the most challenging of all. string orchestraork. 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.

there was something called the orchestra pit theory, which is pretty interesting. the fox news chairman, roger, he used to work for richard nixon. that is where he became famous. he has a theory about the political media call the orchestra pit theory, and that is you have two candidates standing on the stage. one guy says he has got a solution for the middle east peace process, and the other guy falls into the orchestra pit. what is the media going to cover? they will cover the guy who fell into the orchestra pit. there was a bunch of reporters waiting for mitt romney to fall into the orchestra pit. anwould do a speech about important issue, and then he would say something goofy about rihanna or chris brown, and that would make it. >> you also mentioned tupak. good with talking about rap. operatives,ampaign no one sees a solution to this. i had a solution with a fairly prominent governor a few weeks ago out in arizona, and this , how can the media get better? how can we work with them better? i did not have an answer for them. they are scared. editors at newspapers

i mentioned tchaikovsky and they sent me back a demo of seeing the orchestra part, the whole orchestraart done by voices in a way that blew me away. humorous because hearing voices playing all of the orchestra part is interesting and makes you smile but it is also a bufo piece of music and it was a way to include them and me together, a violent -- also a beautiful music and it was a way to include them and me together. tavis: straight no chaser did a special for pbs and did really well. they are coming into their own now. people will start to appreciate them even more. >> i hope so. that is the fun of these albums. each of these people have their fans. people who are not in classical music, my hope is to always get some of those fans to hear my name and they may know nothing of me at all and it happens. when i do stuff with josh grogan, he has so many fans. and i have so many people after my fascicle concert say i'd never heard of you until i heard the song with josh grogan and now they are classical music fans, which i think is something that we need to reach a larger audience. tavis:

but the dvorak concerto, i haven't played with an orchestra at 30 years. s one of the great romantic pieces. but i will use it to open the season at carnegie, it makes it a wonderful part of my history with the philharmonic orchestra. driving him to his best point. >> he was merciless in trying to change the objective yet. >> anything, you name it. [laughter] >> your member those times fondly? >> very fondly and with great gratefulness. i also remember the times when he had to acquired his helicopter license, when he had acquired his helicopter license >> how old was he? >> over 80. flying with him was very frightening. >> did he love to fly? >> he loved to fly. he love to be in charge. his helicopter, his lear jet, you name it. >> an extraordinary person. >> not only a musician. he was investing in cds in the 1980s. >> would you change anything about your pollution as a musician? would you do anything different? >> i have never taken my life that serious that i was thinking about that. i am very forward-driven. i am very interested in my foundation and hel

if it was the orchestra, the soloist, the helicopter, his lear jet, you name it. >> rose: and extraordinary person. >> yes. yes. not only a musician, he was just, you know, a man with vision, he was investing in cds in the eighties when most people thought oh this is new nonsense, you know. it will never make it. >> rose: would you change anything about your evolution as a musician? would you do anything different? >> >> i have never came my life that serious that i was thinking about such a thought. >> i am very forward driven and more interesting. >> rose: you look forward rather than backwards? >> yes and i am very interested in my foundation and helping young scholars, long stringers around the world to successful, i am doing a lot of benefit work and that gives me purpose in life, which besides perfecting my playing is important to me. >> rose: do you believe there will be a time in which you do not want to be cash, to play on stage? >> oh, definitely, yes. >> rose: do you think about that now? >> i have always thought about it and i am not -- not in panic about it. it is just the way

the berlin philharmonic today? >> wonderful. it is a totally different orchestrahe one i started out with. >> how's it different? it is inevitably different because of the ricin that directs it -- of the person that directs it. it is anorchestra, ongoing tradition that nothing is ever really lost. is something that gets passed on to the new generation. sensitivity. they have changed, and large the repertoire to more contemporary, but they still hold the -- traditional venues. >> i think he once said that mozart is one of the most difficult composers to play. >> there is so little that he is written. it is like haiku. every word has 100 meetings. everyone -- every note is a jewel. if one goes wrong, the entire phrase is gone. it is purity and simplicity, and that is sometimes difficult. >> how difficult is the conductor for you? >> he can be a great --, and sometimes an annoyance, but he is usually a great source of inspiration. different viewpoints. he brings whatever he lives through. it is great. >> you said, i am intrigued by the quest for perfection yet it is

