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Sky blue!
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Thunderstorm!
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Heaven's gate!
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The Song of Life
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Very gently.
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In places you sound
like birds in a forest
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who chime in
with a melody
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whenever it strikes
their fancy.
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Listen.
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September...
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Thank you.
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Don't sing it too nicely,
it's only a rehearsal.
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Now let's sing "October".
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October...
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I'm a musician and composer,
and when I was in my mid-twenties
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I became fascinated
in older people's voices.
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They have wrinkled and grumbly voices
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that have changed very much
during their lives.
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During my studies I stayed
in a nursing home for a few weeks
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and conducted interviews.
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I like putting voices like that
in an environment
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that really allows them to shine.
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Sonnenberg Nursery Home
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- What's that?
- The musical instrument I brought.
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Look.
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- Leaves!
- What are we meant to do with those?
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- Make music, of course.
- Look at them?
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We can rustle them.
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Now we're ready to make some music
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with the help
of our sound transforming wizard.
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- What can he do?
- He can work magic with sounds.
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Oh, magic!
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Terrible.
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What's so terrible?
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If you don't like it,
then go on and say so.
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- But instead you just keep whinging.
- So do you.
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Everyone's welcome
to express their views.
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Not everyone has to like
what we're doing here.
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Who wants to start?
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- Mrs Thost?
- Yes.
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- Is that okay?
- Yes.
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- Can you hear the sounds?
- Yes.
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Very interesting.
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Would you like to have a go,
Mr Günther?
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Matthias Schneider
will playback the sounds you make
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so that you can orchestrate
a one-man composition.
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Just hilarious.
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Maybe just say "Hello" or something.
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Can I say anything at all?
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Or maybe sing something?
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Yes, you can do that.
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Falling in love again
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Never wanted to
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What am I to do?
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I can't help it
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Love's always been my game
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Play it how I may
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I was made that way
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I can't help it
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Falling in love again
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Never wanted to
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What am I to do?
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I can't help it
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Did both your parents die
at the same time?
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No, my mother died of breast cancer
when I was four.
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My father died of stomach cancer
when I was eleven.
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Oh my!
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I remember standing there
in the cemetery
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and asking where my mummy is.
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People said,
"Your mum's in heaven."
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I used to look up to the sky
and say,
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"Where is she then?
I can't see her.
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"Mummy! Mummy, where are you?
I want to see you!"
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It was a horrible experience
for me as a child
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to look up at the sky
and not be able to see my mother.
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I can, for example, imagine conceiving
a piece of music together
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that is
in some way related to your life,
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to everything that you've experienced
and suffered through.
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If you were to imagine
the symphony of your own life,
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what ideas come to mind?
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What would it have to contain?
How should it sound?
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I like the string instruments the best.
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Violin is the instrument
I have the most affinity for.
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It is the instrument
that would best express
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the experiences
I have had throughout my life.
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It's going to be a lot of work then.
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We'll need a whole orchestra
to set your life to music properly.
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How long have you had
such severe problems with your eyes?
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I'd have to say it probably started
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about four,
four and a half years ago.
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I can't do things by myself.
I always need others to help me.
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That's really
what saddens me the most.
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It causes me
a lot of pain and distress.
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I can't read anymore, either.
I had so many books.
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My husband and I put everything off
until after we'd retired.
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We dedicated our time
to our practice and our patients.
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We had to be there for them.
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We thought we'd get to read everything
once we'd retired.
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But the good Lord had other plans.
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My darling husband
was snatched away from me
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and the good Lord
took my eyesight from me as well.
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If you wish to see it
in those terms, that is.
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It doesn't sound like the Lord
has been very good to you.
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I have railed against him many a time
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and asked him
what I did wrong in my life.
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What am I being punished for?
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Living like this
is a harsh punishment.
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- Very deep.
- Elemental?
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My love of music sits
in the very depths of my soul.
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- So it's a fundamental need?
- Yes, absolutely.
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As a musician,
I can understand that very well.
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Yet, for you, this connection to music
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is something essential
to your very existence.
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Our time knows no land more fair
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Than this land of ours beyond compare
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Where we now gather
Under the linden trees
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At eventide
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Where we now gather
Under the linden trees
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At eventide.
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Thank you very much.
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I have a question for Mr Werner.
Mr Werner?
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Are we singing
a bit too fast for you perhaps?
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- Shall we try doing it more slowly?
- Yes.
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Our time knows...
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no land more fair
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Than this land of ours...
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beyond compare
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Where we now gather...
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under the linden trees
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At eventide.
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That was very nice.
Thank you very much.
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Did you all sing so enthusiastically
when you were younger?
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- Yes.
- Really? How about you, Mrs Reisinger?
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- No.
- Why not?
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When I went to school
I used to sing,
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but then everyone told me to stop,
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because I was throwing the others off,
so I kept quiet.
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And now with you I'm learning
how to sing all over again.
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Did any of you use to play
a musical instrument?
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Harmonica.
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- Piano.
- Wait. Let's go along one by one.
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I played the piano and the accordion.
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I mostly played the accordion
when I was younger.
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I played more piano later.
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- Did you play as an adult?
- Yes.
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You can feel
where the black keys are.
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I've got it.
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Give it a try. That's right.
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That sounds great.
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You've got great rhythm!
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I think we should
meet up another time, separately.
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Let's sing a bit more now.
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- We'll play together another time.
- Fantastic.
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We should give her a round of applause
for having a go.
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Oh, thank you.
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Good.
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Cologne
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In addition to my project in Stuttgart
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I've set up an experimental choir
for elderly singers
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with Ortrud Kegel and Alexandra Naumann
in Cologne.
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All of the participants have to be
at least 70 years old.
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From rehearsal one the group dynamic
has been surprisingly strong.
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Like an autumn wind.
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Let's say it all together.
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Have you got it?
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Note by note.
We want to aspirate them.
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They're brought in
and then carried away by the wind.
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Okay, let's try it.
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I have your accordion here,
Mr Günther.
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I don't know much about these.
What's the best way to put it on you?
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- Just take it out.
- Okay.
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You have to tell me what to do now.
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There we go.
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I'm completely and utterly damaged.
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We did quite well in that case.
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- Sorry?
- We did quite well in that case then.
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Okay, so this is the right hand side.
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Can I rest it on your knee?
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I haven't played this for years.
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Ah, my old accordion.
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It's going to be difficult to play
with the one hand.
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It's will be a real struggle.
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Maybe you could focus on the right one
and I'll do the bellows
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since there's no feeling
in your left arm anyway.
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I'll come a bit nearer.
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Sorry?
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- No.
- Nothing doing? Okay.
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- I'm really very sorry.
- At least you gave it a go.
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My fingers are virtually paralysed.
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- If you...
- I can't do it.
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I think your body remembers
how it worked back in the day,
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yet if one half doesn't work,
the other half doesn't want to either.
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How else could we do it?
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I could stand behind you
and work the bellows.
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Shall we try it like that?
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You'd be wearing it again.
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Or are you fed up
with this fussing about?
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- It won't work.
- It won't?
