local people are eager to see what sado has in mind for the orchestra, austria's most prestigious orchestragolden hall in vienna. this is a venue for the first concert of the season. [ applause ] ♪ ♪ >> sado has selected works by composers with strong ties to vienna. ♪ [ applause ] >> reporter: the audience is generous with its applause. >> translator: the performance was very fresh and alive. overall, i think he's a wonderful conductor. >> translator: i don't know what he's planning next but i hope he will surprise us. >> i love hyden, mozart, i love all of them. but sometimes, a little jazzy or rock music with symphony orchestra, it's like a little spicy flow. >> reporter: sado has signed on for three years. the orchestra's many fans are keen to see what direction he takes his music. nhk world, vienna. ♪ >>> it's time now for a check of the weather. residents if the uk are bracing for a powerful storm. meteorologist robert speta joins us with details. this is our latest storm system here. it's been named barney by the meteorological office out of the uk. what we are looking at is several

>> reporter: the philadelphia orchestra hassles staged a december performance of the messiah. it's a show that packs the house. >> it's one of the great performances, the audience know so much of it, and the of course, the halleluiah chore us everybody knows it. >> our director loves do this, this is the first time the philadelphia orchestra will be performing the messiah with him, i think it's going to be very special. >> reporter: if the full strengthen, the orchestra has well over 100 musicians, but this concert will be more along the lines of a chamber ensemble. fewer numbers of violins and cellos it's kind of like a bunch of solo i iists getting togethe. they will be joined with world class soloists. >> it's truly one of the highlights of the concert season for me. we have people who come every year, tourists, people who travel from out of town just to see the performance. it's a highlight of the holiday season. >> reporter: the philadelphia orchestra performs handel messiah at the kimmel center verizon hall. go to 6abc.com/loves the arts for this and other area events. f

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orchestra has well over 100 musicians. this concert will be along the lines of a chamber ensemble.ur numbers of cellos so each voice is clear and exposed, so it's kind of like a bunch of soloists getting together. >> reporter: they will be joined with world class soloists. >> it's truly one of the highlights of the concert season for me. we have people who come every year, people who travel from out of town to see the performance it is a highlight of the holiday season. >> the philadelphia orchestra performs through december 11 through the 13 in the kimmel center's verizon hall. go to philly.org or 6abc.com/6abc loves the arts. i'm karen rogers. >> hard to believe but it's been 50 years since the charlie brown christmas aired on tv for the first time. charles shultz loveable peanuts characters made their debut in 1965. to celebrate the anniversary, abc is airing the special at 8:00 p.m. the classic airs right after. >> we'll be right back. it's the holidays. and of course, everyone wants to get online at once. to watch things. buy things. but slow internet makes it hard. that's why

the principal whose school of thought brought him to the fifth grade orchestra where he's learning more than just the viola. "nightly news" begins now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news" reporting tonight, jose diaz-ballard. >>> good evening, we begin tonight with harrowing new details from inside that hotel in mali in west africa where al qaeda linked terrorists killed 20 people, including an american on friday. exactly one week after the devastating massacre in paris. dozens more were held hostage inside the radisson blu hotel and some are sharing their terrifying stories of survival with nbc news for the first time. what they saw was unimaginable. islamic extremists armed with ak-47 rifles and grenades, storming the hotel and screaming religious epithets. we tell you what happened through the eyes of one american. >> reporter: in the halls of the radisson hotel the hunt for a gang of killers, men who had gone from room to room shouting allah akbar god is great leaving a bloody trail. from the moment they stormed the hotel, one man f

. >> the holiday season is full swing that means it's time for the philadelphia's orchestra christmas messiah. karen rogers has more in 6abc loves the arts. >> reporter: it's a long-standing celebration since its founding more than a industry ago philadelphia orchestra has the performance of the messiah. it packs the house. >> it's quite a spectacle. the audience knows so much of it, the halleluiah chorus is something that everybody recognizes. for those who come year after year this year marks something different. >> our music director loves doing this, so this is the first time that the philadelphia orchestra will be performing the messiah with him, i think it will be very special. >> reporter: the orchestra has well over 100 musicians. this concert will be along the lines of a chamber ensemble. fewer numbers of violins and cellos and each voice very clear and exposed. it's kind of like a bunch of sole-- soloists getting together. it's truly one of the highlights of the concert season for me. we have people who come every year, we have tourists, people who travel from out of town ju

