Travels through russia attorney on the stars of gold the legendary transsiberian train. We start off today show with the largest art event this year in the u. K. The great exhibition of the north over the next eighty days the northern english cities of newcastle and gateshead will host exhibitions and Live Performances will highlights include a special eighty meter water sculpture we checked out some of the attractions that await visitors. Damien hirsts shop preserved in full mile high and john lennons last piano objects associated with two artists who stand for the north of england in the city of newcastle and its neighboring town of gateshead the art of culture from the region is being celebrated in the great exhibition of the north its a combination of art show concept and street festival. The idea is to hold an eighty Day Celebration really showcasing the very best of northern design and innovation to actually show the world the contribution that nor the north and northerners has made in terms of some fantastic work yes in the past but more important was going on today and into the future. Connected by seven bridges across the river time in newcastle and gateshead also share a common history as an industrial location this was the birthplace of stevensons rockets the worlds fastest Steam Locomotive in eighteen twenty nine another british icon connected with newcastle is charles l. Gray the former Prime Minister also gave his name to. One more of the regions famous sons his pop star sting. Indie band the maximo park also hails from newcastle they composed this song which acts as the soundtrack for a water sculpture especially for the festival. Ah ah. Ah ah now i think its fantastic for newcastle i really need it we to me get the that side of that. The towers been dead and now with an epic and the people want to you know its our chance to show the new castle up to the to the world i think the north east identity especially kind of gets a bit of a reputation for larry ness and maybe a little bit wild. Actually thats not secured the scene about music around here that i think maybe doesnt get praised as much as. The great exhibition of the north is also a festival that invites visitors to take an active top ten professional dances dispersed around the city help get people up and moving and not the main station folks can get in the band. Chris sharkey has formed a group specifically for the occasion many members had never performed before some dont even plan instruments. Locals also become part of the art its a good idea of getting together a bunch of around idea i know over the course of the quite a short period of time building something completely new that has spirit and labor people and the area you know also something thats gone like this its intrinsically. Another way to experience art in the city is to embark on a sound journey called eels participants pick up headphones and listen to music while walking along the banks of the time senses recognize them location. And the music reflects their surroundings monson green composed and perform the piece. If you want to hear this piece of music you have to put on the headphones and you have to walk past all the ports is the only way you can buy say day a record so that makes it different it makes it a kind of live experience. Altogether some eighty exhibitions on the installations spread around the region trying to convey an idea of what the north of england is like and most of free of charge which. The northeast is a launch area isnt. Very diverse area and what we try to capture later through the exhibition is actually some of those questions what does it mean to be an old when it is the north star what is the one capsule its you know the meaning of north were not here to answer that question were here to ask the question and see how people respond to it. To formulate your own response just follow the festival slogan and get the full the end of the song. For john river joseph ford doesnt just take pictures he likes to blend his subject into the background of whatever he is shooting and this involves clothing them in elaborate specially created knit where weve got a closer look on a photo shoot with ford in the u. K. It isnt often that internationally famous british d. J. And musician fat boy slim blends into the background but today is an exception here in the english town of brighton hes the model for photographer joseph ford for dresses his subjects in hand knit items matching their surroundings creating a chameleon effect for his knitted camouflage project that my slim agreed to wear and robe created specially to fade into the eight metre wide smiley face painted on his rooftop a series are so thats thats. A spark a sense of humor. Attention to the. Ford has been interested in blending objects for years and his eyes are trained to see places that are perfect for melting them together i think the one thing that people of oscar about repeatedly is real is a what you dont see joy is all the retouching but i was very interested in working with sally which is which isnt easy to work with. It isnt perfect you dont get something which looks absolutely perfect thats why i got so excited when i was a bit leaner and so the shooting thats the thing i needed died provides the meticulously crafted knitwear for fords shoots their collaboration began four years ago. I met nina crazy about mystic crazy about buses and she was working on a jump of the bus. And so we decided to work on this concept together and took the first picture which was of a guy with a beard sitting in a bus. Calls herself the duke of wellington because of her love of knitting on wines from her day job as a student welfare advisor but picking up her needles and getting to work for fords next project i met this guy who needed an enormous knitted microbe so i said dont you worry safe hands so i miss it. And that while talking to him i mentioned that i needed to jump that looked exactly like a bus seat and which point