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It's frustrating, isn't it?
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But it will be nice
with the keyboard too.
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We'll do something with it.
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We'll do the best we can.
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- Ah, well this is very nice!
- Yes.
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You've put in a few personal touches.
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That's me and my husband.
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- That was our second marriage.
- The second one?
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We got divorced once.
He was an alcoholic, so I divorced him.
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But then his parents both died
and I felt sorry for him,
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so I married him again.
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It was in a registry office that time.
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- And you collect dolls?
- Yes.
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When we sang that song recently,
"Can Love Be a Sin",
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you said, with all your might,
"No! Love can never be a sin!"
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It sounded like that came
from personal experience.
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- It did.
- Really?
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After my confirmation,
I saw my boyfriend,
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or rather, the man
who was to become my boyfriend.
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We were just walking around
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and the men were sat down somewhere
singing and I thought,
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"What a lovely voice he has."
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He looked at me and said,
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"You're confirmed now.
Let's both go for a little walk."
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We went into the woods,
and that's where it happened.
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I was confirmed when I was 14.
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In July, I turned 15.
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And in December
my Annemarie was born.
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- In the same year? You turned 15?
- Yes.
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It was my first ever time with a man,
and I got pregnant immediately.
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- It was a terrible time.
- Really?
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Everyone talked about me
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and saw me as being a bad girl.
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I didn't have any friends, nobody.
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Girls were told to steer clear
as I might rub off on them.
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- So you were really ostracised?
- Yes, exactly.
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Did your parents support you at least?
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My mother used to hit me
nearly every other day.
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- While you were pregnant?
- Yes.
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And when she was in a bad mood
she would hit me every single day.
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Was that over several months?
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For about two months.
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When she saw my belly growing,
she stopped.
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Don't wait for me.
You're always spot on.
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If anyone makes mistakes, it'll be me.
Carry on.
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- Can it...
- Can it really be a sin?
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To give someone...
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To give someone everything
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Shall we read through it together?
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Can it be a sin to love?
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Should it be a secret
when we share a kiss?
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When we forget everything
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In a whirlwind of joy?
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Then I tinkle around
on the piano a bit.
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Can it be a sin to love?
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Even if it were, I wouldn't care
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For I'd rather go sinning
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Than live without love!
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Instead of looking
at your sheet music at the end
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look up and sing
to these lovely people here.
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Than live without love!
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Ta-da!
Let's do the last line again.
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Then I'd rather go sinning
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- Than live without love!
- Than live without love!
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And play to the audience.
Let's do it again.
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Do just the last line,
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with a coquettish look
at the audience.
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- Okay? Right.
- I'd rather...
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- Then I'd rather go sinning
- Then I'd rather go sinning
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- Than live without love!
- Than live without love!
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- It'll be good. Keep it up.
- I sure hope so.
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Thank you
for going to so much trouble with me.
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Good morning.
Is your name König?
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- Yes.
- So is mine.
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- I don't think you're my husband.
- We're not related.
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Though who knows?
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That's okay like that.
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This is a serious set-up here.
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Shall I turn you around a bit?
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Yes, a bit to the right please.
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Really testing all the keys,
aren't you?
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It goes well when we play together.
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When we both play, it works.
282 10:24:10:14 10:24:14:15
Did you know the "Witches' Dance"?
Were you there when he wrote it?
283 10:24:14:19 10:24:17:14
He wrote it in about 1965.
284 10:24:17:18 10:24:20:08
- So you already knew each other then?
- Yes.
285 10:24:20:12 10:24:23:05
- So you saw him compose the piece?
- Yes.
286 10:24:23:09 10:24:26:04
- Were you proud of him?
- Of course.
287 10:24:27:08 10:24:29:19
I was fancy-free back then.
288 10:24:32:06 10:24:34:22
- 44 years.
- You were 44?
289 10:24:35:01 10:24:38:00
No, we've been married
44 years.
290 10:24:38:04 10:24:41:12
- 44 years?
- Yes. Is that a long time?
291 10:24:41:16 10:24:45:05
- Not many manage that these days.
- Very true.
292 10:24:45:09 10:24:47:02
You should be proud.
293 10:24:47:06 10:24:52:07
At 75, he was running around Paris
like a man half his age.
294 10:24:52:11 10:24:55:06
But six months later he had a stroke
295 10:24:55:10 10:24:57:06
and was in a wheelchair.
296 10:24:57:10 10:25:01:14
And that put an end to everything?
Driving, playing the accordion?
297 10:25:01:18 10:25:05:05
When that's what you live for,
and it's taken away from you...
298 10:25:05:09 10:25:08:16
I think musicians understand
how terrible that is.
299 10:25:10:06 10:25:12:09
- Yeah.
- Yes.
300 10:25:14:20 10:25:19:20
I think
that every musician feels the same.
301 10:25:19:24 10:25:21:02
Yes.
302 10:25:24:10 10:25:28:07
- We're in the dining room now.
- Ah, okay.
303 10:25:28:11 10:25:31:05
- The grand piano is over here.
- Okay.
304 10:25:31:09 10:25:36:06
Can I maybe put your handbag
over to the side?
305 10:25:36:10 10:25:38:05
Of course.
306 10:25:38:09 10:25:42:04
- I'll put it on the table over here.
- Please do.
307 10:25:42:08 10:25:43:11
Thanks.
308 10:25:43:15 10:25:46:04
- Take a few steps forward.
- Okay.
309 10:25:46:08 10:25:50:01
Now turn around slightly, to the right.
310 10:25:50:05 10:25:51:22
A little bit more.
311 10:25:52:01 10:25:56:05
- Now you can sit yourself down.
- Very good.
312 10:25:56:09 10:25:58:24
I'll put you here by the high keys.
313 10:25:59:03 10:26:03:01
- Then I can accompany you a bit.
- Lovely.
314 10:26:03:05 10:26:05:07
- Right...
- Wonderful.
315 10:26:05:11 10:26:09:05
- Can you feel for the keys again?
- Okay.
316 10:26:09:09 10:26:13:17
That's right.
Maybe go for the black ones.
317 10:26:13:21 10:26:15:06
Excellent.
318 10:26:15:10 10:26:20:03
You played very rhythmically
the first time we tried something out.
319 10:26:20:07 10:26:23:03
- Yes.
- You have a good sense of rhythm.
320 10:26:23:07 10:26:26:15
I really enjoy dancing, you see.
321 10:26:26:19 10:26:29:16
My husband and I
used to dance all night.
322 10:26:29:20 10:26:32:07
Shall we try something in triple time?
323 10:26:32:11 10:26:34:03
Yes, please start.
324 10:26:34:07 10:26:37:05
I'll play something
using mostly black keys.
325 10:26:41:08 10:26:43:08
Oh, that sounds so good!
326 10:28:01:05 10:28:03:08
That's so much fun!
327 10:28:03:12 10:28:07:00
- That's fantastic.
- We could go right on stage!
328 10:28:08:00 10:28:11:04
- Oh my goodness, that was great.
- Incredible.
329 10:28:11:08 10:28:13:13
It really gives you a boost.
