A 1st visit to the continent of the music they study i love the way. European people just. Heard from. Various theyre very serious about the music and the beauty of music African Music is. Played its. Rhythm with Classical Music is like you have to be in control of the piece the experience presses your motions even more when youre playing and when youre playing a slow piece. You said for no reason or whatever. And then you play this little piece and slopes. So that it really brings out that frustration. For me. Before the concert its rehearsals. The group also plays and sings south african pieces. Concert is dedicated to their
countrys triumph over apartheid. So. On a visit to south africa the oldest could go on a book alani takes us to his home at the edge of the town of freedom for. He started playing his instrument just 4 years ago thanks to teachers from the groups Outreach Program who regularly visit his community. Now the 16 year old practices his instrument 4 hours a day. He liv
Due to lung cancer. Hi there and a warm welcome to our arts and culture news and before we start with a fantastic news ical project from south africa lets have a quick look at what else is coming up on todays program. Its flower time in the belgian capital brussels and the city hall at the center. And if you bend it like beckham well youre sure to like the latest film from british director chad out blinded by the light blends a u. K. Coming of age story with the music. Well it was in 1998 that Peter Guy And American Double Bass Player who had moved to
south africa started the Ball Toby Last String project it began with 18 kids from the black townships around. And since then hundreds of children from disadvantaged backgrounds have learned to play a String Instrument Well Today the orchestra travels the world and we took in their performance at the right angle festival in western germany. Far away from home south africas bunch of String Orchestra plays a piece of music called the nelson.
my colleague david leavitt s has more on this wonderful group of young musicians welcome david and the books have been a string orchestra is really much more than just a musical group it s actually something that is changing people s lives tell us a little bit more in detail you know with the orchestra itself of course is touring europe and playing all kinds of public events in south africa but they re really just the public face of a much broader program string program which is taught hundreds of kids from poor areas how to play the violin viola bass and cello and they do that at their school in bloemfontein they actually bus kids in from the townships around they actually go to these kids pick them up from home because otherwise many of them wouldn t make it into practice and then teachers from the program also go to schools as far as 300 kilometers away and now the families of these kids do have to pay tuition fees about $60.00 euros a year which is a lot of money for some of them a
my colleague david leavitt s has more on this wonderful group of young musicians welcome david and the book string orchestra is really much more than just a musical group it s actually something that is changing people s lives tell us a little bit more in detail you know with the orchestra itself of course is touring europe and playing all kinds of public events in south africa but they re really just the public face of a much broader program string program which is taught hundreds of kids from poor areas how to play the violin viola bass and cello and they do that at their school in bloemfontein they actually bus kids in from the townships around they actually go to these kids pick them up from home because otherwise many of them wouldn t make it into practice and then teachers from the program also go to schools as far as 300 kilometers away and now the families of these kids do have to pay tuition