the orchestra started with a few children, but slowly grew. now has 43 members and more than 100 hopefuls. they grew, too, giving the young musicians the chance to fly all over the world. it's opened up opportunities she never dreamt of. >> translator: i didn't imagine i'd be able to leave paraguay, but now i can travel to so many countries. i hope that one day i can become a professional violinist and then teach the children to play. >> reporter: this unique orchestra is touching hearts, changing communities, and building bonds around the world. and it's only possible because of one man who looked at the landfill and saw an opportunity. nhk world, tokyo. >>> there's a strong winterstorm racing across northern europe. robert speta has been following the situation. robert? >> this one a very potent one across much of norway and the british isles. already seeing winds gusting here, the cloud cover racing from the west towards the east, it really is bringing those winds. some areas seeing fairly heavy snowfall, as well. right on this isobar chart

the orchestra is very lyrical. it is clear that the musicians are totally absorbed in work the performers of keys came on stage at the end of the first part he performed by the bye bye you to kigali monday of the composer combined into a nation in rhythmic features of the genre in his vision of contemporary classical music thus he created the genre of the symphonic key item by office the key of one of his most popular works. yep that's right we're very happy to be here in boston this great concert of the reasons students upon a quart pitcher the soloist is high among most eco giant box and conductors i don't live by if he was really a great professional concert. some of the works were performed here for the first time such as the nice caprice is orchestrated by squeak in the works of coz the composer's we listen to the concert with great pleasure for the latest news is that three got the dogs cuts out that stevie got kate said. eat twinkies suits you the kazakhstan labor market has remained stable and shoot some mor

there was something called the orchestra pit theory, which is pretty interesting. the fox news chairman, used to work for richard nixon. that is where he became famous. he has a theory about the political media call the orchestra pit theory, and that is you have two candidates standing on the stage. one guy says he has got a solution for the middle east peace process, and the other guy falls into the orchestra pit. what is the media going to cover? they will cover the guy who fell into the orchestra pit. there was a bunch of reporters waiting for mitt romney to fall into the orchestra pit. he would do a speech about an important issue, and then he would say something goofy about rihanna or chris brown, and that would make it. >> you also mentioned tupak. >> rubio is good with talking about rap. talking to campaign operatives, no one sees a solution to this. i had lunch with a fairly prominent republican governor out in arizona, and this person a few weeks ago said, how can the media get better? how can we work with them better? i did not have an answer for that. the

they will cover the guy who fell into the orchestra pit. the back of the plane for us was a bunch of reporters waiting for mitt romney to fall into the orchestra pit. he would do a speech about an important issue, and then he would say something goofy about rihanna or chris brown, and that is the story. that is our incentive today. >> you also mentioned tupak. >> rubio is good with talking about rap. it is a tough cycle. talking to campaign operatives, no one sees a solution to this. i had lunch with a fairly prominent governor a few weeks ago out in arizona, and this person said, how can the media get better? how can we work with them better? i did not have an answer for them. they are scared. editors at newspapers are terrified for lots of reasons. the web is disrupting them. campaigns are scared of the media, too. >> a couple of questions, and i want to open this up to you, what is retweet journalism? >> this is interesting. retweet journalism was coined by , who does not like reporters very much, but he understands how quickly twitter ca

. >> i wanted to competence my thanks and appreciation to staff for it 0 are all the orchestra or work over the years the initial idea to have multiple benefits and also work from everybody be and shawn. if you looked at the requests form and if you're familiar with the very diligent process and scoring and interviews it was an awful lot of work >> we're out of time but i want to say one other thing the carbon fund is something the environment commission worked on whatever or wherever the city employees travel the department that paid for that airfare has to cover an additional 13 percent for the air travel. that's where the conscious fund come from. one of the thipgdz that happened we started off with 2 the house will come to order hundred thousand dollars and another committee wanted to mitigate the colts and put in another if thousand dollars. we've we're hoping others b will at that particular time >> is this a one-time grant. >> we'll continue to collect the money from the city. >> and most projects are completed within one year. >> that's the way it was put together this year we

i think i had never listened to the practically for the orchestra. but it might be a little bit but the snow but the same team that he does may be incurred in his home studio the scary unknown but ice skate which is really sticky nkunda. that's really keen to race to his music and how many insurgents were living when you win you when you do this and on forty musicians and twenty seniors to use it like any old base hit to right the score for four. actually at the sale will be to someone for the orchestration is outside with some kind of an arrangement that it's a very different scene from the honey sometimes say i want this kind of know the peace candle arrangement and knowing the exact he was supposed to meet the providing us with light to ruin all that soul to get out. i got an old classical experience and no classical i mean i'm able to do do do will singer known for the orchestra thing today. i want to be part of the cross is a monument in such a sentiment and it's more of that discussion i can comfort them the chariot is what when you're recording

