Two or three young aspiring musicians. Dont do it a little Bit. If you do it, do it with conviction. Yes. 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 beethovens ninth symphony conducted by beethoven. So these people brought the knowledge how beethoven wanted his music to be played into our orchestras. Now this happens from beethoven now this happens from beethoven to brahms, bruckner, to brahms, bruckner, mahler, richard strauss, mahler, richard strauss, our collective memory. John williams. John williams. And i think that shaped and i think that shaped our collective memory. Today we have three of our academists here to get a masterclass. Two violinists, one flute player. Our academy is a Training Programme for young musicians to
Now on Bbc News arts in motion Vienna Philharmonic. Classical 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. Dont 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 beethovens ninth symphony conducted by beethoven. So these people brought the knowledge how beethoven wanted his music to
But they do need the right to be respected. I think they re living beings just like us, and so they should be understood as much as we possibly can understand them. We shouldn t inflict needless pain on them, and we should curb some of our habits that cause them a lot of suffering. Peta, your organisation, people for the ethical treatment of animals, opposes what it calls speciesism and a, quote, human supremacist worldview. Can you sort of explain what that actually means? well, i think we have to get over ourselves as a species, as a human species. We ve sort of set ourselves up as gods, and we regard anyone that doesn t fit into the human species as sort of trash. I mean, as you said earlier, we might pet them, we might skin them. We decide. And yet animals are not like us, they are us. If we took elementary biology, we learned that we are one animal among many. It s a great, if you will, somebody said an orchestra of life, we each play a different instrument. That s rather romantic
Welcome to hardtalk. Thanks very much, stephen. Its a great pleasure to have you in the studio. Let me start by trying to establish a core principle. Is it your belief that animals should enjoy equal rights, the same rights as humans . Well, not the same rights, because, of course, they dont need the right to do some of the things we wish to do, like drive a car or vote, although they might do better than weve done sometimes. But they do need the right to be respected. I think theyre living beings just like us, and so they should be understood as much as we possibly can understand them. We shouldnt inflict needless pain on them, and we should curb some of our habits that cause them a lot of suffering. Peta, your organisation, people for the ethical treatment of animals, opposes what it calls speciesism and a, quote, human supremacist worldview. Can you sort of explain what that actually means . Well, i think we have to get over ourselves as a species, as a Human Species. Weve sort of s
Community. So we will introduce you foundation apprenticeships, we balance funding in our Training System are back to young people, align that with what businesses really need. The first step to a Youth Guarantee that well eradicate Inactivity And Unemployment for young people once and for all that will eradicate. Applause but, conference, whatever anyone thinks about immigration, i will never accept the argument made not just by the usual suspects, but by people who should have known better, who said that millions of people concerned about immigration are one and the same thing. As the people who smashed up businesses and who targeted mosques, attempted to burn refugees, but racist graffiti on walls, nazi salutes at the cenotaph, Attacked Nhs Nurses and told people with different coloured skin, people who contribute here, people who grew up here, that they should go home. No. Applause no, conference. No, conference. People concerned about immigration would not be doing that because th