Heres. The 9095 days theres only one real question in peoples minds as far as im concerned one decision to be might which side are you on. In the mid 1980 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. I. Not only for just start a career or some other kind of punk sing a song or when the my. And strike happy and co and the working class mobilize against Margaret Thatcher and suddenly i was in the right place at the right time to start a more ideological kind of political some wine and the earth like many musicians of his generation biddy brad was influenced by punk rock which emerged in england in the late 1970 s. The french responsible for one little as i mentioned when they played a complete 1st big block against racism just in london in 170 i went along i was the 1st political act which might have taken part and that i changed my perspective on the world. I think by un 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 schillers original pinewood just one line alan mentioned good and good all men become brothers as that universal idea own humanity and build on that my lyric is more or less an expansion of that idea and i think that it speaks to us down the ages whenever the joyous used its always that humanity that is evoked the joy of humanity in all its forms is that in beethovens night singing at you getting at the a glorious thing and the currency of music what we do is empathy thats what we sing about were were trying to make people feel as if theyre not alone were trying to make people feel in my. For someone theyve never met perhaps all experiences that theyve never themselves have so thats what were dealing with again whether were political or not just i mean any song was dealing with that but if you match that empathy with activism if you encourage your audience to become active. Then you really are going to need to do something because if you mix and that they will actually reduce some of. The yeah. Yeah so is it the text or is it the music of the final movement of beethovens 9th symphony which has such a political impact. That 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 for. Cindy 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 bites trying yeah inflows 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 dashed mutiny billingsley for been known incidentally the connection between music and lyrics plays a rather decisive role in. The hall of the new instrumental music i believe usually does not produce that kind of comparable immobilizing political effect that. Singer songwriters or composers and im sure deliberately tackled political topics in tech with this kind of cheesy 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 night symphony for the tourists most of them said it was the european at them and not beethovens 9th symphony going to beethoven the middle need is to the melody has become the european anthem without the work and has clearly become independent of almost everyone knows the melody already not everyone by a long shot invited knows that. Content text. 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 beethoven would sit down in him from eyes in the middle of his son arthurs 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 and such only 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. Be telling you 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 you was a great example of someone who not only some music as. A tool for joy or a tool for for a static beauty but rather a tool for carrying a message that was perhaps even more important than just some writing something sublime beyond. Us what was the most innovative thing about beethoven. 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 lee there is hardly anyone else who handles this tradition so confidently and then immediately blows it out i have done so far to paint. Its incredible how much beethoven has shaped our music world. Thats the end of part one but beethovens influence reach into many other genres. Join me for part 2 well ill be looking at beethoven in the world of film music and john. Mean. The. Plug. Yes. Busy. Why cant Mother Nature last night and is the sunlight awake and with grave consequences. Like pollution at the moment allan modern civilization amounts researchers are looking for ways to reduce the excess of light so that Mother Nature can finally sleep again tomorrow to do anything from 30 minutes on d w. 3. Down to the modern day. Artists search for a treat. For their mark and that. Is a. March 24th. And 60 minutes on t. W. Some time. And slammed. The comments from people who struck the mudslides the day was so strong that it cannot be changed to the be celebrating the 30th anniversary of his regurgitation october 3rd on d w. Play. The game. Play. This is the news line from berlin u. S. Supreme court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg has die the death of the liberal judges and i think gives President Donald Trump a chance to expand the conservative majority on the court as he faces reelection live to our correspondent in the us also coming up israel goes into its 2nd nationwide lockdown as the jewish new year begins public spaces to empty and people ordered holidays coronavirus cases sold out the move could be catastrophic for an already suffering economy. And if you put in a sling season starts with a very familiar story meaning when the big of the shelf can. Imagine how it welcome we begin with some breaking