he said forget the microbe lets do a photo shot of that so thats what we did the rest is history actually. Ford choose a location and brings the idea to nina for discussion he likes to challenge her but she rarely accepts defeat even when the project is the time consuming one. Designed is the difficult bit so i think maybe for six hours on the design and the knitting is kind of the easy bit but that takes ages and ages. Twenty hours forty hours i dont i dont count the hours i just sit here happily relaxing and knitting to the past ive designed. Only one photograph quired a reversed routine french swiss street artist mr shah created one of his famous graffiti cats to match ninas already completed sweater sometimes we i knit the jumper first and i say which quite is quite a large one or is a really teeny one so we have to get a model that is going to fit. The to jump this sometimes with a mind says i havent met them and ive kind of got an idea what it is quite flexible. But its it was a slightly terrifying maybe. But fatboy slim certainly proved to fit perfectly into the world of need it camouflage. The charge to five sessions up to before but no hes been stupid enough to try to wreck that kind of overhead camera driving thing before so yeah he just won that one you always got that one step too well one step further some might say too far but i just think the right one. Issue perhaps and the entire team is happy with the images. The fact that. Was was happy to do it for me because the. Only people skip faith was because people he must be inundated with people asking him for this kind of thing and he was happy to let us into his house spend a day. After looking through his many photos from the shoot for chooses his favorite. The final image from todays shoot will be featured alongside all of the photos from this project in an upcoming book set to be released in late twenty nine thousand. From start to finish the shoot only lasted about eight hours the knitting of course took a lot longer. Last weekend in the western german city of vs bodden two musicians took the stage to battle it out on their pianos a local orchestra served as musical backup and the audience played jury now this wasnt the first time that under a us can and policy bruce engaged in a musical tete a tete and we were on hand to see who triumphed in this round. These are two very different characters who are competing against each other each with his own distinct way of playing. The first round of the evening in the spot and starts with pianist. His competitor andrus karen strikes back with a powerful response. Now the public is asked to vote for the first time who came out on top in the first round. Up yeah. Thanks. For relaxation exercises in the afternoon before the concert the two of and battling it out on stage since two thousand and ten. It all started at the festival in hong kong where there was only room for one pianist together they came up with the idea of a duel in which the audience could decide who would return the following year since then they toured worldwide so whos better. I think im more popular i have a totally different style and im sure its because of the charm i exude. Off the top of the perhaps i have the more classical way of playing the most rational cerebral cup. I think i have Something Interesting and i knew to bring to the audience which god has its id say i have a special individual sound but you know individual and clung to something thats often sought after. The winner of the first round is the first to be accompanied by orchestral instruments in the second round. Oh a poet poet also my violins you just go over there. For his piece with the strings andrea selected mozart. For a stark contrast pose selected a piece by wagner. So i Pay Attention to his interpretations how he makes the piece his own also how he performs his facial expressions and how he gels with the other instruments. For me its more about the joy of playing in the entire picture that i have when i listen i mean musician myself so i know a bit about what i have to decide in the end i chose solid during the song my always least im very carefully and should make my decision less poorly quotidian says the jury so they realize i dont have to be an expert to evaluate its about my feelings and. Its now time for the concert grand finale. In the end its the final round thats decisive in determining the victory of the evening the result is very close up there. Underway as karen won over the german public with his charm but he shouldnt rest on his laurels at the next concert in a totally different country the results could be totally different. One of the best ways to explore europe is by train so were going to do just that on the legendary transsiberian route from decca town burg to moscow now this route takes passengers to the locations where some of the world cup soccer matches are being played so there is yet another reason to hop on board the elegant sars gold. Lennon watches over the people here and your guitar and work the city is russias fourth largest its also near the birthplace of boris yeltsins. The passengers on the sars full train celebrate their arrival in europe take a tour and board lies right on the border between europe and asia. Theyve already traveled eight thousand kilometers from beijing via the mongolian manchurian grassland passed along bought or like by call here could scan novosibirsk over ten days and nights until they arrive here in your guitar and board. The train is partially decorated in accordance with the tastes of the soviet era when only high Ranking Party officials were allowed to travel on. The train and actual pot from hamburg have already seen a lot on their journey and they dont mind the modest accommodations. But the path to get used to the small bed even though i am one meets ninety told and can only sleep in one position i dont mind that the train doesnt offer for a five star luxury of time but its comfortable enough you shouldnt expect