330 10:28:14:20 10:28:18:10
It's a really fantastic way
331 10:28:18:14 10:28:20:22
to let off a bit of steam.
332 10:28:21:01 10:28:23:07
Great.
We'll have to keep this up.
333 10:28:23:11 10:28:26:07
We'll keep working on it
over the next weeks.
334 10:28:26:11 10:28:29:20
I'm here regularly,
every four or five weeks.
335 10:28:29:24 10:28:34:04
- That's a long time.
- Don't say that!
336 10:28:34:08 10:28:36:21
Do I really have to wait
such a long time?
337 10:28:37:00 10:28:39:18
- We'll do this again.
- That's wonderful.
338 10:29:08:15 10:29:11:18
Okay, now let's do the same again.
339 10:29:11:22 10:29:13:15
I can't shout loud enough.
340 10:29:13:19 10:29:17:23
You really are
a quarrelsome bunch now, aren't you?
341 10:29:21:17 10:29:24:16
Let's try and give it
a bit of structure.
342 10:29:24:20 10:29:28:07
There's an underlying whispered tone.
343 10:29:28:11 10:29:33:04
Public transportation, oh dear!
Public transportation, oh dear!
344 10:29:43:06 10:29:45:00
Where's my ticket?
345 10:29:45:04 10:29:47:07
- Too late.
- Oh no, too late.
346 10:29:47:11 10:29:49:09
All this mobile phone chatter!
347 10:29:51:12 10:29:54:23
Darling, can you put
the washing machine on?
348 10:29:58:15 10:30:01:24
It's been 15 minutes now.
15 whole minutes!
349 10:30:04:09 10:30:07:06
Has there been
another accident or what?
350 10:30:10:01 10:30:12:04
Stop treading on my feet!
351 10:30:12:08 10:30:14:24
This is my stop!
352 10:30:18:17 10:30:21:17
- Very nice.
- That was great.
353 10:30:22:24 10:30:25:15
And now we'll hear Mrs Keller's story.
354 10:30:25:19 10:30:28:13
You've already heard it
for the most part.
355 10:30:28:17 10:30:33:14
1945, this story
about a night at the train station.
356 10:30:33:18 10:30:37:18
I'd like to ask you
to move up on stage
357 10:30:37:22 10:30:40:11
and line yourselves up as a group.
358 10:30:41:11 10:30:44:04
It's cold and you're all strangers.
359 10:30:44:08 10:30:48:17
But you have to somehow
huddle together to stay warm.
360 10:30:48:21 10:30:53:06
You're sort of setting the scene
for Mrs Keller's performance.
361 10:30:54:10 10:30:56:08
It's all yours.
362 10:30:56:20 10:30:58:10
It was a long time ago.
363 10:30:58:14 10:31:04:09
September 1945,
a few months after the end of the war.
364 10:31:05:06 10:31:08:24
I was 16 at the time,
and we were refugees.
365 10:31:09:18 10:31:13:15
We had to change trains at Magdeburg,
366 10:31:13:19 10:31:17:21
but there were
no more trains that night.
367 10:31:18:00 10:31:20:13
The station
had been bombed to pieces.
368 10:31:21:06 10:31:27:06
People sat huddled together
on the ground or on their suitcases.
369 10:31:27:10 10:31:31:02
It was like we all shared
the same destiny.
370 10:31:31:06 10:31:35:04
We were all down in the dumps.
371 10:31:35:08 10:31:39:07
But we had survived the whole mess.
372 10:31:39:11 10:31:41:14
Now things could only get better.
373 10:31:41:18 10:31:45:14
An accordion started playing.
374 10:31:45:18 10:31:48:01
Others joined in.
375 10:31:48:05 10:31:54:05
And suddenly, seas of people
were singing together in this tunnel.
376 10:31:54:09 10:31:56:11
It was a great atmosphere.
377 10:31:56:15 10:31:59:05
But I was most impressed
378 10:31:59:09 10:32:02:21
by a song that a few people
from Cologne were singing.
379 10:32:03:00 10:32:06:12
"I'd like to walk
back home to Cologne".
380 10:32:06:16 10:32:08:09
Thank you.
381 10:32:08:13 10:32:10:14
What I'd like to see and hear now
382 10:32:10:18 10:32:13:21
is how these people
began to sing together.
383 10:32:14:12 10:32:19:00
A song is born
from this group here.
384 10:32:20:14 10:32:23:10
When I sit
385 10:32:23:14 10:32:27:11
And think of home,
386 10:32:27:15 10:32:30:05
Before my eyes
387 10:32:30:09 10:32:34:00
I see the Dome
388 10:32:34:04 10:32:37:10
I'd do but anything
389 10:32:37:14 10:32:41:10
To go back home
390 10:32:41:14 10:32:47:05
I'd like to walk back home to Cologne
391 10:32:48:05 10:32:51:21
I'd do anything
392 10:32:52:00 10:32:56:10
To go back home,
393 10:32:56:14 10:32:59:15
I'd like to walk
394 10:32:59:19 10:33:04:14
Back home to Cologne
395 10:33:16:11 10:33:19:06
Mr Adamszak,
may I record our conversation?
396 10:33:19:10 10:33:22:14
- Yes, that's fine.
- So I can remember everything?
397 10:33:25:20 10:33:28:10
So we will be having
our concert in Essen.
398 10:33:28:14 10:33:34:03
For us, it's a new city,
but for you, it's home turf.
399 10:33:34:07 10:33:38:22
It's home, right. I'm looking forward
to going back to Essen.
400 10:33:39:01 10:33:42:23
You lived in Essen.
Were you also born there?
401 10:33:43:02 10:33:45:10
Yes, I was born in Essen.
402 10:33:45:14 10:33:48:03
It was 1921.
403 10:33:48:07 10:33:51:10
1921. So you're 91 now.
404 10:33:51:14 10:33:54:22
- 91, yes.
- You've got a few years behind you.
405 10:33:55:01 10:33:56:22
You could say that.
406 10:34:00:24 10:34:04:16
You were telling me earlier
407 10:34:04:20 10:34:07:02
about the chapters of your life.
408 10:34:07:06 10:34:09:22
And when you think about it,
409 10:34:10:01 10:34:12:17
you've had several difficult farewells.
410 10:34:12:21 10:34:15:21
My brother was killed
when he was 18.
411 10:34:16:00 10:34:18:00
All three of us were in Russia.
412 10:34:18:04 10:34:21:17
He was only on the front for 24 hours
before he was killed.
413 10:34:21:21 10:34:23:21
18 years old.
414 10:34:24:04 10:34:26:01
- You were very young.
- Yes.
415 10:34:26:05 10:34:28:20
We're a bit naïve at that age
you could say.
416 10:34:28:24 10:34:30:16
I was fired up.
417 10:34:30:20 10:34:32:21
We believed the lies
418 10:34:33:00 10:34:36:07
that the French and Russians
were going to attack us.
419 10:34:36:11 10:34:39:09
Those were all lies,
but we believed them.
420 10:34:39:13 10:34:42:08
So what do you do as a young man?