news the u. S. Supreme Court JusticeRuth Bader Ginsburg has died a Statement Released by the court said the 87 year old died of pancreatic cancer at her home in washington d. C. Surrounded by her family she had gone through several battles with cancer over the past 20 years ginsburg was seen as the leader of the liberal wing of the u. S. Supreme court passing now gives president dont trump a chance to show the conservative majority on the court. From faces reelection in november he learned of ginsburg step at a Campaign Event heres what he had to say about her having to speak of a some loud music. Was an amazing woman. Who is an amazing woman. Ok and we will hopefully come to us correspondent a little later in the show. Is whats making news in other parts of the world. The u. S. Has banned downloads of the chinese and my ball. And we checked citing National Security concerns the ban takes effect on sunday it comes as u. S. China tensions over technology are rising to 100000000 users in the United States. Officials in california have been forced evacuation orders as. The cat 5 is in Los Angeles CountyEmergency Services say the blazes and the partially contained at least 34 people have been killed in the western u. S. And recently its. The russian leader. Has told the u. N. Human Rights Council that countries or thirtys must in violence against protesters and set up free and fair president ial election. President Alexander Lukashenko has faced weeks of mass protest of the claims he rigged the election in the east. Around 5000 migrants have moved into a new camp on the great island of lesbos thousands more are still sleeping out in the open after fires destroyed the notoriously of a crowd of moriah refugee facility most are refusing to move into them you can. Turning now to other news in israel has reimposed a full nationwide lockdown with or thirtys theyre saying its the only way to slow soaring corona virus infections the measures will severely restrict movement for 3 weeks they come into effect as israel mocks the jewish new year and several other religious holidays. Midday in jerusalem shortly before festivities get underway its. The jewish new year but the streets are empty. The countrys 2nd lockdown has just begun and despite the Festive Season visits to relatives in other neighborhoods are banned israel has been registering around 6000 new covered cases a day in a country of 9000000 people thats a lot and it gives it one of the highest rates of infection in the world according to the Prime MinisterHealth Care Officials have to clear code red. In the last 2 days with witnessed another alarming increase in morbidity and a continued increase in the number of critically ill patients. The mind is the made him light at the mortality rate and as many of the experts have recommended we may have no choice but to tighten the guidelines. Many accuse netanyahu of ending the 1st lockdown to worley and in doing so setting up a 2nd wave of infections the crisis has hit the economy including Small Businesses across the country hard. It will hurt us because businesses continue to pay full rent no 1. 00 helps us with the extra expenses and the workers are home to 3 weeks of closure will be very significant for us with it and you know they must i dont know if this closure will help or not we will know the result only after its over but if theres no change in the behavior of people then it isnt worth it. Down is currently expected to last for 3 weeks meaning it will affect a number of major holidays thousands of Police Officers are being deployed to enforce the measures and the Prime Minister netanyahu has already said that if the situation worsens even tougher restrictions could be imposed. While many countries in europe are also contending with a surge in new infections lets take a look at some of the latest developments across the continent Prime Minister baraks johnson says the u. K. Is now facing a 2nd wave of the coronavirus which he says was inevitable restrictions in some regions have been tightened but johnson says he wants to avoid a 2nd full scale walk down. The board of the new part of the spanish capital madrid that measures will restrict movements of residents in badly affected parts of the city and to go into force on monday and france has registered another break or day the increase in cases more than 13000. 00 in 24 hours. All right returning now to our top story thats the death of u. S. Supreme Court Justice ruth by the ginsburg our Washington Bureau correspondent in us paul joins us now from Denver ColoradoRuth Bader Ginsburg was an incredibly influential figure in this what has been the Immediate Reaction to. Well people were mourning and we even heard President Donald Trump really finding some nice words about her she was an icon she was an advocate for women ride she was an advocate for l. G. B. Secure rights and you know she was kind of like a rock star you even could phone cops and t. Shirts so she was admired by many many people in this country. And i believe in this we have the thoughts of some americans to the dates of birth by the ginsburg. Oh i think i think shes really one of the greats of the Supreme Court should be remembered. As long as this country is in existence for what shes contributed. I mean she was wonderful and lived a long life but. To be selfish we really needed her to make it past the election and it just will drive more of a wedge into our politics likely between now and november and just crashed because she is an icon and trailblazer. I just hope the president you know appoint somebody that is very competent. With the constitution in as your in denver reporting on the u. S. President ial campaign there are 45 days to go until the election does that give President Donald Trump and nuff time to install a conservative replacement. It is cutting it close but the Republican Party has the majority in the senate by 6 wallets and it is very unlikely that more than 3. 