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If you are still listening....
My apologies to all my Live Journal friends for my long absence. Since signing on to Facebook, where I'm participating in a bunch of classical groups and pages, I seem to have totally abandoned my duties here. And Denise guessed it, one can only have a secret boyfriend so long before one tires of it, at least that's true of me. Valery Gergiev is ( Read more... ) -
YCSWM
I got "You Cannot Start Without Me" a few days ago. Haven't had Time to see all of it but a review will be coming soon.
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Consumer tip
The Mariinski has a You Tube Channel. With performances, press conferences and lots of talking by Gergiev about it all.
There is an LSO Channel too. Go to YouTube, type "Mariinsky" or LSO in the searchbox, and search away.
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Consumer tip
The Mariinski has a You Tube Channel. With performances, press conferences and lots of talking by Gergiev about it all.
There is an LSO Channel too. Go to YouTube, type "Mariinsky" or LSO in the searchbox, and search away.
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O, Canada...../О Канада
Yes, Valery Gergiev is conquering the Great White North. After winning the Gold in the Conducting an Orchestra from a Very Remote Location event at the Olympics (he was in Vancouver, the orchestra was in St. Petersburg), he is taking the Mariinsky band on a tour including Ottowa and Montreal. And they love him.
He's also been ( Read more... ) -
Excuse yourself, dude!/Маэстро, являющийся вежливым в Посольстве и на DVD
Found this paragraph of Tim Smith's review of the "do" at the Russian Embassy on 3/1 amusing:
"I would have thought Gergiev could then make an escape and get some rest, but he stayed to mingle with the guests at a nosh. (I'm not sure everyone appreciated that. While I was talking to Gergiev near one of the buffet tables, the conductor was nudged out ( Read more... ) -
Links to Paris Concerts last week/Видео на сети французских концертов Гергиев и Мариинский
Medici TV in France streams a lot of Mariinsky videos. It's a pay per view site, but in the case of many performances, you can see a bit of the show before you have to pay.
In this vid of Gergiev conducting the Mariinsky in a characteristically fabulous performance of Tchaikovsky's Sixth from January 29 at Salle Playel, you do get much of the ( Read more... ) -
Oh, Grammy! Thou Givest, and Thou....Givest Not, sometimes.....
Below is a list of the nominees for all the Grammy categories for which Valery and/or the Mariinsky were nominated. The winners are in bold. The VAG/Mariinsky numbers are in italics.
Note how they do not coincide.
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"Higher, Faster.....Louda?"
As I say in my comment, I regret missing this one from the LSO On Tour blog until now. This does shed a little light on the maestro's "peripitetic" nature.
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and with another Gergiev Quote to Remember: “ Basically it works like this. I move, you play.” Indeed.
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