421 10:34:42:12 10:34:44:13
You step up
to defend Mother and Father.
422 10:34:44:17 10:34:47:18
You want to defend
women and children.
423 10:34:47:22 10:34:50:18
Our age didn't matter.
424 10:34:50:22 10:34:54:14
You love your country, don't you?
425 10:34:54:18 10:34:59:10
How did it feel to come home
as one of the few survivors?
426 10:34:59:14 10:35:02:12
We were sad.
We were beaten.
427 10:35:02:16 10:35:04:10
We actually felt ashamed.
428 10:35:04:14 10:35:08:20
We were absolutely despairing.
429 10:35:08:24 10:35:12:17
Despairing about losing
so many people, so many friends.
430 10:35:12:21 10:35:15:19
We were a good-sized group of boys
431 10:35:15:23 10:35:20:13
and then 13 of us never came back,
my brother included.
432 10:35:20:17 10:35:22:20
That was tough, you know?
433 10:35:22:24 10:35:26:02
And then I had to face
their mothers and fathers.
434 10:35:26:06 10:35:29:05
I always had tears in my eyes.
435 10:35:30:05 10:35:33:01
You came home, but they didn't.
436 10:35:33:05 10:35:35:09
That was painful.
437 10:35:40:21 10:35:43:10
And you never forget that.
438 10:36:13:17 10:36:16:07
We're not shouting this
from the rooftops,
439 10:36:16:11 10:36:18:07
but I think it resonates in this piece
440 10:36:18:11 10:36:21:19
that this is generally
about saying goodbye.
441 10:36:21:23 10:36:24:16
This is Alfred Adamszak's story
442 10:36:24:20 10:36:29:18
about returning home from war
as a survivor.
443 10:36:29:22 10:36:32:14
- Yes.
- But others did not survive.
444 10:36:32:18 10:36:37:09
How do you go on living and continue
to feel worthy of living?
445 10:36:37:13 10:36:40:11
This is a story with great conflict.
446 10:36:40:15 10:36:44:02
You never forget it.
You never get over it.
447 10:36:44:06 10:36:47:01
- You're always thinking about it.
- Right.
448 10:36:48:01 10:36:52:09
You're always thinking
about being on the front,
449 10:36:52:13 10:36:56:07
as they fell,
how you knelt next to them.
450 10:36:56:11 10:36:58:00
- As they died.
- Yes.
451 10:36:58:04 10:37:01:22
You never forget it,
and it always haunts your dreams.
452 10:37:12:08 10:37:15:07
Try to memorize that note.
453 10:37:15:11 10:37:19:01
I would ask each of you,
in your own voice,
454 10:37:19:05 10:37:22:09
to integrate the words
"Good luck" and "Farewell"
455 10:37:22:13 10:37:24:09
into that note.
456 10:37:24:19 10:37:30:08
Good luck! Farewell!
457 10:37:32:08 10:37:33:14
Farewell!
458 10:37:33:18 10:37:37:12
And, as a third element,
an entire sentence.
459 10:37:37:16 10:37:40:24
A sentence
taken from Gisela Keller's story,
460 10:37:41:03 10:37:42:19
namely, "We survived!"
461 10:37:42:23 10:37:45:22
As she put it,
"We survived the whole mess."
462 10:37:46:01 10:37:51:09
I'll play the chord again a few times
and you all can gradually join in.
463 10:38:01:10 10:38:05:13
- We have survived.
- We have survived.
464 10:38:10:16 10:38:14:13
- We have survived.
- We have survived.
465 10:38:18:22 10:38:23:23
- We have survived.
- Farewell!
466 10:38:24:02 10:38:26:16
Farewell!
467 10:38:30:13 10:38:32:18
We have survived.
468 10:38:36:24 10:38:42:24
Good luck!
469 10:39:03:18 10:39:05:14
I can't tango!
470 10:39:41:00 10:39:44:10
Careful, be careful there!
471 10:40:09:06 10:40:12:20
These four guys here
are called Uwaga.
472 10:40:12:24 10:40:14:23
Uwaga. That native American?
473 10:40:15:02 10:40:18:19
- Uwaga means "Warning!"
- Warning!
474 10:40:18:23 10:40:22:02
"Warning!" in Polish. All right.
475 10:40:25:00 10:40:27:17
Where there's light,
there's also shadow.
476 10:40:27:21 10:40:32:16
I think that music allows us
to see the dark side of things
477 10:40:32:20 10:40:35:17
and not just the bright side.
478 10:40:35:21 10:40:37:10
Yes.
479 10:40:37:14 10:40:40:15
And I must say,
what really impressed me
480 10:40:40:19 10:40:43:03
about our conversation the other day
481 10:40:43:07 10:40:47:23
was the story about you as a child.
482 10:40:48:02 10:40:51:23
The one
where you called out into the sky,
483 10:40:52:02 10:40:56:02
"Where are you?",
to your mother.
484 10:40:56:06 10:40:58:10
- As a four-year-old.
- A four-year-old.
485 10:40:58:14 10:41:01:01
I'd really like to make
this four-year-old child
486 10:41:01:05 10:41:04:21
heard in our piece,
or make a comparison with her.
487 10:41:05:00 10:41:07:00
I see, okay.
488 10:41:07:04 10:41:11:08
I don't know how this sounds,
but I have a title in mind.
489 10:41:11:12 10:41:13:03
- A title?
- Yes.
490 10:41:13:07 10:41:16:09
- I was thinking of "The Empty Sky".
- Oh, yes.
491 10:41:16:13 10:41:18:24
Shall we make a song
about an empty sky?
492 10:41:19:03 10:41:23:08
I'm so happy that you're giving me
so much attention
493 10:41:23:12 10:41:26:12
and that you consider
my story somehow special
494 10:41:26:16 10:41:31:01
and value it in some way.
495 10:41:31:05 10:41:33:17
That's really gratifying for me.
496 10:41:33:21 10:41:37:15
I think our entire encounter
is something special.
497 10:41:37:19 10:41:39:02
Thanks.
498 10:41:39:06 10:41:42:17
The feeling is definitely mutual.
499 10:41:42:21 10:41:45:17
That makes me very happy.
500 10:41:46:17 10:41:49:06
How does an empty sky sound?
501 10:41:49:10 10:41:51:23
- Right.
- How can we get a feel for that?
502 10:41:52:02 10:41:54:22
Melancholy, worn down,
503 10:41:55:01 10:41:58:14
very slow and pensive.
504 10:41:58:18 10:42:01:20
It should go very deep.
505 10:42:01:24 10:42:07:04
Nothing is there, no proverbial light
at the end of the tunnel,
506 10:42:07:08 10:42:12:24
but simply the darkness and depth
of the underworld.
507 10:42:13:03 10:42:17:10
Like Orpheus entering the underworld.
508 10:42:39:19 10:42:41:20
Are you already on to something?
509 10:42:41:24 10:42:47:24
I think I should move towards
that depth that I'm trying to achieve.
510 10:42:59:23 10:43:02:19
You can't go any deeper.
You hit the bottom.
511 10:43:04:03 10:43:07:02
- The deepest depths.
