orchestra. he became the 10th music director of the chicago symphony orchestra in 2010. 's a look at a performance of beethoven's fifth. ♪ he will lead the chicago symphony orchestra and three concerts at carnegie hall beginning january 30. i'm pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. >> thank you. >> is that the happiest moment for you when you are there with a good orchestra, with music and composers that you like leading them? >> this is a good question. many people feel extremely happy on the podium. i feel always that to conduct a great orchestra in front of the public that knows what they are listening, it is a big challenge every time. you cannot be completely happy. >> is it thrilling to be there? and each time, think i can get it better this time? >> every time. one of the most difficult moments is the end of the performance because if the public likes the performance the public applauds. sometimes with standing ovations and the public -- if you are honest with yourself, you start to think about all the things you did not achieve. you have to smile to the

as nixon when he went to china, the philadelphia orchestra went. as one of the cultural statements. it helped. when we went to japan the first time, it was such a revolution. even in the restaurants, the french restaurants, they lost their competition with the italian restaurants. >> what would you conduct at carnegie hall? >> three programs. quite interesting because we bring two symphonies. it is one of the greatest composers of the russian school together with the others. we do the first and the third symphony, the divine poem of the symphony. in the first program, we do the piece dedicated to the sea. prosperous voyage. then -- the first part is dedicated to the sea. the second program is the concerto number two. then a german program. the third program will be the fifth symphony. and then one we did in chicago a few days ago. having one day before another which is a great film. in two years time, we will do another product of the collaboration between a film director and a great composer which would be ivan the terrible. >> the hundred 25th sea

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 is your chance to find your heart in santa and cisco with someone special. -- san francisco with someone special. our first look out is here at buena vista park a favorite with couples and dog w

where is the orchestra and who wrangles the galaxy of stars on hollywood's big night. >>> good evening. thank you for joining us on this saturday. i'm cecilia vega. as we come on the air tonight, nearly 100 million americans. there is no escaping the wrath of this winter. take a look right behind me a thick coating of ice covering roads and trees. and in in tennessee, a state of emergency tonight. in alabama, watch this. that pick-up truck -- no match for those icy roads and to the north, that beautiful blanket of snow at the white house later turning to rain, a dangerous mix. and behind this storm, an arctic blast striking denver tonight set to reach all of the way across the country. that forecast in a moment. first, abc's linzie janis starting us off from monterey, tennessee. >> reporter: overnight, more than three-quarters of an inch of ice in some parts of illinois, vehicle after vehicle spinning out today. extreme weather wreaking havoc in 18 states. traffic snarled to practically a standstill on washington, d.c. area highways. this driver says it took him two hours to travel a q

you are both from the orchestra of the americas playing all over the world, actually now. you? how did you get into that? >> well, we are applying for this orchestra and on internet. we applied in videos and they chose our work. and then we get together and they teach us with very good maestro and we learn a lot with them. >> fantastic. >> and then we play together and we share different experience for all over the world. >> where are you from? >> i'm from the dominican republic. >> and you're from canada. so this orchestra includes kids from all over the -- the north and south america. central america as well. and how long have you been playing with them? >> i've been playing since 2013. i was lucky enough to go on a tour to central america with them. >> how great for you to be here and work with these kids? >> well it's been very -- a awesome experience to work this different people and we have a different approach of music, which is very interesting, because we have seen all things from a very different perspective. >> fantastic. you have enjoyed it? >> yes. >> we want

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. >> good morning. welcome to our go transportation authority plans & programs committee of february 10, 2015, my name is is katie tang i'm the new chairperson looking forward to working with the sfmta staff and want to welcome julie christensen our new vice chair and supervisor yee as well as and hopefully by the othe

then it was up to albert, the orchestra's surgeon, to heal them. is patients. but they survived. you took the wire from a bicycle? >> bicycle. >> reporter: the brake of a bicycle and turned it into a string for a violin. >> yes. >> reporter: and it played music? >> yes. >> reporter: sylvia's life has gotten more demanding since she started in the orchestra 17 years ago. she's got three kids now. there are no daycare centers in the neighborhood, so the kids are always with her, never far from her fiddle. but when she turns from mother to musician, she says she has left this planet. she's not in the congo anymore. opera vocalists came to teach technique and diction. and if you ever question that music is the universal language, watch this. ♪ ♪ ♪ a german-speaking teacher tutoring a french-speaking african how to sing an aria in italian. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bon, bon. >> reporter: the boys' choir has quite a repertoire now-- bach, mendelson, handel, and, of course, beethoven. the week we were there, the orchestra was rehearsing beethoven's 9th symphony. not exactl