keys, if any, and they were hard to play in tune with themselves or with anyone else in a small orchestra, and consequently, they had a reputation for being whistle-like and not real sonorous or real colorful. this is the most simplistic of what we call transverse flutes, and it just has the six finger holes and one key for the pinky. the natural scale on the baroque flute is basically the position of the six fingers and the six holes so that if you lift up your fingers in order, you get what we call a major scale. [plays major scale] so when you were playing in pieces that required notes that weren't in that particular scale, you had to like make adjustments by rolling in to make it flatter or close more holes down, and it was a very awkward thing. so if you tried to play a chromatic scale, it would get like this. [plays chromatic scale] so that's when they developed adding more keys to the flute. this flute is pretty much what was developed around mozart's time-- about four or five keys. [plays] (greer) mozart hated the sound of the flute, but realized that it was so popular that it sho

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 that is our encore on tour. by the way. i am proud to play it, we are from san fran

a principal whose school of thought brought him to the fifth grade orchestra where he's learning more than just the viola. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening. begin tonight with harrowing new details from inside that hotel in mali in west africa where al qaeda linked terrorists killed 20 people, including an american on friday. exactly one week after the devastating massacre in paris. dozens more were held hostages inside the radisson blue hotel and some are sharing their terrifying stories of survival with nbc news for the first time. islamic extremes armed with rifles and grenades storming the hotel and screaming religious epithets. we are in mali tonight and tells us what happened through the eyes of one american. >> reporter: in the halls of the hotel a hu.nt for a gang of killers. men who had gone from room to room shouting allahu akbar. and from the moment the gunmen stormed the hotel. this man from florida saw it all. >> a group of four or five men came from across the street, started shooting. took out the guards. they shot at us. we ran back inside. at which time i fel

in the string section of the winton woods intermediate school orchestra.. there's a new student on the viola. nat pop like the rest of the class, he plucks away, can't always follow the music .. and occasionally slips up .. sot student "sometimes he hits the wrong note and sounds kind of funny." but in this sea of fifth graders, jeremy day stands out... that's because he's the school's principal- jeremy day "i don't know if anybody took it seriously at first but when i started coming to every class and hadn't day was an athlete growing up- and never picked up an instrument, but this year, decided it's never too late. felipe morales-torres winton woods orchestra director of the other kids for the kids, it was kind of strange at first... lexi "i was nervous" "it was hard for him to pick it it" kristen: i have to tell you they you.. principal: oh i agree some of them take private lessons. i know exactly who to sit by it turns out mr day isn't the only one learning something. principal: "i think it shows them at any age you can pick up something new.. and like

but we are all in the same orchestra. it is the orchestra of opportunity. and with your leadership here at the chamber, with the leadership of remarkable people like president and mrs. bush, remarkable leaders like president obama, mrs. obama, jill biden, the vice president, we are commanding an orchestra that is remarkable. we have changed as a nation. i remember the vietnam era, we did not respect our veterans when they came home. and we have changed that. we owe it to our veterans as a nation, and we have specific work to do with post-9/11 veterans, because we still have unemployment rates that are even elevated. there is no spike in the football, even though the implementation rate is coming down. we need even more people in this orchestra. even though it is already a robust orchestra. you have my assurance that we are going to continue to play our instruments as long as it is necessary to enable our servicemembers who have earned that right to be treated with dignity, to make sure that they have a seamless transition to the middle class. because americ

since 2010 orchestras have filed for bankruptcy and many have had to down size. >> symphony orchestras have to demands. if they are not serving the audience in the community, frankly they are not relevant. >> ceo of the mann center in philadelphia. up to 6,000 fans have flocked to the pop culture offerings. double that of the average classical performance. >> in you really want to hear great symphony orchestras, your interest may be video games. very complex, colorful. very rich. >> the musicians performing are classically trained. including conductor. she says video game soundtracks may not be traditional sound tracks but deserve respect. >> story telling to the music. how is that different from other symphonies? stylistically it is different. but humanly it is the same thing. we're telling stories. we are touching hearts. >> and opening up a symphony orchestra to a new generation of fans like caleb prior. the 19-year-old said he's never been to a classical movie performance but owns over 400 songs from the zelda games. >> did you ever think that you would be at a symphony to hear vid

and i think the orchestras for the most part areunned. it is a thrill to see the musicians. i think get the recognition that they have always gotten but in a different way. in a very spontaneous free way. >> is this a new trend? or is it just a fad? >> no it is not a fad. gaming is here to stay. and as long as there is gaming there are fans that love the music and that means fans who wiwi come to the concerts. >> new fans to com to the seats and tune up the excitement at traditional concert halls all around the country. >> what a great idea. i think it is the one thing that could get my 15-year-old son to a symphony. >>> up next, a finite auction featuring tattoos. that's right. you're watching cbs"cbs this morning saturday". let your camry show you that your driveway isn't just connected to your street but to the ends of the earth. from coastal highways to roller-coaster hills to the street that changed music forever. and the perfect route for a getaway. it's all one road waiting for you to take it. discover more in a camry. toyota. let's go places. there are thousands of w