- Yes.
512 10:43:11:22 10:43:15:03
That's a beautiful melancholic sound,
isn't it?
513 10:43:15:07 10:43:18:08
Yes, very nice.
514 10:43:26:10 10:43:30:13
I find it sounds
just like an empty sky.
515 10:44:34:00 10:44:38:10
- For you, the sky is not empty, right?
- No, it's not empty.
516 10:44:38:14 10:44:40:21
- My father is always there.
- Yes.
517 10:44:41:00 10:44:43:18
When I go out, I always say,
518 10:44:43:22 10:44:46:24
"Father, give me strength
and watch over me."
519 10:44:47:03 10:44:51:06
Is that your own father
or your heavenly father?
520 10:44:51:10 10:44:53:20
- No, my father is dead.
- Yes.
521 10:44:53:24 10:44:56:24
And they say
our souls go to heaven.
522 10:44:57:03 10:44:58:16
Right.
523 10:44:58:20 10:45:00:18
So the sky is not empty?
524 10:45:00:22 10:45:03:04
- No, it's full.
- It's really full.
525 10:45:03:08 10:45:06:07
Yes, really.
526 10:45:28:17 10:45:32:13
Good afternoon everyone.
Thanks for coming.
527 10:45:32:17 10:45:36:12
We did some talent scouting
this past year so to speak.
528 10:45:36:16 10:45:41:09
And we've discovered,
or rediscovered, many talents.
529 10:45:42:04 10:45:43:19
Our guests today
530 10:45:43:23 10:45:47:08
are the Stuttgart Neue Vocalsolisten.
531 10:46:44:17 10:46:47:23
Mrs Reisinger sang here
for the first time.
532 10:46:48:02 10:46:50:22
I don't know about you,
but when I imagine
533 10:46:51:01 10:46:53:22
starting to sing
at well beyond 60,
534 10:46:54:01 10:46:57:17
and then doing it in front of a crowd,
535 10:46:57:21 10:47:01:15
I think my heart
would be pounding pretty hard.
536 10:47:01:19 10:47:03:17
My heart is beating fast.
537 10:47:08:02 10:47:12:12
I'll never regret what I did
538 10:47:12:16 10:47:15:05
And what resulted from love.
539 10:47:15:09 10:47:18:04
You must forgive me.
540 10:47:18:08 10:47:20:22
That's why she's here now!
541 10:47:21:01 10:47:25:11
Can it be a sin to love?
542 10:47:25:15 10:47:29:13
Even if it were, I wouldn't care
543 10:47:29:17 10:47:33:18
Then I'd rather go sinning,
544 10:47:33:22 10:47:38:14
than live without love!
545 10:48:04:09 10:48:06:21
- Come on in, Mr Günther.
- Hello.
546 10:48:10:14 10:48:14:15
Mr Günther, do you have
any recollection of the stroke itself?
547 10:48:15:07 10:48:17:05
Of that exact moment?
548 10:48:19:01 10:48:23:02
The whole engine cover
549 10:48:24:09 10:48:30:01
came flying right up onto me.
550 10:48:31:06 10:48:34:08
It came flying up.
551 10:48:34:12 10:48:36:06
It was terrible.
552 10:48:36:10 10:48:38:18
That's the last thing you remember?
553 10:48:39:06 10:48:40:21
I saw that.
554 10:48:41:00 10:48:42:12
The paramedic,
555 10:48:42:16 10:48:47:12
as we were on our way
to the hospital,
556 10:48:47:16 10:48:50:24
said that in all his experience
557 10:48:51:03 10:48:53:02
he'd never seen
558 10:48:53:06 10:48:57:12
a car that smashed up
559 10:48:57:16 10:48:59:16
and destroyed,
560 10:48:59:20 10:49:05:18
and still seen two people
come out alive.
561 10:49:05:22 10:49:08:06
So you were lucky and unlucky at once?
562 10:49:08:10 10:49:11:09
Exactly, and he said
563 10:49:11:13 10:49:15:19
both of our guardian angels
were looking out for us.
564 10:49:16:07 10:49:19:18
Shall we incorporate
the guardian angel into the piece?
565 10:49:19:22 10:49:21:04
Yes?
566 10:49:22:04 10:49:25:24
I'm going to try to imagine
the "Witches' Dance"
567 10:49:26:03 10:49:29:21
just as I imagine that moment.
568 10:49:30:00 10:49:33:06
That moment of the accident,
with a loud bang,
569 10:49:33:10 10:49:35:24
and then a moment of unconsciousness,
570 10:49:36:03 10:49:39:08
and then you wake up
and everything has changed.
571 10:49:57:20 10:50:02:08
That's pretty good.
That's nice.
572 10:50:02:12 10:50:07:09
I was thinking too,
it should end with a chord.
573 10:50:07:13 10:50:10:17
Then a short pause,
and tremble.
574 10:50:10:21 10:50:13:18
With a chord, and then...
575 10:50:15:10 10:50:20:19
So I was thinking, the end,
576 10:50:20:23 10:50:25:04
the last bit
should be the "Witches' dance".
577 10:50:25:08 10:50:26:20
Hang on one second.
578 10:50:26:24 10:50:30:03
- Do you see what I mean there?
- Yes, yes.
579 10:50:30:07 10:50:32:22
It sounds like a guardian angel.
580 10:50:54:08 10:50:59:17
And then maybe
without a transition to presto.
581 10:50:59:21 10:51:05:21
We're having two different ideas.
I'd like us to stick to your story.
582 10:51:06:00 10:51:10:06
Then all the dancers
583 10:51:10:10 10:51:12:16
let out a loud witch scream.
584 10:51:12:20 10:51:15:04
A witch scream, okay.
585 10:51:15:08 10:51:17:24
Can they be dancers
from the nursing home?
586 10:51:18:03 10:51:20:10
Sure.
587 10:51:20:14 10:51:22:19
What does a witch scream sound like?
588 10:51:25:16 10:51:27:21
All together now!
589 10:51:28:00 10:51:33:01
And then when they scream,
they all disappear from the stage!
590 10:51:33:05 10:51:34:08
End of the show.
591 10:51:36:01 10:51:39:05
Slower and with more crescendo.
592 10:51:40:13 10:51:43:06
Exactly.
So we can picture the vapour trail.
593 10:51:43:10 10:51:45:14
One, two, three.
594 10:52:13:12 10:52:16:02
I was born in 1939.
595 10:52:16:06 10:52:21:12
So what influenced me most was
the GDR era, with the Russians.
596 10:52:21:16 10:52:23:17
We sang
Russian songs in school.
597 10:52:23:21 10:52:26:10
I enjoyed that,
and still remember them.
598 10:52:32:04 10:52:33:23
The...
599 10:52:34:02 10:52:36:10
Freed by Stalin
600 10:52:36:14 10:52:40:18
It lives in us
as the hope of our time
601 10:52:40:22 10:52:45:16
Those who love peace love Stalin
602 10:52:45:20 10:52:49:06
He freed...
I don't remember the rest.
603 10:52:49:10 10:52:54:22
But we sang those songs as kids
with all our hearts.