today, she is the orchestra's first violinist. lors. were you surprised when you learned that they were made from trash? >> ada rios ( translated ): yes. i was very surprised because i had thought that trash was useless. but thanks to the orchestra, i now realize that there are so many different things that can be done with the stuff. >> simon: cateura didn't exist before paraguay's capital asuncion started dumping its trash here. the town grew up around the garbage and became one of the poorest places in south america. 2,500 families live here now. there is hardly any electricity or plumbing. the drinking water is contaminated. many of the children move from broken homes to crime and drugs. but ada and her younger sister noelia, who plays the cello, say that music has become their salvation, the centerpiece of their lives. >> ada rios ( translated ): when i play the violin, i feel like i am somewhere else. i imagine that i'm alone in my own world and forget about everything else around me, and i feel transported to a beautiful pla

yeah, they belong to a girl she's in the orchestra now. that's my sister. id this came running to my block said, come quick. your sister is here. that's how we met again. and then suddenly one day we were put on a train and sent off. i didn't think that we were survived because that was completely different from auschwitz. there was nothing there. you just waited to die. that's all. but the feeling to actually go away from auschwitz was fantastic. we're going away from here! i mean you didn't care where we were going, as long as we are going away from this unspeakable hell. >> the war in europe has ended. the hour for which the world has been six years waiting has come. >> it was an unbelievable moment, the liberation. when we saw the first british uniform, oh, my god. they're soldiers who don't want to kill us. we just couldn't believe it really. we thought maybe we're dreaming. oh, no. actually, british uniforms we see. then came the terrible realization what are we doing now? where do we belong? do i go back home? nobody there that i know. my parents are

. >> another element not in the auditorium on oscar night the orchestra. >> while people at home and r hear the orchestra music, it is actually being perform here a mile away at capitol records. music then piped through fiberoptic cables back to the theater t only takes 2.7 milliseconds. >> we just keep trying get that latency down, as close to zero so that performers can hear exactly what the orchestra doing and the orchestra can respond. >> movie clips and musical performance, will be in dole i 5.1 surround sound. technology at the theatres also helping stars and their fans connect through social media. this year the green room designed by architectural digest will have samsung tablets, and a gist mirror for celebrity reactions, powered by twitter. the academy added 4glte cell tower to improve activity. no charging station, since most celebrities aren't using their phones during the ceremony. >> unless, they're taking the ultimate hollywood selfie. kara tsuboi, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> now most of the nominees will walk away without statues. but some will still be getting gift ba

. >>> next weekend is valentine's day and the philadelphia orchestra has a special concert to serenade sweety, karen rogers has more in 6abc loves the arts. >> reporter: love is in the air as the philadelphia orchestra partner also with shakespeare theater of philadelphia for a special concert and play combo. >> an evening like this, we have the hall lit in a special way and create a different experience when you're in the hall beyond what you might see in a simple -- symphonic concert. 450 years later shakespeare provides so much inspiration. for the composers we chose were wrote based on on shakespeare. much to do about nothing and a midsummers night dream and romeo and juliette. >> we'll have vignettes between each peels or each moment that will place you inside the play. >> reporter: the orchestra jeremy rothman vows will be a night set with passion. >> to hear the orchestra to play these incredible pieces of music. bring somebody special on valentine's day and have a great time. >> reporter: the concert is at 8:00 p.m. verizon hall go to arts in philly.org or go to 6abc loves the

. >> reporter: another element not in the auditorium on oscar night, the orchestra. ople at home and inside the theater can hear the orchestra music, it's actually being performed here a mile away live at capital records. the music is then piped through fiber optic cables back to the theater and it only takes 2.7 mill seconds. >> we to get the late si down -- lay sensey down as close to zero so they can hear exactly what the okay stray is doing and the orchestra can respond. technology at the theater sls helping stars and their fans connect through social media. this year the green room designed by architectural digest will have samsung tablets for celebrity reactions powered by twitter. they added a cell tower to improve connectivity but there are no charging stations since most celebrities aren't using their phones during the ceremony unless they're taking the ultimate hollywood selfie. >>> good morning. welcome to wusa9 at 6:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. it's just about 6:30. the cold air has returned to the mid-atlantic and we're preparing for a refreeze. we're also p