and we've done everything we can't afford it while making sure that we don't have a repeat of the orchestra and what about the field location to show my face during the week. i should explain that to three weeks ago the couple held a private about the culprit it into a network of twelve hundred dedication to the cave roughly the same time we have been working on all the way in which. how did all the crazy changes focus away from the humanitarian side of the two development program that will help. they can to change and get up and running and many many of the ethical commenting on how remarkably stable situation involved. i think that many of the cool part the pride the situation at the grapple with. to be at that very moment when crumple the presidency of the security council. it will be the king engagement in the kitchen too. in other countries will be absolutely crucial to encourage the political beat the ineffable would like to come together to get cleaned up the console to look old or older to make sure that they get the break and eventually to the montreal the fact that we need not dep

underbelly of the world of classical music in new york and you know the symphony and the orchestra and all the different levels of. musicians and what it takes to sort of ascend in the world of classical music and and the highs and the lows you know because i think growing up i was fascinated you know you look at an orchestra and they're all in tuxedo they all look so nice and it has a sheen on it that looks like well this is very expensive luxury is life and in fact it's not high paying for a lot of people and really difficult and you know some of those tuxedoes are rented and but they're playing instruments that are worth you know a million dollars a time to them it was just very complicated in and i love the music and so this opportunity came along to show the different facets of the world and i love it and we have a great cast malcolm mcdowell all over this great actor guy i'll go see a burn all in this new great actress named lola kirk and bernadette peters is in it you know busy manages and. you know what i'm not that busy i like it's funny as we've seen the stuff i sound quite b

as president, she will oversee the orchestra and the washington national opera. the director of the national zoo is defending the staff and said the recent deaths of three animals is proof they are stretched too thin. according to the post director dennis kelly made the comments following two internal reports. an antelope and gazelle both died after being spooked in their enclosures and a hog died from infections and low body weight. the issues stem from not having enough staff from the number of animals they have at the zoo. the zoo has posted explanations including the deaths on the website. >> right now here in washington investigators are trying to get to the bottom of what caused this plane accident. we are getting insight into what the pilot was thinking. it's almost 11:30 and still in the low 30s out there in most places. coming up, a look at the other areas of the country that are ufr suffering with us. we continue the 12 days of giving. a look at how to help an organization as making a difference in the lives o [ female announcer ] i like to mix things u

being waged against russia on two fronts really there's a kind of soft war a propaganda war which the orchestra. and what i call the faint laughter really in western countries which is to try to demonize russia to smear russia using any reason whether it's pussy riot whether it's a right school i apologize i apologize for jumping in here but i want you to i would like you to specifically address how the both sides can work together in addressing the terror threat yet when i think you have both sides well it west has got to i think what change its relationship with saudi arabia which is a major sponsor of a lot of these radical islamic groups around the world west has got to realize its foreign policy the trouble is if you look at syria for example the west is actually on the same side as a terrorist because it's because of its relationships with in large between saudi arabia and israel who both want that regime in syria to be removed so i think we need a shift in the western capitals i think we need to get to work closer with russia because when there is closer cooperation we saw that with the

holiday music was in the air at pier 39 and so was the cold, making it tough for the youth orchestra to perform its annual concert. >> superfaction, especially when the music is blowing around and your fingers are frozen. >> some braved the cold and others chose to stay indoors. pedicabs were empty. >> we got a blanket. >> business was slow at bike rental companies. >> we have gloves and they can pick up sweat shirts. >> steve pleasant and his family rented bikes. they came to the city in search of cold weather. >> just come from 100-degree heat in australia so down here, just have to make sure you're dressed for and it keeping in the sun. >> in walnut creek, temperatures around a chilly 40 degrees. on a day like this hard to believe iceskating would be popular but it was. >> starting the christmas season off. you have to do it. >> we came across snow. but this accumulation was created not by mother nature but the ice rink's zambonie. in walnut creek, abc7 news. >> here a picture e-mail to us. is shows icicles hanging from a tree. show us your photos -- end your photos and videos to.