604 10:52:55:23 10:52:59:17
But I can still remember us kids
605 10:52:59:21 10:53:04:22
watching as the Russians drank too much
and beat each other up.
606 10:53:05:01 10:53:09:10
For those of us growing up
without fathers thanks to the war,
607 10:53:09:14 10:53:12:02
seeing men go so wild was scary.
608 10:53:12:06 10:53:14:21
Sometimes they'd bang on the door,
609 10:53:15:00 10:53:19:14
because they were drunk,
and they'd hide me in the house.
610 10:53:19:18 10:53:24:06
As a kid, I would often crawl up
in the attic, which terrified me.
611 10:53:24:10 10:53:27:11
I'd crawl into the far back corner.
612 10:53:27:15 10:53:30:04
And I felt safer there,
in that dark hole.
613 10:53:32:01 10:53:35:06
I have such vivid memories of that.
614 10:53:37:23 10:53:41:00
And to look that fear
straight in the eye,
615 10:53:41:04 10:53:43:12
to try to understand
what it's about,
616 10:53:43:16 10:53:45:19
that motivated me.
617 10:53:45:23 10:53:49:04
Was there
any sort of liberating moment?
618 10:53:49:08 10:53:54:02
Some sort of turning point
that resulted from these fears?
619 10:53:54:06 10:53:57:03
Well, for my 60th birthday
620 10:54:00:01 10:54:05:05
some friends invited me
to go skydiving.
621 10:54:05:09 10:54:07:23
- They wanted you to jump?
- Yes.
622 10:54:08:02 10:54:09:21
I told them they were crazy,
623 10:54:10:00 10:54:12:23
that I get dizzy
looking over my balcony!
624 10:54:13:02 10:54:15:24
But then I went home and thought,
625 10:54:16:03 10:54:20:02
"My God, Olga,
you're turning 60.
626 10:54:20:06 10:54:24:16
"It's about time
you overcome your fears."
627 10:54:25:07 10:54:29:11
I remember it like it was yesterday,
4,000 metres up in the air.
628 10:54:29:15 10:54:33:03
Then the moment of truth came,
and it was unreal.
629 10:54:33:07 10:54:36:11
You look down and know
you brought it upon yourself.
630 10:54:36:15 10:54:38:14
There's no turning back.
631 10:55:00:06 10:55:05:13
We don't even really know
what direction we're going in today.
632 10:55:06:11 10:55:08:16
But we have an underlying theme.
633 10:55:08:20 10:55:12:11
What distinguishes you from us
is that you're a generation
634 10:55:12:15 10:55:15:22
that early on,
at least by the end of the war,
635 10:55:16:01 10:55:18:21
experienced some sort
of existential fears.
636 10:55:19:00 10:55:22:08
Something we hope
we won't ever have to experience.
637 10:55:22:12 10:55:25:10
So we've gathered
a few ideas for today,
638 10:55:25:14 10:55:29:21
ideas and suggestions
that you can accept or turn down.
639 10:56:02:06 10:56:03:19
No!
640 10:56:08:20 10:56:12:03
I don't have any fears, I'm sorry.
641 10:56:12:15 10:56:17:04
To be honest, if I'd chosen to always
be afraid in certain situations,
642 10:56:17:08 10:56:19:02
I wouldn't be sitting here today.
643 10:56:19:06 10:56:22:06
If I had to relive
those fears over and over,
644 10:56:22:10 10:56:26:17
it would end up being very
uncomfortable, for me at least.
645 10:56:27:22 10:56:32:21
The problem for me is that,
we're all at an age, or I'm at an age,
646 10:56:33:00 10:56:36:00
where I think and hope
I've overcome my fears.
647 10:56:36:04 10:56:38:22
I choose
to approach life differently now
648 10:56:39:01 10:56:41:23
and would rather not conjure up
the old fears
649 10:56:42:02 10:56:46:12
that I used to have,
just to feel them and act them out.
650 10:56:46:16 10:56:47:20
That's stressful.
651 10:56:47:24 10:56:50:02
How is this related to singing?
652 10:56:50:06 10:56:53:01
We're a choir.
We want to sing.
653 10:56:53:05 10:56:56:15
Will this exercise
be somehow integrated?
654 10:56:56:19 10:57:00:22
What's the connection?
What does this have to do with singing?
655 10:57:01:01 10:57:04:10
Our programme's approach
is to take life themes
656 10:57:04:14 10:57:08:01
and personal stories
and put them to music.
657 10:57:08:05 10:57:11:13
The goal we have with this piece,
for example,
658 10:57:11:17 10:57:16:16
is that Olga offers a response to fear
through this song.
659 10:58:17:00 10:58:19:16
Dear God, thank you for the night.
660 10:58:19:20 10:58:23:12
Please give me strength for today.
661 10:58:24:00 10:58:25:15
Amen.
662 10:58:36:21 10:58:40:24
Darling,
please give me strength for today too.
663 10:58:55:00 10:58:57:24
Mrs Reisinger
is our expert on late debuts.
664 10:58:58:03 10:59:00:06
You just made
your singing debut.
665 10:59:00:10 10:59:03:15
Now you're going
to make your debut as a composer.
666 10:59:03:19 10:59:07:08
- And an actress.
- A film actress.
667 10:59:07:12 10:59:10:15
Someday.
I'm still too young for that.
668 10:59:14:10 10:59:20:09
When you're pregnant and so young
and you're being constantly beaten,
669 10:59:20:13 10:59:24:22
I imagine that you must have
a whirlwind of thoughts in your head.
670 10:59:25:01 10:59:29:05
Yes, I used to always say,
"Dear God, why are you punishing me?"
671 10:59:30:10 10:59:34:00
I'd like to try something.
May I take a look at your music?
672 10:59:34:04 10:59:36:15
No, the other sheet music.
673 10:59:37:24 10:59:41:23
Instead of "Dear God, give me strength"
or "Why are you punishing me?"...
674 10:59:42:02 10:59:43:13
Hello Mrs Pfizenmeier.
675 10:59:43:17 10:59:48:06
Instead of that,
could we use "Can Love Be a Sin?"
676 10:59:48:10 10:59:50:13
- Could we work that in?
- Yes!
677 10:59:50:17 10:59:54:11
That works better.
The other part is private too.
678 10:59:58:00 11:00:00:09
Now I have a rather unusual suggestion.
679 11:00:00:13 11:00:04:12
Go ahead and lay your notes down
and get comfortable.
680 11:00:05:01 11:00:10:24
So between verses,
go on and give yourselves a slap.
681 11:00:13:18 11:00:16:20
Can it be a sin to love?
682 11:00:17:18 11:00:19:06
No, between verses.
683 11:00:19:10 11:00:23:15
Two of you can do it at the same time.
Pay no attention to the others.
684 11:00:25:12 11:00:29:12
- Can it be a sin to love?
- Can it be a sin to love?
685 11:00:33:15 11:00:36:18
It's not
a "one, two, slap" type of thing.
686 11:00:36:22 11:00:41:09
Really put yourself in her position
and imagine how she felt.