we need even more people in the orchestra even though it is already a robust orchestra. you have my assurance we will continue to play our instruments as long as it is necessary to enable our service members who have earned that right to be treated with dignity, to make sure they have a seamless transition to the middle class. america works best when we feel the full team and when we feel the full team of service members our team is the best. at the department of labor, 30% of the hirees are veterans. we see it in the federal government. and america sees it. that is why i have chronic optimism this project will sustain itself for many years to come. thank you, ms. bush for setting a high bar and keeping it high. thank you, president obama and ms. obama and dr. biden and vice president biden. we honor the memory of beau by making sure we serve the nation's military and giving them opportunities in the aftermath of their service. we have more work to do. there is no letting up. thank you so much for having me. thank you so much to tom donohue and the chamber for your leade

the first half is screens above the orchestra. there are some intense discussions from these actors about what inspired the peace and so on. it's a terrific way to learn about how a piece of music is inspired and the time it was written and and so on. we come back and play the piece as we normally would. people seem to love the format. the chicago 70 developed at about 12 years ago. we've been doing it ever since. mollie: who will the accuracy? what we hear from them? guest: we will have some great actors. he does it with the chicago symphony. here. rogers wife is the narrator. help us. it will be a lot of fun for us. this is a great piece. end of world war ii. he had so many friends and family numbers that had for some soviet union. he considers this a piece that was a masterpiece. if the last pc actually conducted himself. three weeks later he had a concussion and never was quite the same again. mollie: is that right? it's just so powerful. guest: incredibly powerful. it is neil romantic. it was written in the 20 century but bas

kim: darwin meyer is one of 7500 people with tickets to see trans siberian orchestra. he says there's never enough security. >> it's a different type of society, you have to continually be vigilant all the time of your surroundings. kim: iowa events center general manager chris connolly says some events require everyone be checked with a metal-detecting wand in addition to the standard security measures. >> we back-check everyone that is coming through the doors here at wells fargo arena who comes here for events so i think that's important. kim: at wells fargo events, there are between 4 and 20 police officers and 10 to 40 security officials monitoring inside and outside. >> with some of the bigger events that are coming up, you know the big 4 in december, march madness in march, we really gotta take a look at our staffing levels and just making sure we're at a point where everyone is safe to come in the arena. kim: for now, connolly is confident the security already in place is enough. event-goer john lee agrees. >> i think there's a heightened awareness that probabl

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iconic music and the way these things are tailor-made for a full symphony orchestra. the entire des moines 70 is on stage along with michael and his band doing these great tunes like "p.m. in" --"pinaano man." when he made 25-30 years ago. mollie: just a couple of years ago. michael himself is a tony winner. guest: he is a tremendous singer and actor. he has had all kinds of the eclectic tastes. he is a club pianist. he sings well. a terrific actor. and it's a quite extensive background. he is a real entre nous are. so much talent with a lot of mollie: this is symphony pop? guest: this is the first pop series the des moines symphony has ever done. we have this concert in the new year's eve with the texas tenors . an april we have sudden foster. that sut -- sutton foster. it's a good start for a series like this. we are hoping to add more people as we go along. mollie: who needs to go to new york? you bring it right here. guest: tickets are available for the concert tomorrow night at 7:30. show up at the box office. the concert begins at 7:30. there is ticket informati

a principal whose school of thought brought him to the fifth grade orchestra viola. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening. we begin tonight with harrowing new details from inside that hotel in mali in west africa where al qaeda linked terrorists killed 20 people, including an american on friday. exactly one week after the devastating massacre in paris. dozens more were held hostages inside the radisson blue hotel and some are sharing their terrifying stories of survival with nbc news for the first time. islamic extremes armed with rifles and grenades storming the hotel and screaming religious epithets. we are in mali tonight and tells us what happened through the eyes of one american. >> reporter: in the halls of the hotel a hunt for a gang of killers. men who had gone from room to room shouting allahu akbar. and from the moment the gunmen stormed the hotel. this man from florida saw it all. >> a group of four or five men came from across the street, started shooting. took out the guards. they shot at us. we ran back inside. at which time i fell. >> reporter: but