holiday music was in the air at pier 39 and so was the cold, making it tough for the youth orchestra to perform its annual concert. >> superfaction, especially when the music is blowing around and your fingers are frozen. >> some braved the cold and others chose to stay indoors. pedicabs were empty. >> we got a blanket. >> business was slow at bike rental companies. >> we have gloves and they can pick up sweat shirts. >> steve pleasant and his family rented bikes. they came to the city in search of cold weather. >> just come from 100-degree heat in australia so down here, just have to make sure you're dressed for and it keeping in the sun. >> in walnut creek, temperatures around a chilly 40 degrees. on a day like this hard to believe iceskating would be popular but it was. >> starting the christmas season off. you have to do it. >> we came across snow. but this accumulation was created not by mother nature but the ice rink's zambonie. in walnut creek, abc7 news. >> here a picture e-mail to us. is shows icicles hanging from a tree. show us your photos -- end your photos and videos to.

care without any concern about the rest of the economy, the add manage is busy with the rest of the orchestrathe wall street journal" posits the president is winning hearts and minds doing his best elizabeth warren interpretation then he's not done yet. this morning president obama announce add new plan to triple the federal government's use of renewable energy by 20% by the year 2020. as one anonymous official told "new york times" every day there will be something coming out of the white house. that sounds so sort of pllike foreboding. we hope it's something good. you see in the script i said this was return to the themes that got him elected. you sound like you would beg to differ in the first earlier discussion we had. i agree with e.j. dionne. he's making a big bet. it is still the economy, stupid. if you look at the gallop poll, 46% of the country see the economy as the most important issue, 96% say health care. >> look at the economic numbers out today. the first unemployment claims in a very long time, under 300,000. you had currently quarterly gdp far exceeding analyst expectations.

. ♪ for over a half a century, he's been bringing together the pieces that create the orchestra of life his parents for buying herbie that piano. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> amazing talent. nice job, bill. before we go, be sure to check out my website laura ingram.com. you can listen to my radio show. special shout out the to our new stigs klif in texas. we love you. that's it for us tonight. i'm in for bill o'reilly. remember, the spin stops here because we are always looking out for you. happy new year to everyone. >>> welcome to a "the kelly file" special report. a salute to our nation's greatest generation. in october 2013 a remarkable event took place on the national mall. the park service barricaded the open air world war ii memorial in a move they blamed on the government shutdown. the reaction from the vets, families and supporters was swift and angry. in the time it took to find bolt cutters, we were seeing pictures of defiant soldiers, many on kanes or in wheelchairs, crossing the barricades with the kind of determination that reminded many in america again

. ♪ for over a half a century, been bringing together the pieces that create the orchestra of life. ♪o his parents for buying herbie that piano. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> amazing talent. nice job, bill. before we go, be sure to check out my website laura ingram.com. you can listen to my radio show. special shout out the to our new stigs klif in texas. we love you. that's it for us tonight. i'm in for bill o'reilly. remember, the spin stops here because we are always looking out for you. happy new year to everyone. you. >>> hello everyone. it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." 2013 is winding down but beforeg we ring in 2014, let's take a s moment to revisit some of the top news storie s of the year. what were some of the hot topics you heard about here on the five, here's a look back. >> if you like your doctor, you keep your doctor.r if you like your health care plan, you keep your health care plan. >> and i am sorry that they are finding themselves in this p situation based on assurances theyre got from me. >> i rise today to begi

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that.was when you listen to the symphony orchestra and there is no base part there is not that much debtt is why i like it -- depth. it is like laying in a rain forest. in a: i love that, playing rain forest. back.t we go you were singing first. >> my mom used to rock me to sleep. one day she was rocking me to sleep, singing. she was a great singer. i started humming harmony. started me, when you humming harmony i knew you were ready. i started singing when i was 22 months old. i was the youngest person in iowa to have a social security card. that's what they tell me. was wonderful. musice very lucky to have . tavis: i want to fast-forward. there is no way i can do justice to your career. you have been at this for years. started singing to your family in iowa. at 15 you get struck with polio. tell me about that. >> we had a show in omaha, nebraska. i was running around with my dad , and all of a sudden i got faded,h, and i kind of so we called the doctor to come out. i had a temperature of 105. the epidemic was happening. , always wanted to ask my mom but there was apparently no medicine