687 11:00:42:14 11:00:45:10
- Can it be a sin to love?
- Can it be a sin to love?
688 11:00:51:08 11:00:53:18
- Does that fit?
- Yes.
689 11:00:53:22 11:00:58:18
- Can we continue in that direction?
- Yes.
690 11:00:58:22 11:01:02:10
- Can it be a sin to love?
- Can it be a sin to love?
691 11:01:21:20 11:01:23:11
Yes? Come in.
692 11:01:23:15 11:01:25:17
- Mr Günther?
- Come in.
693 11:01:25:21 11:01:28:11
It's me, Bernhard König.
Good morning.
694 11:01:30:04 11:01:32:11
- Good morning.
- Good morning.
695 11:01:32:15 11:01:34:12
- How is your rib?
- Sorry?
696 11:01:34:16 11:01:38:15
How is your rib?
Are you in a lot of pain?
697 11:01:38:19 11:01:41:18
Yes, I am.
But let's talk about something else.
698 11:01:41:22 11:01:45:01
- That'd be better.
- We'll get your mind off of it.
699 11:01:45:05 11:01:47:11
I brought a nice distraction today.
700 11:05:01:17 11:05:04:21
Our concert is drawing near.
701 11:05:05:00 11:05:08:01
How many weeks left?
End of June.
702 11:05:08:23 11:05:10:18
And what's got me nervous
703 11:05:10:22 11:05:13:05
is that we're in our rehearsal week
704 11:05:13:09 11:05:15:09
and have very little material.
705 11:05:15:13 11:05:17:21
How are we supposed to be ready
706 11:05:18:00 11:05:22:09
to perform on such a big stage
for such a big audience by June when...
707 11:05:22:13 11:05:24:06
- Sorry?
- You're a pessimist!
708 11:05:24:10 11:05:26:15
- How so?
- We'll get it done.
709 11:05:26:19 11:05:28:15
So I should shut my mouth?
710 11:05:28:19 11:05:32:11
- Yes, shut up.
- Okay, I'll shut up.
711 11:05:32:15 11:05:33:15
Fine.
712 11:05:33:19 11:05:38:02
A very important issue in Essen
since the 1990s
713 11:05:38:06 11:05:43:22
has been the closing of the mines
and the end of mining culture.
714 11:05:44:01 11:05:48:16
What must the city have been like
back then when it was full of mills,
715 11:05:48:20 11:05:50:20
mines and factories?
716 11:06:32:09 11:06:34:07
Pull the plug.
717 11:06:43:11 11:06:47:24
And now we'll be very quiet again,
like we were at the beginning.
718 11:06:48:03 11:06:49:23
Don't move.
719 11:06:53:00 11:06:56:14
It's important that you sing
720 11:06:56:18 11:07:01:07
and then abruptly stop
as if you've just heard the news.
721 11:07:01:11 11:07:04:22
You've been fired.
You're no longer of any value.
722 11:07:05:01 11:07:06:14
You're no longer needed.
723 11:07:06:18 11:07:11:03
So a moment of total silence,
then you let your paper fall...
724 11:07:12:03 11:07:14:03
and then you leave.
725 11:07:24:21 11:07:29:15
Good luck, good luck!
726 11:07:29:19 11:07:34:01
The foreman's coming
727 11:07:34:05 11:07:39:05
And he has his bright light
In the night,
728 11:07:39:09 11:07:44:15
And he has his bright light
In the night!
729 11:07:44:19 11:07:49:16
He has already kindled it,
730 11:07:49:20 11:07:54:00
Already kindled it
731 11:07:54:04 11:07:56:18
Now just the underlined text.
732 11:07:57:17 11:08:03:07
Good luck, good luck!
733 11:08:03:11 11:08:08:13
The foreman is coming!
734 11:08:08:17 11:08:14:05
And he has his bright light
In the night,
735 11:08:14:09 11:08:19:11
And he has his bright light
In the night!
736 11:08:19:15 11:08:24:24
He has already kindled it,
737 11:08:25:03 11:08:30:18
Already kindled it
738 11:08:31:22 11:08:37:05
Good luck, good luck!
739 11:08:37:09 11:08:42:01
The foreman is coming!
740 11:08:42:05 11:08:47:13
And he has his bright light
In the night,
741 11:08:47:17 11:08:52:23
And he has his bright light
In the night!
742 11:08:53:02 11:08:58:08
He has already kindled it,
743 11:08:58:12 11:09:04:12
Already kindled it
744 11:09:24:09 11:09:27:14
- Now.
- Where are you?
745 11:09:27:18 11:09:29:19
Oh, that's very synthetic.
746 11:09:31:01 11:09:34:24
- You'd like that a bit cleaner, right?
- Closer to the voice.
747 11:09:35:03 11:09:37:23
So that, basically,
748 11:09:38:02 11:09:43:11
if it's possible,
you cut out everything but the voice.
749 11:09:43:15 11:09:46:10
So that you sustain
the highest frequency
750 11:09:46:14 11:09:48:03
as the constant tone.
751 11:09:48:07 11:09:52:04
Would you mind trying it
in the microphone?
752 11:09:52:08 11:09:53:23
Where are you?
753 11:09:57:13 11:10:00:12
Where are you, Mother?
754 11:10:00:16 11:10:03:11
Yes, great!
That's what we need.
755 11:10:03:15 11:10:05:14
How do you imagine it?
756 11:10:05:18 11:10:08:23
Is someone waiting for you
in this empty sky?
757 11:10:09:02 11:10:12:12
Will your mother be there
to welcome you one day?
758 11:10:13:21 11:10:19:01
One can hope and believe in that,
but we can't be sure.
759 11:10:19:05 11:10:23:10
- But it's a nice thought, right?
- Yes. It's a nice thought.
760 11:10:23:14 11:10:26:03
You mentioned a light
at the end of the tunnel.
761 11:10:26:07 11:10:31:00
- Should we end it on a lighter note?
- Yes.
762 11:10:31:04 11:10:33:19
- As a shimmer of hope.
- Okay.
763 11:10:33:23 11:10:37:03
Do you have any idea
what they should play?
764 11:10:37:24 11:10:40:07
A final chord.
765 11:10:41:08 11:10:45:15
A final chord
with a great shimmer of hope.
766 11:10:47:03 11:10:49:04
- That's how I see it.
- Okay.
767 11:10:49:08 11:10:53:11
- A final chord that says it all.
- Right.
768 11:11:46:03 11:11:50:14
- Can it be a sin to love?
- Can it be a sin to love?
769 11:11:51:16 11:11:53:12
Can, can
770 11:11:53:16 11:11:56:13
- Can it be a sin to love?
- Can it be a sin to love?
771 11:11:57:19 11:11:59:12
Can, can
772 11:12:00:05 11:12:02:20
When two people kiss?
773 11:12:02:24 11:12:06:09
- Can, can
- Can love be a sin?
774 11:12:06:13 11:12:07:19
Can, can
775 11:12:09:12 11:12:11:20
When two people kiss?
776 11:12:23:01 11:12:25:05
Love cannot be a sin.