they are between the ages of 14 and 21, members of the philadelphia youth orchestra.the orchestra is celebrating its 76th year, one of the oldest in the country and most respected community music education programs. >>> look at this. last weekend the greater philadelphia hosted the dog show, this weekend it was the cats. there we go. now we see the cats. more than 1,000 felines representing 41 breeds were there for the cat fanciers association international cat show. in addition to watching the cats attendees got to shop at the meow mall. and attend educational seminars. >> today, the tsa will demonstrate its new way of screening passengers using canines, the dogs are trained to detect explosives at security check points. the demonstration is at 2:00 this afternoon. it will use five dogs at the philadelphia international airport. we don't know when the new screening measures will be in effect. >> well, in sports as in life there is always adversity. a philadelphia pop warner football team played their hearts out this season only to have them broken when they found out

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string orchestra repertoire is pretty small. i used to be boxed into small repertoire.t 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 that is our encore on tour. by the way. i am proud to play it, we are from san francisco.

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. >> reporter: i can't imagine how difficult it must be keeping a 90 member orchestra in four different perfect sync. >> ♪ >> reporter: above all else it's the conductor's job to keep everyone playing together. >> in just his second year matthew that is a brought this all volunteer orchestra to improved height. >> one more time. one, two and -- ♪ report. >> matthew is hugely enter takenning and very dynamic. ♪ >>> fine tuning this orchestra for their 25th anniversary gala. >> we're almost an eighth note a part. just the strings in the second bar of it. >> reporter: it will be performing hour long corrina barona. >> a collection of 11, 12, and early 13th poems set to music. >> it's been used in countless movies and tv and the opening is instantly recognizable. ♪ report. >> when you get harmony that all a sudden line up and are perfectly in pitch or the rhythm, the textures of the rhythm are just right, it's really a mazing. >> reporter: performing music this large takes time and practice. that you know this group of seasoned rue musicians will be here until they get it just right. in voo

i can't believe it. >> reporter: with its beatles influenced rock sound, the electric light orchestra charted 20 top 40 hits in the '70s and '80s. before lyne walked away. was there a reason you gave it >> i was just fed up doing it. about a month after i stopped doing it, that's when george harrison got in touch with me to produce his album, "cloud nine." i've got my mind set on you >> and after i had done that, i went ran into tom petty in l.a. he honked his horn and said pull over. he said, do you fancy doing some work together, like writing some tunes together? the next thing i knew we had written "free falling." now i'm free falling >> reporter: those were the first two albums you produced when you leave elo? >> yeah. then the next one was -- everybody's got somebody >> reporter: lyne would join the super group that included george harrison, bob dylan, tom petty really care >> it was strange being made. it turned out to be a fantastic songs in ten days, which is unbelievable. unheard of really. >> reporter: in 1994, he got perhaps his most challenging assignment. >> the great thi

. >>> the electric light orchestra was a hit making powerhouse in the '70s and '80s.ve disappeared. band leader jeff lyne is back with a new version of the band and a new album and he sat down with anthony mason. ♪ >> reporter: jeff lyne launched elo's comeback last fall at a festival in london's hyde park. ♪ that was the first time you had been on stage publicly in how long? >> oh, 28 years. >> reporter: 28 years? >> that's why i was full of trepidation. >> reporter: when you looked out at the crowd, what did you see? >> 50,000 people. i can't believe it. >> reporter: with its beatles influenced rock sound, the electric light orchestra charted 20 top 40 hits in the '70s and '80s. before lyne walked away. was there a reason you gave it up elo in 1986? >> i was just fed up doing it. about a month after i stopped doing it, that's when george harrison got in touch with me to produce his album, "cloud nine." ♪ i've got my mind set on you >> and after i had done that, i went ran into tom petty in l.a. he honked his horn and said pull over. he said, do you fancy doing some

. >>> the electric light orchestra was a hit making powerhouse in the '70s and '80s. then it seems to have disappeared. band leader jeff lyne is back with a new version of the band and a new album and he sat down >> reporter: jeff lyne launched elo's comeback last fall at a festival in london's hyde park. that was the first time you had been on stage publicly in how long? >> oh, 28 years. >> reporter: 28 years? >> that's why i was full of trepidation. >> reporter: when you looked out at the crowd, what did you see? >> 50,000 people. i can't believe it. >> reporter: with its beatles influenced rock sound, the electric light orchestra charted 20 top 40 hits in the '70s and '80s. before lyne walked away. was there a reason you gave it up elo in 1986? >> i was just fed up doing it. about a month after i stopped doing it, that's when george harrison got in touch with me to i've got my mind set on you >> and after i had done that, i went ran into tom petty in l.a. he honked his horn and said pull over. he said, do you fancy doing some work together, like writing some tunes