were >> one of the things about the conduct our you enter and turn your your back and just so the orchestra contrary composer of this time if you accountability his music you would think he's a camera come important he become ill and it was crazy he at the end of his life and pushed the boundary to think we're not acceptable at this point for sure it had a great influence he was a great influence on the harmonic language on the contemporary up to now. i thought it would be interesting because they have e he was contemporary we use him on this and his life was you kill our wife you get poisons all those things are great stories for on opera. i was leaving behind a little bit which those collaborative dancers i was really trying to focus on opera. a friend of mine said well, what would you really want to do i said opera what is it not opera parallel. why isn't it are that i have the support now we can do that. i realized that was something that wasn't being done in san francisco no other organization was doing this as opposed to contemporary we are very blessed in san francisco to have organi

. >>> the baltimore orchestra is finishing its 10 year run at the stratmore. the music director of the b is o says her -- bso says her musicians not only performed regularly there but engaged with students in local schools. >> we're all about inclusion and access. we want everyone to feel this is an art form they can participate in. they can come in jeans, a tuxedo, whatever you want and really enjoy the concerts. >> the baltimore symphony orchestra averages more than 80% attendance. the bso celebrates its 100th birthday next year. >>> when winter weather strikes, u.s. airlines start scrambling their aircraft and today we got an up close look how they deice planes at dulles international airport. >> we start from the leading edge and we wash it off to the back. >> an important job there. united says nearly 150 arrivals and departures daily at dulles and the time between deicing their planes and the departure is critical obviously. six jets at a time can be deiced and prepped for takeoff and the airline doesn't wait until winter weather starts falling. >> we're

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. >> reporter: the orchestra's jeremy rothman believes it will be a evening full of music and passion> bring someone special and have a great time. >> reporter: the valentine's day concert at is 8:00 p.m. in the verizon high. go to 6abc.com/6abc loves the arts for more on this and other area events. for 6abc loves the arts, i'm karen rogers. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car is worth ♪ ♪ at webuyanycar.com ♪ >> welcome back it is sunday, 12:21, 44 degrees, sky6 live hd looking live at a beautiful shot of cape may, new jersey. >> what else rides new york city subway trains besides millions of people? todges of germs. -- tons of germs. there were germs that were associated with anthrax. super-storm sandy turned up bacteria linked to marine life. the levels of bacteria found pose no health problems. >> herb magee has achieved his rare milestone. he won his 1,000th game this weekend. all the wins are at a small school in east falls. # a big hug for the coach who is in his 48 season at philly university. he was his low key self after the

. >> we just keep trying to get that latency down to zero so the orchestra can respond. >> they have to make way for the big show. >>> if you purchased tickets to bill cosby show in santa rosa, you soon will be getting a refund. he was scheduled to perform june 6 this summer at the wells fargo center for the arts. but the promoter and cosby decided to postpone the show indefinitely now. he has been accused of sexual assault by dozens of women. >>> the rate of unemployment goes down after years of education goes up. but that doesn't mean you're earning more. degrees worth the most at 12:20. >> everybody is fed up with the snow in the northeast. but some of our four-legged friends are having a ball. they are getting down in the fluffy white stuff. [ laughter ] >> okay, so now the fog is cleared. so i can see clearly into the weekend. i'll show you where we expect rain and even possibly snow coming up. what's that thing? i moved our old security system out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. why don't you switch to xfinity home? i get live video monitoring and 24/7 profession

she instructed the orchestra to play "hail to the chief." even in this theater between 1,700 and 2,500 people all stood up and gave the president a standing ovation. people were cheering, they were very very excited and happy to see their president who had just helped them win this big victory in the civil war. and then he would finally go in, sit down and enjoy the rest of the play until of course the tragic hoemt trajgic moment that he was shot about two hours after he came in. all the clothing items went with lincoln to the peterson house where he was brought to live out his final hours. and after lincoln was taken from the house, his body was removed back to the white house. those items stayed there, but then they were returned to mrs. lincoln. mrs. lincoln is then the one who gave that greatcoat to dunn who was a favorite door keeper a kind of usher. he's the one who kept it for many years. he kept it in his family for over two generations. he had many offers to have that coat bought from him including a very generous offer from the pay

