now on bbc news — arts in motion: vienna philharmonic.lassical music plays austria is known for classical music, from haydn and mozart until schoenberg. this is our heritage and this is also our duty to perform in the very best way that we can do. we are members of the vienna philharmonic, special orchestra, a group of unique musicians making music together since 183 years. today we will be hosting a masterclass given by our member. you need to have more emotion. two or three young aspiring musicians... don't do it a little bit. if you do it, do it with conviction. yes. l again. ..preparing them for auditions to become a member in our orchestra. the one thing that sets us apart from others, i think, is our history. the sound of the vienna philharmonic is special because of all our great composers who shaped our sounds. we had members who played in the first performance of beethoven's ninth symphony conducted by beethoven. so these people brought the knowledge how beethoven wanted his music to be played into our orchestras. now this happen

we are members of the vienna philharmonic.m going to do a masterclass with one of the flautists in the vienna philharmonic, known all around the world. i love teaching. carrying on this tradition and giving it to young people is something that is very dear to my heart. petra first plays the brahms no 4, the fourth movement. it's the last movement of the last symphony of brahms. one of my teachers always said about the solo that it's all about the highs and lows of a life in music. it's really challenging. it doesn't sound like it, but it really is. good. very nice. i think we can work a little bit on having more character, more suffering, also, because this actually is the lowest point of a 45—minute symphony. and how we do that is by really having a big climax here to the f sharp. once more, from the solo. yes. and now to the b. now stay. yes. good. so we have this small building of the phrase, and then it's really like, "huh _ "i will never climb this mountain. "i don't have the strength." so really show us a little bit more

we are members of the vienna philharmonic, special orchestra, a group of unique musicians making musicore emotion. two or three young aspiring musicians... don't do it a little bit.

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