the commitment to music program is impressive, while some students are practicing in the orchestra, every single one of their classmates is either sicking in the chorus, or playing in the band every other day. >> i think it is a really good opportunity because other schools don't have this. >> it teaching me how to sing better. >> we just want the kids to have a love of music. >> reporter: a graduate of the program herself, believes the long standing tradition of musical excellence was a matter of will. >> the administration and town for a long time really believes that that's valuable that our students need music as part of education. >> reporter: he recalls that as budget cuts came along that commitment was unwavering, the music department was treated as an equal. >> it puts into the entertainment category, but what we are doing is teaching a subject. >> it's a discipline. >> it's a discipline. >> reporter: a discipline the students enjoy and can help them with all of their academic work. >> we are teaching them skill sets that cross over to the rest of their subjects, organizational sk

with my little jazz songs and i would sing and -- yeah, and then i went away, on a tour with the orchestra i came back, they said we want to see you again. i was like, oh, my goodness, i thought they had cast it. >> had you ever been on broadway before? >> no. >> so this was pretty big, right? >> it was huge. ♪ >> are you kidding? it was huge. "the whiz" changed my life. >> did it? >> yeah, in a lot of ways. i had never done theater before. i didn't know about projecting your voice and i didn't know, you know, about the movement in space, i didn't know about being able to project your emotions, you know, to the balcony, so that people can understand that you are doing live theater. so i learned all of that when i was doing "the whiz." ♪ >> what does jazz mean to you? >> jazz to me, john, means freedom -- complete freedom of expression. ♪ you are so [ inaudible ] >> what is becoming for me is almost a kind of lifestyle. ♪ >> because of being in jazz music, because i have been singing jazz for over 40 years. ♪ >> even though i did some little detours and some pop stuff and fusion things, jaz

who i share this with, because he is from new orleans, because i was working with his orchestra, theew orleans jazz orchestra, because the music that i wanted us to do bull all new orleans music that's not my world, so i think i am intelligence enough to know that when i don't know something i should hand the reigns over. >> somebody told me you had a lot of fun. >> i think you can tell when you listen to it. we partied. >> we feel something special when we hear you sing. >> you to. >> we with do. >> and we hope to hear it for a long long time. >> oh good, thank you. >> thank you so much for having me on your show. >> and thanks again to all the artist that shares their stories we hope you have a happy thanksgiving holiday, thank you for watching. see you back in london. >> >>> i'm ali velshi "on target" homeless on the home front let's solve a problem and get those that fought so bravely for america off the street and into safe and stable housing for good. 49,933. that is the government's recent

. >> in the string section of the wind and woods school orchestra there's a new student on the viola. at first but when i started coming to every class and hadn't missed one, people started to believing i was serious about it. >> day was an athlete growing up and never picked up an instrument. this year he thought it's never too late. >> i teach him like i would any kid. i remember this is my boss and my opinions pal. >> for the kids it was strange at first. >> at first it was hard for him to pick it up, then he got the hang of it. >> i have to tell you, they say they are better than you. >> i agree. some take private lessons. i know who to sit by. it shows at any age you can pick up something knew. you keep getting better. >> like members of any orchestra, they quickly learn to work together. >> he's look one of usa really cool principal. >> when they gave their first concert, the other student, mr. day, invited his father. >> we waved at each other, like he was back in fifth grade. >> a father's pride matched only by that of his student's at his son's side. >> he did good for my ear

cheryl plays dawna trumpet player who find herself stuck in a freight elevator with her orchestra. >> and you're a musician with one way to pats time, of course. take a look. >> i can't wait to see this. christmas eve will find me where the love light leads if only in my dreams >> very nice, cheryl. very nice. bringing it home. >> thanks, guys. >> that's what would happen if you were stuck in an elevator for hours with an orchestra, right? >> sooner or later you're going to sing. >> and attack each other and blame each other. >> we did do that. you know what's sad about that -- >> this is smoetsd upposed to be fun. >> lots of sadness. >> i'm not a good singer. >> you sounded good. >> well, for a reason. >> bus when we were shooting it the director mitch davis, the nicest guy, very thoughtful man shade we're going to -- this will just take a second and get in the studio and you'll sing this and i said i cannot sing and he said, cheryl, i'm sure i'm going to give it my best and then you tell me, and the other -- the other actors somehow, you know, know how to sing and they are really go

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