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the d.c. youth orchestra program. my opinion, one of most inclusive in the city. >> do they have to already know to do play an instrument or can they learn? >> they have tiny violences this high practicing and learning instruments, about 5 years old. inspiring. >> you start them at 5 and through high school? >> exactly. >> fantastic. congratulations on this big program. good luck with it. i hope we'll have a lot of people to come out and i want to remind everyone "forever free" at the arc and that is on sunday. two shows, at 3:00 and 6:00. >> yes. >> thank you so much for coming to talk about it. >> thank you so much barbara. >> thank you. >>> reaction is pouring in this morning to the passing of bob simon of "60 minutes." we'll look back on his career. >>> plus, a library sit-in 75 years ago and why the organizer was ahead of his time. stay with us. >>> i'm hoping the room sir true a third movie. say it's true? >> there's no green light, but it's definitely in the work. >> they're talking about the movie "the sisterh

tickets are available and before hand petting zoo to try out instruments there in the orchestra for fun going on. s.p. santangelo one of the last great broadcasters. >> glen thank you for coming to tell us about it. >> thanks for having me. >> glad you brought your batolin with you. remember the concert at the kennedy center 2:00 and tickets still available. >>> tomorrow is safer internet da up what you should be doing as parent to dieppe keep your child safe. >>> plus a planned sleep-in. what parents and students in our area are trying to persuade schools to do i have to say not every ex-girlfriend are we still friends but with 134 i am. >> she broke up with you, right? >> yeah. we had -- yeah. yeah. it was. >> and more from common on his ex-girlfriend, serena williams today at. >>> in about 15 minutes a group of d.c. residents will begin protesting a utility merger. they say it will raise your power bill. exelon is planning to buy pepco more than $6 billion in april. video of a protest in baltimore last week. today's protest in front of d.c.'s public service commission office at noon.

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earlier on as the orchestra played, you were clearly very emotional. ain to us the significance of this moment in time a year ago. >> well there was a peaceful non-violent resistance to criminal and corrupt dictator yanukovych who was supported by kremlin, but unfortunately the regime responded first with repressions with people who disappeared, kidnapped, who were tortured and killed. and finally, regime started massive killing, as you said 100 of people were -- were killed, so definitely this was -- this was a price we paid for independence. i would like to -- to clear two things. you have said the country is divided. no, the country is united actually and its resistance now in resistance to russian aggression. it's not ukrainian crisis. you know, it was crisis when we were fighting against the yanukovych regime but then russia intervened so what we have now is not internal ukrainian crisis this is russian aggression, which russia violated all of the international obligations in a very cynical method. >> reporter: let me jump in there, do you feel giv

he did these pieces that have stuck with me for years, about the monks about the orchestra in congo playing beethoven's 9th. they were moving anlmost restored your trust in journalism. >> it's very unlikely to have a career like bob had and have that training and that seasoning. because he came up through when the broadcast networks had tons of money and he could go somewhere and spend weeks there reporting the story. you can't do that anymore. >> almost like jon stewart on steroids. but not nearly as funny and not necessarily accurate as ever. and when sh somebody gets in to trouble, there is a hue and cry and the person is demonized. and you know what is like to be on that end. >> yeah i think we're living in an era where the ferocity and prosecution is much greater than the severity of most of the crimes. and that's true not only for people like brian williams but also for the politicians we cover. i mean -- >> why is it not -- >> i really want to have a president who has messed around. i really want to have -- my idea of a great president -- >> we had. >> and we had-of there was another

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the movie "selma." he won 27 emmy awards including this one about a south america orchestra whose poor members constructed their instruments out of trash. >> just look and listen. ♪ >> reporter: this is the recycled orchestra. >> reporter: "60 minutes" executive producer jeff fager praised his friend. >> he loved what he did. a body of work that i think is difficult to match. >> reporter: bob simon was 73. kris van cleave, cbs news, new york. >>> reaction to simon's death is pouring in from journalists who remember him for his lifetime of contributions to news and his writing. on twitter cnn's candy crowley called simon a courageous no-nonsense reporter with a touch of a poet. larry king recalled simon as a great reporter and a wonderful man. shortly after learning of his death, cnn host and "60 minutes" contributor anderson cooper called simon a warrior poet. >> bob was for the last five decades one of the best in my opinion the best in the world in getting a story, telling a story, writing a story, and making it simply unforgettable. >> and "cbs evening news" anchor and simon's "60 minutes" colleague sc