anything if you embark on a journey like that its. High time to time after two days youre used to it and you sleep well you joke about it when youre headed down the hallway to the restaurant car and the train sways but its fun. There are lots of different nationalities on board the train. And this is my first. Kind of. My dream. But youll hardly meet any russians on board the transsiberian express. Even though we travel through russia most of the route there are a few russians on board. The trance Iberian Railway has a different meaning for them its called siberia its lifeline but more in the sense that its simply a form of transportation. To translate theory and links moscow and lot of us talk it was constructed in the late Nineteenth Century to transport wood to war and how the resources from industrially underdeveloped siberia to the west it was built bit by bit and completed one hundred years ago. The route stretches over eight different time zones often tourguide dietmar hebert has to remind the passengers that they need to turn back their clocks. I want to remind you that we will be possible through two time zones tonight so please remember to turn back your clocks. But if im traveling west on the transsiberian train passengers again six hours so ironically theyre here never to bleed jet lagged on board. But theres lots of time to enjoy the journey still why travel all this distance by train instead of by plane. He missed so much when youre on a plane and you dont get to interact or falter quite as nice the train seems the way we had viewed it as close to the culture as possible as opposed to the people one maybe the place and fill with he is very nice if. This is the capital of the autonomous republic of tighter stop for hundreds of years muslims Christians Jews stars and russians have been living here peacefully side by side as the citys impressive architecture shows getting afternoon Young Students from the cousin music school play a surprise concert for the train passengers. The school is famous throughout russia and has produced some world class talents. High culture meats down to earth russian food the trains three restaurants serve a lot of fish but also make potatoes and vegetables the atmosphere is very laid back. Its great you dont have to worry about anything everything is organized for you and it all runs smoothly. Not just us here by day i think well take many beautiful memories with us and weve met some great people it was with us. The last leg of the journey is across central russia after ten thousand kilometers to train reaches its final destination moscow. Now from moscow to ireland have you ever heard of italy in pipes now this irish equivalent of goddess bagpipes was developed in the mid eighteenth century but how different are they to original bagpipes or we travel to dublin to have a listen. The sound of the dylan pipes kevin ross and his one of the best in one pipers in ireland. Are like scotlands famous back pipes filling pipes get air pumped in the players elbow. Musically no one pipes are more versatile than other bagpipes. The pipe chatter has two octaves go into three. These pipes have regulators the called for a company in their melody. I like this the soft sound of the pipes i like sweet sound sweet tone. Traditionally male and pipes are played only indoors the cobblestone pub in dublin hosts live music sessions every evening. To these folk musicians the instruments sound are something very special. I suppose one of the oldest instruments armins and its a beautiful science its like the backbone of the session its you know. The whole room can hear us and you just see its not in behind us and there is that we displace at the scene he said you dont get from any other instrument reading. Six generations of kevin ross and family have played the eleven pipes. The history of the eleanor union pipes goes back to the eighteenth century. For many years it was a favorite among high society. But by the mid one nine hundred sixty s. The tradition was fading and in danger of disappearing altogether. Kevin ross and his grandfather leo played a key role in saving the instrument from oblivion he was a virtue also a teacher and the builder of the pipes. His favorite set of pipes that he made himself is now on display in the National Museum of ireland. And his father william learned plenty they can spend all of his life learning perfection as our leo learned from him the young person so he had all that knowledge to start over with and in the one nine hundred twenty s. When you listen to leos playing the read are so like to be blown very sweet so its the balance of the reeds which is the real secret. Keegan has been making ill and pipes for some twenty years hell learn the craft from his grandfather working ebony and artificial ivory requires the utmost care and patience. Its a labor intensive process and completing an entire set of pipes can take up to a year. Keegan also takes great care with the reach. Of the instruments holder read. The sound on the melody from the chant its the most difficult its really part of point making that takes years to master how to make three percent size work on a page tone volume and its hard to blow soft a blow so its sound up to these that and thats you know. One two three. Seven rossum does what he can to keep the traditional one the code and giving lessons to others the students are his nephew their to be part of the sixth russian generation to master this instrument even when youre able to play them out so takes practice and practice well just feel the air and how much air you need what youre planning its all about the rhythm and getting into and i think its also the greatest the greatest joy about it is once youve mastered that when youre playing in a session you just kind of feel the rhythm that everyone else has got going and its hard to lose that it once happened i feel the feels really good to be a part of the. 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