777 11:12:28:17 11:12:33:08
For if it were,
man would not be on earth.
778 11:12:36:20 11:12:39:16
Love cannot be a sin,
779 11:12:40:21 11:12:44:10
otherwise, the good Lord
would not have created it.
780 11:13:02:08 11:13:05:12
We were saying yesterday
that we admire
781 11:13:05:16 11:13:09:04
how you survived
such a difficult experience.
782 11:13:09:08 11:13:11:14
Right. I did.
783 11:13:12:19 11:13:14:10
With God's strength.
784 11:13:14:14 11:13:18:00
You give younger people
strength and confidence.
785 11:13:18:04 11:13:22:06
Yes, when you're sad,
look to the sky.
786 11:13:22:10 11:13:26:16
Look at the night stars
and look for the Reisinger star.
787 11:13:31:03 11:13:33:24
Not yet, it's not time yet.
788 11:13:46:19 11:13:49:09
Relax your mind.
789 11:13:49:13 11:13:51:09
Look to the sky.
790 11:13:52:16 11:13:55:02
The sky is a beautiful blue.
791 11:13:59:19 11:14:04:12
You see a small puffy cloud
float by now and then.
792 11:14:04:16 11:14:08:02
And sometimes a small bird flies past.
793 11:14:23:15 11:14:26:11
I'd like to chime in right there.
794 11:14:26:21 11:14:29:07
We're standing in an airplane,
795 11:14:29:11 11:14:33:09
looking far down below us,
four kilometres below us.
796 11:14:33:13 11:14:37:10
And the moment comes
where you think, "Do I jump or not?"
797 11:14:37:14 11:14:38:18
And then the...
798 11:14:46:12 11:14:48:02
Wings!
799 11:14:48:06 11:14:49:18
Wings!
800 11:14:56:20 11:14:59:22
- Heavenly!
- Holy!
801 11:15:00:01 11:15:02:22
Intertwined!
802 11:15:03:01 11:15:05:11
Gods!
803 11:15:05:15 11:15:07:11
Okay, thank you.
804 11:15:08:17 11:15:13:04
And now the idea
is that we stay in the air
805 11:15:13:08 11:15:17:08
and we're all in such euphoria
that we feel this divine joy.
806 11:15:17:12 11:15:22:20
We need three minutes in slow motion,
for the parachute to open.
807 11:15:22:24 11:15:26:13
And that's this piece of music, okay?
808 11:15:26:17 11:15:28:08
Fine, go ahead.
809 11:15:30:06 11:15:32:03
No, okay, tell us.
810 11:15:35:05 11:15:37:00
How was it really?
811 11:15:38:12 11:15:42:22
That moment of truth
is terrifying and shocking.
812 11:15:43:01 11:15:45:10
Why did you do it then?
813 11:15:45:14 11:15:47:06
For a physical thrill?
814 11:15:47:18 11:15:52:13
For me,
it was about growing old gracefully.
815 11:15:52:17 11:15:55:06
I needed to find that dignity.
816 11:15:55:10 11:15:59:08
It motivated me so much
to overcome my fear.
817 11:15:59:12 11:16:04:19
After the first 1,000 metres,
when the parachute opens,
818 11:16:04:23 11:16:08:09
suddenly you find yourself
surrounded by such silence.
819 11:16:08:13 11:16:12:12
And that's when I realized
I wasn't dead.
820 11:16:12:16 11:16:15:09
That was thrilling.
821 11:16:16:09 11:16:18:13
It was a wonderful feeling.
822 11:16:18:17 11:16:22:15
It changed a lot for me.
I overcame my biggest fear.
823 11:16:22:19 11:16:26:00
- I'm no longer afraid of life.
- You jumped only once?
824 11:16:26:04 11:16:29:07
That was enough!
No need to repeat it.
825 11:16:29:11 11:16:32:19
I thought maybe you got hooked.
826 11:16:32:23 11:16:36:20
- Fear, fear, fear.
- Fear, fear, fear.
827 11:16:36:24 11:16:40:24
- Fear, fear, fear!
- Fear, fear, fear!
828 11:16:41:03 11:16:45:22
- Fear, fear, fear!
- Fear, fear, fear!
829 11:17:19:11 11:17:23:15
Mother, where are you?
830 11:17:43:19 11:17:46:24
Mother! Where are you?
831 11:18:12:12 11:18:16:06
Mother, where are you?
832 11:19:33:00 11:19:34:15
Morning.
833 11:19:34:19 11:19:38:06
Thank goodness
you're easy to spot from afar.
834 11:19:38:10 11:19:40:12
Are we that loud?
835 11:19:42:10 11:19:45:16
- Hello.
836 11:19:46:22 11:19:48:24
- Hello!
- Hello.
837 11:19:49:03 11:19:51:17
How does the song
with the 100 voices go?
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110 voices,
the 111th voice is difficult to hear.
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How does the melody go?
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You begin.
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If all 110 voices sing at once,
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then the 111th voice
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is no longer easy to hear
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- If all 110 voices sing at once,
- If all 110 voices sing at once,
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Then the 111th voice
Is no longer easy to hear
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If all 110 voices sing at once,
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Then the 111th voice
is no longer easy to hear
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Essen Philharmonic
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- What a beautiful room.
- Wow, this is beautiful!
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Mamma Mia!
I don't have the bottle to go in.
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Beautiful! Look at this!
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This auditorium
is where we'll be acting and singing.
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I don't know the very latest,
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but as of yesterday,
400 tickets had been sold.
855 11:21:18:03 11:21:23:03
Definitely enough
to warrant some stage fright.
856 11:21:23:07 11:21:24:19
Great.
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Can you please come up on stage?
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It seems
like you all are still a bit shy.
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So I'd like to do a quick exercise.
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Go ahead and lay your scores
on the floor.
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The idea of flying
and falling is important.
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So let's spread our wings.
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Let's fly a bit higher.
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And land!
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Good.
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Now I'd like to introduce Mrs Thost.
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It's a pleasure to meet you.
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Mrs Thost
has travelled here from Stuttgart.
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I met her there
in the nursing home.
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Take a big step.
There's a cable in front of you.
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Wonderful.
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It's been a while
since we've done this.
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We had the individual notes,
but with repetition.
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Right.
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- Something like that.
- Yes.
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Feel out your black keys.
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- Let's just give it a go.
- Very nice.
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We're doing tone clouds
and spacey tones.
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Let's just give it a try.
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Go ahead and join in.
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Heavenly!
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Holy!
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Holy!
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Intertwined!
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Heaven's gate!
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Yes, that's what we're looking for.
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I remember hanging there,
4,000 metres in the air.
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It was cold and windy,
and then, the moment of truth.
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Okay, God. Here I am.
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I woke back up
as the parachute suddenly opened.
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And then I realized I was still alive.
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Olga Petersen, 73 years old.
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Joy!
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Heaven's gate!
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Overcome with joy!
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Millions!
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Holy!
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Angel wings!
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Holy!
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Overcome with joy!
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Overcome with joy!
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Holy!
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Holy!
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Bliss!