she is currently head of the chicago symphony orchestra. >> the picture of the day is a selfy taken by president of the united states. here he is posing with prime minister david cameron of the united kingdom and of denmark. the photos seem to fit right in with the spirit of the day. >>> today marked the first in several public events to honor madiba, the heart of south africa. >> nearly 100 heads of state attended the memorial to nelson mandela at the soweto soccer stadium and a steady rain did not damper the celebration of his life. >> i think it's the time to say thank you and letting go. >> he speaks to what's best inside us. after this great liberator is laid to rest and when we've returned to our cities and villages and rejoined our daily routine, let us search for his strength. let us search for his largeness of spirit somewhere inside of ourselves. >> now president obama's words may have stirred the crowd, but his actions are causing a stir all their own. he shook hands with cuban dictator raul castro even though our country cut diplomatic ties with cuba 50 years ago following

the orchestra is about to play me off. and our great panel can't wait to hit the afterparty.t was a real pleasure. and hopefully 2014 will bring us more good debates and discussions and opportunities to award more revvies. good night, everybody. >>> you've been watching the 2013 revvie awards. brought to you by "politicsnation" and the reverend al sharpton. thanks for watching. we hope you have a safe and happy holiday season. we'll see you next year. good night, everybody! >>> the right wing delivers a crazy '13. let's play "hardball." ♪ >>> hello i'm chris matthews in washington. politicians on the right have done disturbing and destructive things this year. they derailed every legislative item they could. including gun control, immigration, the budget, and even workplace discrimination. when they did take up legislation, it looked like this. more than 45 separate votes to kill the affordable care act, abortion laws cooked up by the extreme right, and countless measures attacking the

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. >> the dancers, the costuming, the orchestra does a magnificent shop. >> this will take you back to heaven. what you people do, you are keeping it alive. >> coming to san francisco opera house. . >>> no sale, that was the response from joseph banks to a buyout offer from men's warehouse. joseph a. bank rejected the one and a half billion dollar bid. the two men's companies have traded buyout offers over the past few months with each turning down the other's offer. the stock of both companies fell today. . >>> apple took a big step to expand the iphone sales in china. the tech giant signed a deal with the world's biggest cell phone provider to sell iphone in china. it will expand the customer base by more than 700 million people. as a result, apple stock rose $21.07 a share to close at above $570, a gain of almost four percent. the news from apple pushed the nasdaq higher. it rose 44 points, the dow gained 73 and the s&p added nine. >>> the fbi released the photo of an man that is wanted for a murder in santa rosa. this is a gang member that was involved in a shooting last september.

he jumped up, seized the baton, and conducted the orchestra himself. >> who else were you intrigued by that you wrote about. >> by prince ferdinand himself. he was, in fact, one of those that spoke for peace. when there were crises, he said let's not do anything foolish because it would be the destruction of the high arry. one of the few people that might have prevented a war against serbia. >> you said in your book that serbia issued a blank check and quotes for war. >> yeah, the german kaiser had lunch with the austrian ambassador who brought a special lunch from vienna. wilhelm himself wasn't sure he wanted a war. but he got excited about the whole idea. he said where with were you? we'll stand behind you. what was dangerous was the german high command was making a calculation. if they had to fight russia, he's better to do it in 1914 and 1917, because in 1917, russia would with stronger. >> would someone before 1914 before the war started, could they have stopped it? one of the leaders you're writing about? >> they could. there are several things that could have stopped it. wilhelm

rutter currently serves as president of the chicago symphony orchestra. she be become the third president. >> every person around the world deserves to have the opportunity to be near, involved in, have access to and participate in the art. >> rutter will manage all of the kennedy center, including the theaters, dance, and music programs. she will start her duties next december. >>> school officials in cannon city are accusing hunter, his mom says her son has been suspended before for kissing the girl, but she didn't seem to mind. >> she was fine with it. they are boyfriend and girlfriend. the other children went to the music teacher does that was the day i had the meeting with the principal where she first sensed sexual harassment. >> school officials maintain it was -- again, this was not the first offense. they hope the suspension will change his behavior in the future. >> but in the meantime, he got a record, oh please. coming up on wusa9, they have gone hollywood and they are getting top dollar for it. some would say too much. forbes magazine's most o

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. ♪ japanese conductor directed the vietnam national symphony orchestra and the choir.ingers from vietnam, china, south korea, and japan all sang solos. >> translator: it's important to use music to go beyond national interests at a time like this. ♪ >>> and that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. ?ñw >> a car bomb shakes central beirut. an aide to the former prime minister is among those killed. up to stemders care to stem -- gear up violence. those are the headlines here on "france 24." a deadly car bomb has hit the capital of beirut on this friday.