No war. You or. I hears the. News the 9095 days theres only one real question in peoples minds as far as im concerned one decision to be might which side or youre on. In the nick 980 s. Billy bragg became the musical face of britains political conflicts the coal miners strike had paralyzed the country from months the miners were protesting against pit closures and many people across the United Kingdom were showing their solidarity. Not only for just start a career or some other kind of public. Singersongwriter when the miners strike how can you encourage and the working class mobilize against Margaret Thatcher and suddenly i was in the workplace for the right time to start a more ideological kind of political some wine and the earth like many musicians of his generation the deeper had was influenced by punk rock which emerged in england in the late 1970 s. It was responsible for one little choice i should make. The 1st big block is racism just blundering 970 i went along it was the 1st political act which might have taken part and that i changed my perspective on the world. I think by one can be a role model to die when i was tasked with writing a new english language lyric for the go to joy rather than try to translate directly she was original pinewood just one line alan mentioned good and good on them become brothers as that universal idea of humanity a bill one that might mind lyrically is more or less an expansion of that idea and i think it speaks to us down the oh geez whenever the joys used its always that humanity that is evoked the joy of humanity in all its forms is that in beethovens might sing at the area getting any ng as currency of music what we do is empathy thats what were singing about were were trying to make people feel as if theyre not. Alone were trying to make people feel emotions for someone theyve never met perhaps all experiences that theyve never themselves have so thats what were dealing with again whether with political or not just i mean any some wise thing with that but if you match that empathy with activism if you encourage your audience to become active. And you really are going to need to do something because if you mix and that they will actually read your solidarity. Was so is it the text or is it the music of the final movement of beethovens night symphony which has such a political impact. I decided to ask someone who knows his way around politics as well as beethoven not atlanta is one of germanys best known politicians he was president of the German Parliament for 12 years and hes a great beethoven fan. Since he do you think that the piece is powerful as a political statement more through the text and what does the music also have something to do with it by the shrine im flows in music all the influence that music and musicians have had on Societal Development you know that is remarkable to especially in recent Human History dash butyl is going to be for been enormous suddenly the connection between music and lyrics plays a rather decisive role in our shock even though all of the new instrumental music i believe usually does not produce that kind of comparable immobilizing political effect that. Singer songwriters or composers manage to deliberately tackle political topics in texas can achieve much better results than politicians shuffle on text and also one does it seem to lead dino into is a 9th symphony is still a bold statement for many it was a statement i did a little experiment at the Brandenburg Gate and played the theme of the last movement of the 9th symphony for the tourists most of them said it was the european at them and not beethovens 9th symphony going to beethoven de mello need is to the melody has become the european anthem without the work and has clearly become independent almost everyone knows the melody already not everyone by a long shot invited knows that. Were condemned texts. The venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero lives in barcelona she has a skill that few classical pianist have mastered the art of improvise ation. Knowing the anecdotes of how beautiful and would sit down in improvise in the middle of those in the middle of his written works give me a sense that. Perhaps in the past the great geniuses. I felt himself a license to see music as not something that was fixed but rather malleable. Gabrielle montero is also known for her political commitment shes a strong critic of the regime in her home country of venezuela. The iraqi. People often asked me why i became involved why do i talk about politics in such things that i share sometimes if you were to look at my social media inbox you would see hundreds if not thousands of stories of venezuelans who have shared with me countless stories of horror of exile murder kidnap starvation family members dying for lack of medicine the most basic human needs are not. Enjoyed by the whole country. Because i knew that music is a great amplifier and magnifier of underlying motivations is example of using the beautiful tool of music to tell a story to raise awareness and to leave an imprint in history telling us today what he went in he lived through at the time. Is something thats valid for all generations i think he was a great example of someone who not only some music as. A tool for joy or a tool for for static beauty but rather a tool for carrying a message that was perhaps even more important than just some writing something sublime i am at yahoo. What was the most innovative thing about beethoven laying out each machine it was ecomog and the longer i delve into music in general and into beethoven in particular the more i come to the conclusion that the connection between tradition and innovation was the most outstanding feature for him does. One cannot seriously say that beethoven had nothing to do with the history of music the preexisting traditions are quite the contrary and converse speaking there is hardly anyone else who handles this tradition so confidently and then immediately blows it out of 5. Think. Its incredible how much beethoven has shaped our music world. Thats the end of part one but beethovens influence reach into many other genres to. Join me for part 2 will be looking at beethoven in the world but still music and john. Good. Luck. Yes. Clearing mines in ukraine one step at a time many young highly qualified people want to free their country from land mines and booby traps. Theyre even retraining to do it on the job 6 days a week away from their families. Whats driving them close up. 90 minutes on d w. 4. Language courses. Video audio. Anytime anywhere. Frankfurt. International gateway to the best connection self road and rail. Located in the heart of europe connected to the whole world. 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