what area was she from originally? michigan. michigan, okay. it was made by anders halvarson of meyers-halvarson. halvarson actually is... in the history of american violin makers, he's not that well known. halvarson came from sweden in 1923 and worked at one of the major chicago violin shops, which was william lewis & son, and there he worked under carl becker sr. and jr. carl becker sr. is pretty much acknowledged to be one of the greatest american makers of the 20th century, so he had excellent instruction under becker and his son. he bought first-quality wood and made instruments in the basement of this house, and he was extremely industrious. he had a very beautiful, even, orange varnish that he applied by hand, and although there are a

all the abandon and orchestra for the high schools receive support coaching instrument care. if you go to burton high school they have a drum line. they've been excepted with new drums. this is the first time for burton and the school and teachers tell us it's transforming their students. this funding is vital to keep the program alive thank you very much >> thank you. next speaker, please >> next speaker please. come on up. >> good morning. i'm donna. my role as allen organizer >> we have been successful getting improvements on the conditions as well as developing leadership so we can advocate for the rights and needs. today, i'm here to urge the board of supervisors to fund our program. where you may have heard the housing project this will help us to continue the work with the resident and insuring the residents to play a key role. we must fix the current system and for instance, repairs are not getting done. no residents are involved in the decision-making process etc. in order to make this happen we need to get residents assessing and using the system so we can get the s

she's an example of how community based orchestras are the first place of contact for a people in san francisco. we provided language interpretation and we also

she's an example of how community based orchestras are the first place of contact for a people in san francisco. we provided language interpretation and we also assist the city when >> thank you. next speaker, please >> good morning. i'm gail. i'm a founder and on the member of san francisco village. it's part of the national movement that empowers seniors to remain in their own home. we are continuing to expand throughout the city. we plan to double our membership in the next 18 months. we have members in every single one of our district in over 23 neighborhoods. why is san francisco village so important to you and the city? the village is a pro-active response to the growing population and needs of seniors in senior. it helps those folks to stay in charge of their lives. we do this through safety training. a core of direct visits and social efforts to help provided an important tall by making our anybody's acknowledgeable about them. we're a platform for trusted relationships for our members. we're in communication with our members daily and monthly following up on their well-being.

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and >> i know that you mentioned a series of community orchestras on that street is there any reason you didn't go to the business on sixth and mission. >> because of the continuance we're now going to try to hit there's three or four other people we're going to try to hit and present before them. >> okay. >> so again, i intend to agree with commissioner tan. to every club that was successful and left and

and >> i know that you mentioned a series of community orchestras on that street is there any reason you didn't go to the business on sixth and mission. >> because of the continuance we're now going to try to hit there's three or four other people we're going to try to hit and present before them. >> okay. >> so again, i intend to agree with commissioner tan. to every club that was successful and left and monarch is coming around and doing quite well, and the neighborhood is changing. so it's great faster. >> will there be any food service. >> there maybe a little bit of food service. i apologize we had a typo where it said we're going to have a restaurants and a night club we may have some or defers but it will be 21 up >> and limited food service base it's a 48. >> yeah, we do have quite an extensive kitchen. there's 2 hundred techs that are there drinking and it's a very similar kind of lounge situation i think the food may come out of the distracting. $12 cocktails. i'd like to open the floor to public comment i want to first sorry. forgive me >> commissioners i believe you shoul

she stamped with an orchestra behind her. there are no background dancers behind her.when you have barbra streisand you do not need that. singing, and people are weeping. the place fork is that cosmopolitanism, that .ulture how does being in l.a. versus new york impact your craft? new york is new york. >> i am super lucky. i have been on a 300 day world tour. play the most is probably new york. i am going to lay in october, and then we go black to -- we go back to the blue note. i love the atmosphere of the city, and i love being in both places. i think when you reach a certain level you become an international act. scene, they let me play one night a year, and then i am out. >> i am going to remind everyone that your latest raw object is called "impressions." i'm going to say good night from .os angeles music]t [applause] for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. with theext time composer. that is next time. we will see you then. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. you. t

department of health and the small business commission and the feedback we've received from the orchestras. as far as the organizations i want to thank the law clinics from law schools and a better balance and the work and families coalition also here in san francisco i want to thank the advisory council and the united food and commercial workers and the gender appreciative issues. as well as supervisors yee and supervisor breed who has offered to support this issue. i want to take a moment and thank my aid keating republican who worked around the clock. and with that colleagues i'd like to ask if we could send this motion back to committee and in case anything unexpected happens but as i said today, i want to introduce this what date of january 1st >> colleagues the president has made a motion to send this back to the rules committee. i have a second from supervisor avalos >> i want to thank supervisor avalos i'll be adding this afternoon. >> item 51 is a motion appointing naomi to the entertainment empathies. >> colleagues supervisor wiener. i just want to say how great it is we're able

louisvilleto the orchestra and every weekend. i didn't mind reading subtitles.s watching all that stuff with all these people. , you know,ted drawing, painting, drawing what i wanted. i even drew the whole science fiction, book called "other worlds." me -- i went on to go to nyu as a music education major. and i met some people there in greenwich village and charlie ,arker would be -- eddie condon the nightclub, he would be sitting there eating sometimes. we got a chance to see ini, the conductor, rehearse sometimes. we could go to bird land with tito rodriguez sand dizzy gillespie's band. i said to myself, all of the stuff is happening and i am going in the army. [laughter] tavis: but when you got back, you made up for lost time. i could do this for hours with you. tell me about "without a net," the new project. >> the first time we played it in the nightclub, it was in san francisco. it was the first time in a long time. there was an actress there that i have known for years. --n enemy he -- and the nana venetta mcgee. we shookd out and hands. and as she was l