Maestro:PortraitofValeryGergiev

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  • PresentedbyThirteen/WNETNewYork,theone-hourvisitfi… PresentedbyThirteen/WNETNewYork,theone-hourvisitfindstheartisticandgeneraldirectorofSt.Petersburg’slegendaryMariinskyTheaterinhighspirits,particularlywhendiscussinghisfavoritetopic:theexhilarationoffinemusicmaking.“Ifmusicianscanenjoyit,mostofthepublicwillenjoyittoo,”hesays,takingabackstagebreakfromrecentconductingchoresattheLondonSymphony,wherehepresidesasprincipalconductor.“Tocreatethisatmosphereofeveryonebeinginvolvedandinterestedyoureallyhavetostartwiththeorchestra.” Or,inhiscase,orchestras.InadditiontotheSt.PetersburgandLondonposts,heisprincipalconductoroftheRotterdamPhilharmonic(atleastuntilhestepsdownthisAugust)andhasservedasprincipalguestconductorattheMet.HealsomanagedtofoundandleadthefamousStarsoftheWhiteNightsFestivalinSt.PetersburgandtheMoscowEasterFestival. “I’mincompleteawe,”saysRachelGough,LondonSymphonyprincipalbassoonist,whoprovidesthehauntingsolothatopensStravinsky’sTheRiteofSpringandwhichalsoopensandconcludesthetelecast.“Withcompleteconcentration,focusandenergy,hedrawsusallinlikeamagnet.”AddsPatrickHarrild,principaltuba,“Hehearseverything.Iloveit.Andit’splainlyobviousthatthewholeorchestraloveit.” Singers,too,respondtothespecialRussianintensity.DmitriHvorostovskyandRenéeFleming,showninhighlightsfromTchaikovsky’sEugeneOnegin,bringwhite-hotpassiontothework’sclosingmomentsunderthemaestro’stutelagefromtheMetpodium.“Heembracesyoursoulsandyourspontaneitieseasily,”saysthesuperstarSiberianbaritone.“Heisunique.” OthermusicalmomentsinMaestro:PortraitofValeryGergievincludeexcerptsfromStravinsky’sPetrushka,Prokofiev’sScythianSuiteandRimsky-Korsakov’sEasterFestivalOverture.Gergiev’smostfamousprotég´e,MariinskysopranoAnnaNetrebko,isseenseekingadvicefromhermentor,thenofferingathrilling“Orsaichil’onore”asDonnaAnnainMozart’sDonGiovanni. Foramanconductingaperformancenearlyeverydayoftheyear,ValeryGergievremainsthecalmcenterofthefrenziedworldofmusicians,singers,administrators,politicians,andmanagersswirlingaroundhim.“HebelievesstronglyineverythinginRussianartsandculture,”saysR.DouglasSheldon,Gergiev’smanagerofmanyyears. Concurring,Gergievputsitmoredirectly.“Myfirstandmostimportantgoalistocontinuethetradition.” SpecialfundingforthistelecastwasprovidedbyDonaldandJeanneKahn,PierredeLabouchere,TheAnna-MariaandStephenKellenArtsFund,theBlavatnikFamilyFoundation,GloriaandRJBrandes,VTBBank,DonaldMKendall,ElizabethandHenrySegerstrom,SibirEnergyplc,TroikaDialogGroup,JoanandSandyWeill,JoanandIrwinJacobs,GwendolynandJamesMeyer,Dr.M.LeePearceandtheDr.M.LeePearceFoundation,TishmanSpeyer,andBialkinFamilyFoundation.