00 to 4. 00 republicans might not vote for a new supreme Court Justices and a single majority is enough so. I think prison donald trump will be able to kind of implement is 3rd supreme Court Justice in his 1st term in this what role if any could ginsbergs death play in the us president ial race. It will be you which 1st of all it will be highly criticized that donald trump pushes this really emplacement forward so far joe biden his rival from the Democratic Party already has said the people should vote the next president in the next president should then elect the next supreme Court Justice meaning that donald trump should wait until he is reelected before he chooses a new supreme Court Justice this is the one argument and the other one is you know we have to keep in mind the outcome of this election will be really close there will be many people who will doubt the result and then by the end of the day it will be the same supreme Court Justice who decides who the next president of the United States will be so this is a very very important appointment Washington Bureau chief in a spoke many things. To sports news now an opinion not of the bundesliga way of buying meaning time defending champions have already put themselves on top of the league in the new season they match against child who is played without spectators but with brutal efficiency on the part of the hunting. Byrons massive stadium without fans once again local authorities saw a spike of corona virus infections as too high to risk lives the home club didnt miss a beat though all of 4 minutes in surgeon operate took the pass and delivered. Yeah sure commish put the long ball on cannot raise right foot and operated the rest no one really knew it then but the route was on. Up 3 nil if the break newcomer and surprise starter leroys sunday beat to shelter defenders before dishing it off to going out every. And sunday who also scored in the goal 1st would help to not break to a hat trick he showed stunning grace behind the shock of defense eventually touching it again over to his teammate. Cannot reach their goal and it was 5 mill. Jamaal most eola got in on the act as well the 17 year old scored his 1st goal for the senior squad slotting the ball home to make it 8 mill fire and take their 30th win in the last 31 matches fans in the stands or not the message was sent not only to german rivals but those in europe looking to displace the Champions League champions. Of him and how this could have leaked says he complained hes completed his last major project of his life the idea of your all his works rank among the most valuable in contemporary outdone added a new set of abstract stained glass windows to germanys oldest. Its a monumental gift of the bilbo value light shines through an original work by care hard to ishtar abstract art meets Gothic Church architecture but its not a biblical scene which is depicted. I think its incredibly important we dont give in to the temptation to depict god as an old man with a bushy beard and white. When gary hart was to create the windows he agreed immediately. The artist was not present at the opening but let it be known he is very happy with the result the artwork is based on an abstract painting from 1990 which richter processed digitally. Split it up on the computer and mirrored it then mirrored the image over and over again here and the middle we have the progression he used as a model for the towline being. A log of poli. Turning into glass is a process of translation canvas into a very special material the windows were created here in the studios of the hoff class or have found 3 in munich various techniques were used details from the canvas version of a very different effect in class. But i have thats because we have lights a canvas image isnt backlit we class you have a situation with different lighting conditions morning afternoon evening with the sun shining through or not. I had already designed a church when. In 2007 he made one for the cologne cathedral now theres a counterpart in total i just bought the fact that richter actually left the church. Theres this promise of eternity being present for centuries in a church so thats a different appeal than having pictures in a museum. Germanys oldest abbey in the small village of total i is now also a place of pilgrimage for lovers. Youre watching news live from berlin a Science Magazine is up next on the death of the its called tamara thats looking at the issue of pollution dont forget you can always get over leds news and information around the clock on our web site thats a v w dot com and also follow us on twitter and instagram as well have a list i think the police news on after the album 45 minutes the man the team here in berlin thanks so much. For. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Hour corona. Covert 19 special next on d w. Is for me. Its for. 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